Advanced Pharmacist - Homecare and High Cost Medicines

NHS; Kettering; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Kettering is seeking a Pharmacy professional. The successful candidate will support the use of high-cost medicines, ensuring safe and effective management. A Master's degree in Pharmacy and registration with the GPhC is essential. The role requires excellent interpersonal skills and a strong team spirit. Competitive salary and full-time contract offered.

Qualifications

• 3 years post registration UK hospital experience.
• Clinical experience in a range of ward/clinical areas.
• Experience of leading or implementing change.
• Good clinical knowledge of commonly prescribed medicines.
• Good knowledge of NICE guidelines for common conditions.
• Good knowledge of the NHS and current priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high-quality pharmacy service for patients receiving high cost medicines.
• Oversee the end-to-end medicines pathway duties.
• Work closely with clinical teams and resolve operational issues.
• Review and validate high cost medicines requests.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Influencing skills

Negotiating skills

Time management

Organization skills

IT skills with WORD

IT skills with Excel

IT skills with PowerPoint

Education

Master's degree in Pharmacy

Registration with the GPhC

Postgraduate qualification in hospital Pharmacy

Job description

Job summary

As an integral part of our highly valued and forward-thinking Pharmacy team, you will support and develop clinical use of high-cost, specialty medicines. You will use your clinical knowledge, influencing and negotiation skills to improve clinical and economic use of medicines which are excluded from standard NHS tariff in areas such as rheumatology, gastroenterology, and neurology.

You will work closely with clinicians to develop pathways which maximise the efficacy and safety of these medicines. You will work with pharmacists at our Integrated Care Board and NHSE to evidence appropriate use of existing treatments and to secure funding for new medicines developments. Your post is based within our High-Cost Medicines and Homecare Team who have established good working relationships with clinicians, commissioners and managers, specialist pharmacists and a strong formulary management process.

Enthusiasm, a strong team spirit and good communication will be required as well as a desire to have the patient's safety at the foremost of everything you do.

We welcome applications from pharmacists who would want to become part of our dynamic team, ready to take on the responsibilities and challenges of a senior position.

Main duties of the job

• You will provide a high-quality, specialist pharmacy service supporting the safe, effective, and efficient management of patients receiving high cost medicines and homecare therapies. This includes overseeing the end-to-end medicines pathway—from initiation and clinical review, through ongoing monitoring, prescription governance, and ensuring timely and accurate homecare delivery.

  You will work closely with consultants, specialist nurses, homecare providers, and wider MDT colleagues to optimise therapy, resolve clinical or operational issues, and support seamless patient care across outpatient, inpatient, and virtual care settings. The role also involves reviewing and validating high cost medicines requests, ensuring compliance with commissioning criteria, funding policies, and trust governance processes.

  In addition, you will provide expert advice and education to clinical teams on homecare services and high cost medicines, contribute to service improvement initiatives, and support the development and implementation of medicines management policies, procedures, and pathways related to homecare and commissioned therapies.

About us

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire. Our Excellence Values: Compassion Respect Integrity Courageous Accountable

Details

Date posted: 19 November 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8a

Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum/pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 264-7608657-CSS

Job locations: Kettering General Hospitals, Rothwell Road, Kettering, NN16 8UZ

Job responsibilities (additional)

• To deputise for the Lead Pharmacist, Homecare and High Cost Medicines as required by the service.
• To work with the Trust to ensure high-cost medicines are managed safely and effectively.
• To monitor use of high-cost medicines according to NICE, commissioning policies and budgets.
• To ensure Homecare Services for relevant specialist areas are managed safely and effectively.

Person Specification – Qualifications

• Master's degree in Pharmacy
• Registration with the GPhC
• Postgraduate qualification in hospital Pharmacy

Person Specification – Desirable

• Registered Independent prescriber
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
• Member of the RPS Faculty

Knowledge / Experience (Essential)

• 3 years post registration UK hospital experience
• Clinical experience in a range of ward/clinical areas
• Experience of leading or implementing change
• Good clinical knowledge of commonly prescribed medicines
• Good knowledge of NICE guidelines for common conditions
• Good knowledge of the NHS and current priorities

Skills (Essential)

• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
• Time management/Organisation/Delegation/ Prioritisation
• Ability to manage time effectively and meet deadlines
• IT skills with WORD, Excel and Powerpoint

Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes (Essential)

• Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Kettering General Hospitals

Rothwell Road

Kettering

NN16 8UZ

Employer's website

https://www.kgh.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)