Pharmacy Homecare Lead Technician

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Whitehaven; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday rising to 33

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Vivup wellbeing service

Job summary

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Pharmacy Homecare Lead Technician for a 5-month maternity cover. The role will direct Homecare team members across two hospital sites, ensuring continuity with support from Homecare Pharmacists.

Duties include dispensary accuracy, weekend work, and other related tasks. The post supports a wide network of Homecare providers and aims to deliver safe, high-quality Homecare medicines delivery while maintaining cost-effective services

Qualifications

• BTec in Pharmaceutical Services or equivalent.
• NVQ3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent.
• GPhC registration.
• Final accuracy checking qualification or aseptic accuracy checking qualification.

Responsibilities

• Assist Homecare Pharmacists to manage Homecare provider accounts and SLA arrangements.
• Maintain Homecare prescription and registration paperwork and update pharmacy systems.
• Monitor KPI and workload data and report monthly.
• Supervise invoice management and price updates.
• Line manage Homecare team members and conduct 1:1s.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Team leadership

Time management

Attention to detail

Education

BTec in Pharmaceutical Services or equivalent

NVQ3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent

GPhC registration

Final Accuracy Checking/aseptic checking qualification

Tools

Data management systems

Job description

Pharmacy Homecare Lead Technician

The closing date is 16 November 2026

We are looking for a motivated individual to join the Pharmacy Homecare Team at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation (NCIC) Trust for a period of 5 months. This maternity cover post will provide direction and advice for Homecare team members of staff on the two hospital sites (CIC and WCH) to ensure operational continuity for the team, with the support of the Homecare Pharmacists.

The Homecare team provides services to a variety of clinical teams in the Trust to ensure the patients get an excellent quality and safe Homecare medicines delivery, working with a large number of Homecare providers across the UK. Homecare ensures the Trust and commissioners use best value services and work towards using cost-effective treatments and services as soon as they become available.

The job includes assisting the wider Pharmacy Department with Dispensary Accuracy checking, working on a Saturday, and other duties as required.

Main duties of the job

The Lead Homecare Technician works as part of a team, and the main duties are:

• Assisting the Homecare Pharmacists to manage Homecare provider accounts, by arranging service meetings, keeping contact matrices up to date, facilitating new Service level agreements and Regional Homecare Framework call offs.
• Homecare Prescription and Registration paperwork maintenance, and management of team electronic databases, including adding and maintaining Homecare products to the Pharmacy system.
• Monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and Workload figures to complete KPI and patient number monthly figures to enable the Team to keep commissioners and Senior Pharmacy staff appraised of Homecare workload and performance.
• Supervising invoice management, including trouble‑shooting query invoices and managing price updates and contract changes.
• Line management of Homecare team members, including Health and Wellbeing and 1:1 meetings.
• Maintaining Standard Operating Procedures.
• Accuracy Checking rota and Weekend Working rota working.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP:

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see ourPolicy for eligible vacancies.

AHP - Return to Practice Job Advert information. This role may be suitable for individuals Returning to Practice. Please speak to the recruiting manager for more information.

Registered Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £20.00 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £26.50. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £41.00 + administration cost of £6.50 = £47.50. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BTec in Pharamceutical Services or equivalent
• NVQ3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent
• Registration with GPhC
• Final Accuracy Checking, or aseptic accuracy checking qualification, equivalent to NVQ4

Experience

• Relevant post-registration employment, including recent experience of provision of medicines via homecare
• Accuracy checking experience
• Presenting data in a variety of formats
• Supervisory experience
• Managing change
• Supervising and training staff

Skills and Aptitudes

• Highly effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to make judgements based on incomplete or conflicting data
• Ability to manage time, people and resources
• Able to lead a team and motivate others
• Able to organise and prioritise workload
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Able to work accurately to deadlines
• Ability to identify and implement best practice
• Ability to identify and manage risk

Knowledge

• Continuing professional development with portfolio
• Broad technical and pharmaceutical knowledge
• GCP/GMP
• Current issues within pharmacy and the NHS
• Understanding of commissioning, budgets and tariff income
• Spreadsheet and database packages

Other requirements

• Commitment to continuing professional development
• Able to travel independently between sites.

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.

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearPer Annum, Pro Rata