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Highly Specialist Pharmacist Homecare Services
The closing date is 30 April 2026
This role is essential to support, develop and improve all aspects of the Trust's Homecare services including a wide range of clinical specialties across all our sites.
The post holder will be fundamental in leading our local relationship for all elements of pharmacy Homecare with our EPIC integrated care system team and to work collaboratively with our King's College and Lewisham & Greenwich counterparts for a South East London Homecare strategy.
Main duties of the job
* To deliver on our responsibilities to ensure cost‑effective and appropriate prescribing of homecare medicines
* To ensure that appropriate clinical and governance arrangements are in place for all medicines supplied via homecare as set out in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) standards for homecare services.
* To link in with the regional homecare lead and assist with regionally led initiatives related to Homecare
* To liaise with NHSE Clinical Commissioning Pharmacist / Medicines Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist and relevant members of the Pharmacy Management team in the delivery of operational aspects of homecare services.
* To liaise with the Associate Director of Pharmacy Operations / Medicines Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist to develop Homecare services via the Trust Outpatient provider
* To work with the Outpatients service provider leads on opening and maintenance of new and established Homecare services
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best‑known hospitals – Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high‑quality care, clinical excellence, research, and innovation. We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer, and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends. We also have a positive approach to corporate social responsibility and are keen to engage our staff in an agenda that ranges from promoting environmental sustainability to the creation of local employment opportunities.
Job responsibilities
To be responsible for implementing systems for and managing the provision of all Trust homecare services, ensuring that national standards and governance arrangements are in place for all medicines supplied via homecare. To lead and develop centralisation of homecare services across the Trust. Work with senior clinical pharmacists and outpatient staff and other Pharmacy staff to identify, plan, and develop new opportunities for homecare services. To provide specialist advice on medicines and processes associated with homecare medicines management to patients, carers, and homecare contractors. To understand the implications and importance of Commissioning pathways and of high‑cost and other rechargeable drugs – to be able to engage other staff in supporting the provision of information to the Trust Contracts Department and Commissioners. To ensure operational processes are followed for specific commissioning requirements related to reimbursement of individual medicines. To support the strategic development and planning of drug expenditure reporting.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Education
* Higher Degree – Diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
* Appropriate management short courses
* Demonstrate the ability to deliver medicines optimisation including switching from originator to biosimilar/generics
* Demonstrate the ability to implement initiatives designed to maximise savings for commissioners
* Demonstrate knowledge on medicines and processes associated with homecare medicines management to patients, carers, and homecare contractors
* Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice
* Demonstrate the ability to review medicine budgets
* Demonstrate ability to prepare, review and submit individual funding requests
* Demonstrate the ability to work with EPIC workflows for Homecare Services
Skills/ Knowledge/ Ability
* Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management
* Actively seeks to improve the Homecare services provided
* The ability to identify and manage risks
* Enhances the quality of patient care
* Evaluates service provision
* Identifies a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical services to Specialties associated to Homecare services
* Demonstrated ability to influence practice at a directorate level
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.
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Guy's Hospital & Royal Brompton Hospital
Salary
£66,274 to £73,496 a year. inc HCA (pro rata)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full‑time
Reference number
196‑LIS10428‑M
Job locations
Guy's Hospital & Royal Brompton Hospital
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