Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Neurosurgery


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£66,582 to £77,368 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Liverpool, L9 7AL
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	25 Sept 2026
Closing date:	9 Oct 2026

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Summary

The Lead Clinical Pharmacist for Neurosurgery provides clinical leadership for advanced clinical pharmacy services across neurosurgery and intensive care, ensuring the safe, effective and costeffective use of medicines for patients with complex neurological, neurosurgical and critical care needs. Working as an expert member of the multidisciplinary team, the post holder delivers highly specialist pharmaceutical care across inpatient, outpatient and homecare pathways, contributing to consultantlevel clinical decisionmaking, including independent prescribing and deprescribing. As a senior clinical leader, you are responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of neurosurgery and critical care pharmacy services in line with national standards, NICE guidance and Trust priorities. This includes leading medicines optimisation initiatives, improving medication safety, embedding best practice, and supporting the introduction of new therapies and technologies, with a strong focus on horizon scanning, financial sustainability and valuebased prescribing. The role has significant responsibility for medicines governance, quality and safety within neurosurgery and intensive care services. The post holder leads work to reduce medicinesrelated risk, responds to patient safety incidents and national alerts, and ensures compliance with medicines legislation, formulary processes and Trust policies. Working closely with clinical teams, they develop and maintain specialtyspecific guidelines, protocols and patient pathways, supporting delivery of regulatory, GIRFT and CQC expectations. As part of the Pharmacy Leadership Team, the Lead Clinical Pharmacist provides strong professional and people leadership, including line management, supervision and development of pharmacists and technicians. The role includes responsibility for education and training, workforce planning, skill mix optimisation, succession planning, and fostering a culture of clinical excellence, innovation and continuous improvement across neurosurgery and critical care pharmacy services. The post holder also contributes at regional and national level, representing the Trust through specialist neuroscience, critical care and pharmacy networks, supporting research, service evaluation and quality improvement. Working closely with senior pharmacy, clinical and finance colleagues, they contribute to business case development, medicines value programmes and commissioning discussions, ensuring that neurosurgery and critical care services remain clinically effective, financially sustainable and aligned with local and national priorities. See job description for more detail.

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