Lead Pharmacy Homecare Services

£57528-£64750

Royal Berkshire Nhs Foundation Trust, Reading

Full time
Temporary
Onsite working

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Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Royal Berkshire Nhs Foundation Trust

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The post holder provides senior leadership for the Pharmacy homecare medicines services, ensuring safe, timely, appropriate, and cost-effective provision of homecare medicines for Trust patients in accordance with National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC) and RPS standards and Trust governance frameworks.
The role holds accountability for service performance, clinical governance, risk management, and continuous improvement across end-to-end homecare medicines pathways, with delegated responsibility for workforce management, clinical pathway oversight, and defined financial controls.
The post holder provides integrated oversight across homecare prescription management, clinical validation processes, contract administration, clinical governance, and supplier performance, ensuring consistent standards, clear escalation routes, and effective controls for patient safety, clinical appropriateness, contract compliance, commissioning alignment, medicines recalls, provider performance monitoring, and homecare service quality standards.
The post holder works closely with senior pharmacy leaders, clinical teams, medical consultants, specialist nurses, commissioning colleagues, and corporate teams to maintain service resilience, provide clinical governance leadership for complex homecare pathways, deliver assurance to Trust governance structures, and optimize homecare medicines pathways for patients and the organization.

Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) (Pharmacist or Technician) (A)
Master degree in pharmacy/ NVQ level 3, BTEC, or recognised equivalent qualification
Post graduate qualifications as per PS, Practice Supervisor, Educational Supervisor, assessor qualification, or equivalent experience supporting the development of pharmacy staff, Membership of national professional body (e.g. RPS, APTUK)
IP qualification/ Homecare validation cerificate, Significant experience as a Lead Pharmacy staff member within a hospital environment (Band 7 or above)
Experience in leading and managing a team in a complex healthcare environment.
Experience in audit, KPI monitoring, performance reporting (A/I)
Significant experience working within and leading pharmacy homecare services in an acute NHS setting
Extensive experience using medicine stock control and hospital pharmacy systems
Proven track record of managing diverse teams to high performance levels and through change
Previous experience managing HR processes i.e. sickness management, performance management, recruitment and selection
Experience of delivering cost savings in NHS
Experience in governance processes, policy/SOP maintenance, or audit (A/I), Experience in all aspects of hospital pharmacy
Experience of using the CMM homecare module
Experience in developing Pharmacy services
Experience in using continuous quality improvement techniques (A)
Experience of working with external homecare providers (A/I)
Budget management experience
Experience of contract management, Excellent leadership skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to patients, clinical staff, and senior colleagues
Ability to work autonomously and manage a complex workload, prioritising effectively to meet deadlines
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent and effective communication, negotiation, and judgement skills
Attention to detail, accuracy, and commitment to high standards of record keeping, Familiarity with clinical information systems (e.g. EPMA, electronic health records)
Advanced data visualisation or dashboard development skills (Power BI, Qlik)
Understanding of commissioning arrangements and financial implications of high-cost drugs

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

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