Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist - Homecare and Medicines Value

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester is expanding its Care Closer to Home Medicines Portfolio (Neighbourhood Oncology) and seeks an enthusiastic, self-motivated Pharmacist to join the medicines optimisation team. You will shape the future of patient care with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.

You will work with our Principal Pharmacist Medicines Optimisation to deliver the NHS 10-year plan, ensure safe, cost-effective homecare services, and drive service development

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Manage, monitor and develop the Clinical Pharmacy Service for Homecare initiatives.
• Implement the strategic direction of pharmaceutical services for high-cost medicines, with specific reference to homecare.
• Develop high-cost medicines optimisation with homecare services, including setting standards and monitoring performance.
• Support the Principal Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist to develop, manage, monitor, report and promote the Trust medicines optimisation programme, maximising value for money, cost effective prescribing and medicines supply chain logistics.
• Develop and maintain expertise in relation to medicines optimisation – including initiating and facilitating pharmacy practice research in homecare and medicines value.

Job description

Over the last 18 months, we have established our medicines optimisation pharmacy team. The trust is now investing in expanding our Care Closer to Home Medicines Portfolio (Neighbourhood Oncology) and are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual who is ready to make a difference. You will be self-confident with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and contribute to service development through your initiative and enthusiasm.

You will be working alongside our Principal Pharmacist Medicines Optimisation in shaping the future of healthcare for our patients by playing a pivotal role in helping to deliver on the NHS 10-year plan of shifting health and care from hospital to community.

You will work with a wide range of stakeholders that includes our in-house pharmacy teams at The Christie, our collaborative partners at The Christie Pharmacy (outsourced pharmacy), Baxter Healthcare (for aseptically dispensed intravenous SACT), peripheral and outreach service satellites across the local cancer network and NHS England, to optimise medicines across the whole patient pathway from commissioning to procurement to distribution to patients.

Interview date: Tuesday 17th of November 2026

For a comprehensive overview of roles and responsibilities please read our Job Description.

Main duties of the role include:

• Manage, monitor and develop the Clinical Pharmacy Service for Homecare initiatives.
• Implement the strategic direction of pharmaceutical services in respect of high-cost medicines with specific reference to homecare services and medicines value.
• Develop high-cost medicines optimisation with specific reference to homecare services including setting standards and monitoring performance to ensure that services are provided safely and efficiently in accordance with the needs of service users.
• Support the Principal Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist to develop, manage, monitor, report and promote the Trust medicines optimisation programme, maximising value for money, cost effective prescribing and medicines supply chain logistics.
• Develop and maintain expertise in relation to medicines optimisation – including initiating and facilitating pharmacy practice research in the field of homecare and medicines value.

Ensuring that all patients receive their medicines in the most efficient and cost-effective manner to ensure that resources are used wisely and effectively providing opportunity to improve health outcomes, reduce health inequalities, deliver medicine value and maintain a thriving, financially viable health economy.

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, looking after more than 64,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 25% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We are the largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie. We have up to 15 linear accelerators operating across our network of sites. We operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients homes. And as a specialist tertiary surgical centre, we focus on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological and plastic surgery.

We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We have been named by the UK’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Carolanne O’Sullivan Job title: Principal Pharmacist: Medicines Optimisation Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 956 1064