Band 8a - Lead Pharmacist, -Cost Medicines and Homecare

Overview

A Vacancy at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals is looking for a highly motivated and driven pharmacist with excellent clinical and communication skills to lead our growing Homecare and High-Cost Medicines team. This role has been created to better enhance service delivery in line with the Trust commitment for service innovation and investment.

Your role will be key in ensuring high quality and cost‑effective high‑cost medicines are provided via Homecare delivery services to patients as part of the medicines optimisation strategy in close collaboration with the clinical teams, NHS England and ICB. This is a full‑time vacancy, for 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday, shifts covering between 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. The post holder will be expected to participate in weekend/bank holiday and late duty rotas in the dispensary.

You will need excellent organisational skills and be able to work under pressure to provide a high‑quality, safe and efficient service to our patients. You must be able to work alone and as part of the team and will manage the homecare team. You will be required to work closely with the Trust Finance team and the ICB to ensure medicines are appropriately invoiced and provide expert high‑cost and homecare service information to the chief pharmacist and senior management to support departmental operational service development and planning.

The role also includes a clinical and operational commitment to maintain a working knowledge of Trust and national processes. With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.

• Significant hospital experience
• Knowledge and understanding of biologic medicines
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to work under pressure
• Strong clinical and communication skills

This is a full‑time vacancy, 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday, shifts from 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. The post holder will participate in weekend/bank holiday and late duty rotas in the dispensary. We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work‑life balance.

Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience. Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive.

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We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for a full list of duties and details about the role.

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