Principal Clinical Pharmacist Homecare and Commissioning

Principal Clinical Pharmacist Homecare and Commissioning

The closing date is 03 November 2025

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and innovative pharmacist to join the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) Pharmacy Team. Based at Broomfield Hospital, this cross site role focuses on leading the delivery of a high quality Homecare service and ensuring the safe, effective, and cost efficient use of High Cost Drugs (HCD) across the Trust.

The successful candidate will bring strong communication skills and experience in Homecare and HCD commissioning. They will work closely with NHS England and the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) to ensure appropriate funding and utilisation of HCDs within the Trust.

In return for your commitment and expertise, we offer excellent opportunities for professional development in both leadership and clinical practice.

Main duties of the job

• Lead, manage, and evaluate the delivery of a high quality Homecare (HC) and High Cost Drugs (HCD) medicines optimisation service across all clinical specialties, aligned with national guidance and commissioning intentions.
• Oversee the development of clinical pharmacy staff to support current and future HC service needs, promoting clinical excellence.
• Manage medicines management processes, clinical and financial governance, and risk management within the service.
• Ensure safe, effective, and cost efficient use of HCD, maintaining oversight of drug expenditure across all areas.
• Provide a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service to an assigned specialty.
• Contribute to the strategic planning, delivery, and monitoring of pharmacy services, with a focus on HC and HCD.
• Develop and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to ensure service quality, safety, and efficiency.
• Lead on the implementation and tracking of NICE Technology Appraisals (TAs) across relevant services.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be, offering more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached document detailing the detailed job description and main responsibilities. For further information, please contact us directly.

We look forward to your application.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent)
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent Post Graduate Qualification
• Active Independent prescriber

Knowledge and Experience

• Significant HCD commissioning experience
• Budgetary management experience

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.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£64,455 a year (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours