Advanced Pharmacist - Homecare and High Cost Medicines

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.

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• Provide a high-quality, specialist pharmacy service supporting the safe, effective, and efficient management of patients receiving high cost medicines and homecare therapies, overseeing the end-to-end medicines pathway from initiation and clinical review through to ongoing monitoring, prescription governance, and ensuring timely and accurate homecare delivery.
  
• 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.
  
• Review and validate high cost medicines requests, ensuring compliance with commissioning criteria, funding policies, and trust governance processes.
  
• 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.
  

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• 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.
  

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds. Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

Applications will be transferred to TRAC system. Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.