Lead Pharmacist, Homecare

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a registered pharmacist to lead the Homecare Medicines Team at Barts Health NHS Trust, managing pharmacy services for approximately 14,000 patients across multiple hospitals. The role offers part-time or full-time options, focusing on high-quality patient care and innovative service delivery.

Benefits

Access to one of the best pension schemes in the UK

Leisure and entertainment discounts

Parental leave and childcare support schemes

Career development opportunities

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Extensive post registration hospital experience in an acute NHS setting.
• Experience managing Homecare services and pharmacy contracts.
• Ability to provide complex medicines information to healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Homecare Medicines Team and manage service delivery.
• Negotiate agreements with suppliers and lead contract management.
• Ensure training for staff and provide pharmacy expertise.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Negotiation

Prioritisation

Education

Registered pharmacist with the GPhC

Post Graduate pharmacy qualification

Job description

All our hospitals have their own unique identities while sharing the same standards and values

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Whether you’re looking to gain experience in a large, fast-paced hospital or get out into the community, we have a range of opportunities that allows you to build yourentire careerin one trust.

For us, every day is different. We provide care to a diverse population of 2.5 million across east London – that’s 6,000 people every day, speaking over 60 different languages. Our patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we are committed to ensuring that people living in east London live healthy lives.

Site Royal London Hospital Town London Salary £62,215 - £72,293 Per annum inc pro rata for part time (pay award pending) Salary period Yearly Closing 16/06/2025 23:59

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

An exciting and unique opportunity has arisen for a registered pharmacist to lead the homecare medicines team at Barts Health NHS Trust for a period of a year. This opportunity is offered as either a part- or full-time post and can be undertake as a fixed term or secondment opportunity.

The Homecare Team currently look after approximately 14,000 patients across 12 Homecare Providers. We are looking for a pro-active, collaborative and motivated individual, who is forward-thinking and ready for a challenge, to join our Team. You will be responsible for leading the service in delivering high quality homecare pharmacy services across Barts Health including the Royal London hospital, Whipps Cross hospital, Newham hospital and St Bartholomew's for a range of clinical specialities.

The Homecare Medicines Service team at Barts Health are keen to explore new initiatives for Homecare, including digital programmes, and the post-holder will play a vital part in scoping and implementing the use of new technologies within the service.

Interview date: 3rd July 2025

Main duties of the job

You will be supported to further develop your abilities as a senior leader via a combination of internal and external training programmes, alongside developing your proficiency in homecare service delivery. We welcome applications from individuals with excellent communications skills who demonstrate excellent attention to detail and a keenness to develop collaborative relationships within the Trust, the wider NHS and our external stakeholders. You will require excellent prioritisation skills and have a passion for service review and quality improvement.

The primary responsibility of the post holder is to lead the Homecare Medicines Team and provide expert pharmacy knowledge to the service at Barts Health NHS Trust. This includes:
• Negotiating and entering into agreements with Homecare suppliers for the procurement of Homecare Medicines services for the Trust
• Leading on the overall management of Homecare Medicines contracts and SLAs
• Co-ordinating and managing the Pharmacy Homecare Medicines team and the supply of pharmaceutical products through Homecare Medicines companies in accordance with agreed service level agreements.
• Ensuring training is delivered for Pharmacy and other Trust staff on Homecare Medicines functions.
• Defining a strategic plan for the service, utilising technology and improving system processes
• Routinely ensuring governance and providing assurance to the Trust on the safe, effective running of the service

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

“We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.”

“Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months.”

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

To learn more please contact either Safia Pheerunggee ([e-mail]) Lead Pharmacist, Homecare or Nick Cooley, Deputy Chief Pharmacist (n.cooley@nhs,net) to arrange an informal conversation.

Person specification

Experience

• Extensive post registration hospital experience, including experience of working in an acute hospital NHS setting
• Broad clinical pharmacy or medicines management expertise and experience
• Demonstrable successful performance in a previous post
• Experience of providing evaluated information on drug expenditure
• Experience of planning and implementing significant service developments and organisational change
• Experience of managing groups of staff, including appraisal, disciplinary and training
• Ability to understand complex issues, problem solve and propose solutions
• Experience of providing Homecare services
• Experience of managing a budget
• Experience of working with regional teams (e.g.,LPP) involved in homecare.

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to negotiate with and influence senior medical staff and senior management
• Be able to provide highly complex homecare medicines information and impart knowledge to all levels of healthcare professionals (up to and including senior consultants / professor level)
• Able to move easily between the detail and the big picture on issues in understanding and explaining the complexity of challenges and possible solutions
• Demonstrates an ability to plan, prioritise and organise own workload, to work under pressure and act with autonomy whilst retaining a sense of own capabilities and escalate when necessary
• Able to make sound judgments and act as a specialist for homecare medicines issues in the Trust

Knowledge

• Good working knowledge of Homecare Services and the national homecare medicines strategy for the NHS
• Awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues, including Hackett and CMU requirements
• Understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk management
• Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives

Qualifications

• Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
• - Post Graduate pharmacy qualification or equivalent experience (minimum post graduate diploma level)

Other

• Royal Pharmaceutical Society membership and faculty fellowship

Other

• Leads by example, promoting the Bart’s health values

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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