Band 8b Regional Pharmacy Homecare Services Lead

Job Summary

We are seeking an exceptional pharmacy leader to take on a unique, high-profile role shaping homecare medicines services across the West Midlands. This is a rare opportunity to influence practice at both regional and national level, chairing the Regional Homecare Leads Network, representing the region on the National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC), and working directly with NHS England's Medicines Value Programme and the Collaborative Procurement Hub.

You will be the trusted expert advisor to Trust Chief Pharmacists across the region, leading on complex procurement, contract negotiation and service governance, while ensuring patients receive safe, high quality, cost-effective homecare medicines services. With genuine autonomy and a broad remit spanning strategy, policy development, and stakeholder influence, this role offers the chance to make a tangible national impact on how homecare services are delivered.

Joining University Hospitals Birmingham means joining a Trust building healthier lives through being Kind, Connected and Bold and this post sits right at the heart of an evolving, high priority national agenda around homecare medicines value and governance. If you're a strategic, commercially astute pharmacy leader ready for a genuinely influential regional role, we want to hear from you.

Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required

As Regional Pharmacy Homecare Services Lead, you will provide expert oversight of homecare medicines services across the West Midlands, ensuring they meet national standards (Hackett report, RPS Homecare Standards) and deliver safe, high quality, patient centred care.

Core deliverables include reviewing and re-tendering regional homecare contracts with the Collaborative Procurement Hub; negotiating high-value supplier relationships; auditing regional homecare KPIs using Pharmex, Define, ePACT and IMS, producing reports for Trust Chief Pharmacists, NHS England and the Regional Homecare Medicines Group; developing homecare medicines strategies and annual work plans; and leading investigation of incidents and patient safety concerns.

Day-to-day, you'll advise Trusts on complex commercial, contractual and clinical homecare queries, chair the Regional Homecare Leads Network, represent the region on the NHMC, support training for pharmacy procurement staff, and build relationships with NHS England, industry bodies and Trust pharmacy teams.

We're looking for a pharmacist (GPhC registered) with significant homecare and procurement experience, strong commercial acumen, advanced analytical skills, and the confidence to negotiate at senior regional and national level. Excellent communication, sound judgement under pressure, and a collaborative approach are essential.

For an informal discussion, please contact Gurjit Sohal at gurjit.sohal@uhb.nhs.uk

About Us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job Description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Bsc, BPharm, MPharm or equivalent in pharmacy.
• Postgraduate Masters Diploma in management or equivalent experience
• Supply chain management training supplemented by additional specialist procurement courses or equivalent experience
• Qualified as an independent prescriber
• Leadership/management qualification or equivalent experience
• Member of The General Pharmaceutical Council
  
  

Desirable

• Member of the Royal College of Pharmacy
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Significant understanding of the NHS, wider homecare procurement and commercial strategies
• Significant homecare experience in a management role
• High level commercial relationships with the pharmaceutical industry
• Significant experience & understanding and application of strategic sourcing methodologies
• Experience in contract management, resolving queries and influencing people
• Experience of team working delegation and empowerment
• Experience of project managing complex pharmaceutical procurement activities from initial planning to contract award and monitoring
• Experience of supplier relationship management
• Experience of sourcing, mapping and managing the supply chain
• Track record of ability to deliver against targets
• Experience of delegated authority under Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs)
• Significant and advanced homecare services knowledge
• Knowledge of contract law and dispute resolution
• Ability to undertake statistical and data analysis skills
• Awareness of key pharmaceutical markets including homecare services market
• Understanding of trust clinical and financial governance systems
• Awareness of Government and DH procurement strategy
• Understanding and use of IMS, Define, Pharmex and ePACT data sources
  
  

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Ability to critically evaluate programme information and its methodologies, economics, clinical challenges (working with multidisciplinary teams) etc
• Interpret complex spreadsheets and data to inform trusts on strategies and benefits
• Ability to manage large, complex projects in a collaborative, inclusive and focused leadership style
• Ability to interpret complex information and evidence-based data
• Ability to manage multiple procurement contracts to ensure best value for money
• Ability to manage, influence, lead and empower people
• Ability to manage and prioritise workloads to meet deadlines and keep within agreed timeframes
• Ability to manage high levels of workload, multiple complex programmes and projects
• Strong persuasive, negotiating and influencing skills
• Ability to develop networks and facilitate focus groups with multidisciplinary stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• High level verbal and written communications skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Highly developed analytical skills -- able to review complex processes and recommend appropriate changes to improve efficiency
• Willingness to implement new concepts
• Financial issues can be controversial particularly within the clinical community. It is therefore essential to have the ability reassure staff that quality and efficacy will not be compromised when discussing financial issues
• Ability to travel across the West Midlands region and Nationally
  
  

Desirable

• Professional manner
• Well-motivated and reliable
• Capacity to work calmly under pressure
• Works collaboratively with staff to break down barriers to the change process
• Creates an atmosphere where stakeholders can ask challenging questions and feel they have been involved and listened to
  
  

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For Help With Your Application, Contact

Gurjit Sohal

gurjit.sohal@uhb.nhs.uk

07970158051

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£66582.00 to £77368.00 Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working

Reference number

304-1101405

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Attachments

Job Description

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