Senior Pharmacist / Senior Pharmaceutical Scientist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Senior Pharmacist or Senior Pharmaceutical Scientist within the Pharmacy Aseptic Services at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will work in a highly regarded Aseptic Production Unit, focusing on quality assurance and operational aspects of production processes. The position involves ensuring compliance with manufacturing standards and the timely release of unlicensed medicines. You will also supervise and train less experienced staff and contribute to product development.
Essential criteria
- M Pharm Degree or equivalent Or Honours degree in pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry or similar scientific subject if combined with further education and training such as the MSc Scientist Training Programme (STP) in Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Registered General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Member or/& HCPC/ RPS
Desirable criteria
- Technical qualification such as Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology, Quality Control, Engineering, Manufacturing
- Post graduate certificate or diploma in a relevant pharmaceutical field
- Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice and the regulations surrounding Pharmaceutical Manufacture.
- Knowledge of clean room design and functioning
- Highly developed Professional knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience
- Specialist knowledge of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Processes including equipment and facility design, construction, validation and testing
- Knowledge of:- o Aseptic preparation of medicines o Terminal Sterilisation processes o QA/QC services
- An understanding of medicines management procedures
- Knowledge of product licensing and medical devices registration
- Experience of product development
- Evidence of working within GMP/GDP guidelines
- COSHH Regulations and Health & Safety at Work Act
- Evidence of significant, relevant and on-going personal CPD
- Experience of Pharmaceutical Manufacture in either a hospital or industrial environment or previous experience of managing aseptic dispensing services
- Leadership and motivational skills
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Planning and organisational skills; ability to prioritise demands on service and plan workload of self and others
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate with a range of people such as technicians, pharmacists, engineers, clinicians and customers
- Change management
- Project Management skills
- Other
- Capable team worker with ability to create and sustain good relationships
- Able to deal with constant interruptions, multiple pressures and at times aggression
- Methodical with attention to detail
- M Pharm Degree or equivalent Or Honours degree in pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry or similar scientific subject if combined with further education and training such as the MSc Scientist Training Programme (STP) in Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Registered General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Member or/& HCPC/ RPS
- Technical qualification such as Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology, Quality Control, Engineering, Manufacturing
- Post graduate certificate or diploma in a relevant pharmaceutical field
- Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice and the regulations surrounding Pharmaceutical Manufacture.
- Knowledge of clean room design and functioning
- Highly developed Professional knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience
- Specialist knowledge of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Processes including equipment and facility design, construction, validation and testing
- Knowledge of:- o Aseptic preparation of medicines o Terminal Sterilisation processes o QA/QC services
- An understanding of medicines management procedures
- Knowledge of product licensing and medical devices registration
- Experience of product development
- Evidence of working within GMP/GDP guidelines
- COSHH Regulations and Health & Safety at Work Act
- Evidence of significant, relevant and on-going personal CPD
- Experience of Pharmaceutical Manufacture in either a hospital or industrial environment or previous experience of managing aseptic dispensing services
- Leadership and motivational skills
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Planning and organisational skills; ability to prioritise demands on service and plan workload of self and others
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate with a range of people such as technicians, pharmacists, engineers, clinicians and customers
- Change management
- Project Management skills
- Other
- Capable team worker with ability to create and sustain good relationships
- Able to deal with constant interruptions, multiple pressures and at times aggression
- Methodical with attention to detail
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 2d ago · Closes in 20d
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Job summary
Senior Pharmacist / Senior Pharmaceutical Scientist
Pharmacy Aseptic Services
Aseptic Production Unit
Band 7 (37.5 hours per week) + EDC
We are a major acute teaching Trust offering a wide range of clinical specialities, including tertiary referrals for HIV and Renal Medicine.
We have a highly regarded Aseptic Production Unit (APU) at the Trust with a Manufacturing site licensed in June 2023. You will work closely with our Aseptic Service Leads to help steer the quality facilitating programmes at the production unit. This post generates an opportunity for a Pharmacist / Scientist to join an expanding team delivering the pharmaceutical needs of patients at the Trust and across the NHS. The post holder will be expected to focus on the need for Aseptic Production Services with responsibilities for efficient and safe service provision.
Support for appropriate further clinical & technical development, is available.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will contribute to overseeing the operational quality aspects of the production processes, in a cost effective and efficient manner, assuring the quality of all unlicensed medicines manufactured and prepared at the Aseptic Production Unit (APU).
The post holder will ensure timely release of prepared and manufactured unlicensed medicines and will certify all unlicensed medicines as having been
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