University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Job summary
Are you a pharmacist looking for a new challenge as a Medicines Value and Homecare Pharmacist?
This is a fantastic opportunity to combine existing clinical pharmacy skills with improving value-based use of medicines and patient access to novel therapies. The post will be supported in the role through existing regional networks and the established UHNM medicines optimisation and procurement team. The Trust provides a range of specialised services which will present a broad range of exposure and learning. The Pharmacy department has established clinical, aseptic, clinical trials, cancer and digital medicine services to support the post-holder.
You will be required to balance quality and safe care provision whilst achieving financial efficiencies. The post-holder will need to be able to interpret clinical data and evidence to produce reports, implementation plans and engage stakeholders. There will be a requirement to represent UHNM medicines value agenda within local and regional forums.
Main duties of the job
– Main duties of the role:
- Supporting the delivery of medicines value and cost improvement agendas within the organisation.
- Governance and assurances relating to high-cost medicines within UHNM.
- Developing key relationships with relevant commissioners, including NHS E and ICB representatives.
- High quality and safe medicines homecare services – ensuring adequate processes, capacity planning and governance.
- Supporting the governance processes relating to the provision of immunoglobulin, including attendance at the North Midlands Sub-Regional Immunoglobulin Panel
There will be ward-based commitments associated with this role. These will be agreed upon appointment upon consideration of the applicant’s experience, prescribing qualifications and alignment with the requirement of the post.
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through vocational master’s degree in pharmacy (4 years)
- 1 year pre-registration training
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma / MSc or equivalent qualification
- Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Qualified Independent Prescriber
- Management Qualification
- Post Graduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or appropriate specialist MSc Membership of appropriate professional representative organisations
Skills, Training and Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience of UK hospital pharmacy practice
- Comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner including a solid grounding in a broad range of clinical specialties
- Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
- Experience of delivering projects, improving services and changing practice
- Experience undertaking audit, service evaluation and gap analysis
- Knowledge of medicines governance agenda, including: investigating errors, identifying risk trends and undertaking corrective actions
- Able to appraise evidence and financial data to product written reports, evidence summaries and/or guidelines
- Able to present and contribute to meetings and working groups
- Good understanding of the current NHS and Pharmacy service within England and the future direction of travel.
Desirable
- Evidence line managing and undertaking appraisal and formal HR processes
- Understanding of medicines commissioning pathways and external bodies
- Appreciation of medicines homecare service infrastructures and processes
- Experience of implementing new medicines within the organisation, including an understanding of supply routes
- Good knowledge of value-based medicine processes, including formulary and drug use evaluation
- Evidence of contribution to the research agenda, including presentation of an abstract locally/externally or publication in a peer reviewed journal
- Experience working with clinical trials and knowledge of the regulations relating to them
- Experience as a non-medical prescriber working in an outpatient setting
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Willingness to undertake flexible work patterns according to service demands. This includes unsocial hours, weekend and bank holiday working
- Professional behaviour and credibility
- Must have ability to travel between sites
Closing Date: 8 November 2026
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