Deputy Regional Homecare Lead

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist to work with the Regional Homecare Lead Pharmacist to support the homecare provision across the East Midlands.This role is offered as a 1 year fixed term contract.

This is a great opportunity for a pharmacy individual to help shape the East Midlands homecare services. This post will allow the successful candidate to operate on both a regional & national level helping to improve the services we offer to our patients.. If you have significant experience of leading and managing homecare services for patients & want to help improve the services delivered to our patients, then this will be the role for you.

Main duties of the job

To work with the Regional Homecare Lead Pharmacist to support the management and provision of homecare services across the East Midlands. This post would support the setting up and management of complex contracts for homecare medicines services supplying medicines, equipment and services to patients across the region through the operation of a robust, cost effective patient orientated supply chain.

By ensuring effective procurement practices and efficient contract performance, the post holder will support performance improvement through the national KPI reporting and assist trusts to maximise cost effectiveness, quality of service and patient care and patient safety associated with the use of outsourced medicine services.

The role holder will participate at a regional level in determining strategies and cost-effective long-term solutions for the procurement and management of outsourced homecare medicine services primarily by the hospital sector of the NHS. This will include participation in appropriate national working groups, networks and liaison with other regional posts.

Closing date of applications: 26 December 2023

Date of interview: 08 January 2024

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

UHDB

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

UHDB

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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