Lead Pharmacist, High Cost Drugs and Homecare

Job description Job responsibilities

Provide oversight strategic and clinical leadership for pharmacy services across high cost Drugs and Homecare services, ensuring delivery of safe, effective and responsive medicines optimisation services. Lead the development, delivery and continuous improvement of pharmacy input into commissioning work streams, the access to high cost drugs and associate financial streams. Act as the lead specialist pharmacist and expert for medicines optimisation queries relating to high cost drugs and the provision of homecare services across UHCW, provide expert clinical advice to multidisciplinary teams in complex, high-risk or clinically uncertain situations. To lead with decisiveness within a niche area to provide assurance and timely resolution to clinical, operational and team matters. Provide leadership to ensure safe, timely and effective medicines optimisation, clinical screening and medicines optimisation for patients supported through high cost drugs and homecare, including robust processes to reduce medicines-related harm. Work collaboratively with the Principal Pharmacy Technician Medicines Value and system partners to strengthen medicines-related transfer of care and continuity of treatment between acute, and primary care settings, ensuring clear communication of medicines plans and risk information. Provide leadership for medicines safety and governance across High Cost Drugs and Homecare, including review of incidents, audit findings, complaints and risk issues, ensuring learning is implemented and embedded into practice. Support safe, secure and effective medicines processes within homecare service, including appropriate governance of controlled drugs if required and escalation of concerns in line with Trust policy and legal requirements. Lead and contribute to the development, review and implementation of medicines guidelines, protocols, pathways and standard operating procedures relevant to high cost drugs and homecare, ensuring compliance with legal, professional and Trust governance requirements. Work with digital, information and operational colleagues to ensure systems support safe and efficient medicines use across high cost drugs and homecare services, including access to accurate medicines information and appropriate clinical decision support.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description. Secondment will be considered for internal candidates If you are successful after interview, you must obtain approval from your current line manager to accept the offer.