Homecare Services Manager (Senior Pharmacy Technician) - Band 7

Responsible for the management of staff, processes, and workload of the Pharmacy Homecare teams on a day-to-day basis to ensure a safe, effective, timely and high-quality patient centred service is provided at all times. To provide direction, leadership, management and development of staff and services in the homecare arena.

To be manage the strategic development and alignment of Homecare services for NBT across the Hospital group, ensuring all Trustwide policies are current with relevant legislation. Ensuring that NBT Homecare services are underpinned with excellent governance standards as set out in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) standards for Homecare services.

To review established Homecare services and respond innovatively and proactively to the changing demands of Homecare services, to provide assurance that services are managed in line with best practice, contractual agreements, and national guidance.

Responsible for ensuring all Homecare Contracts meet the needs of NBT Patients and the organisation. Actively leading on the interest of NBT at Regional and National contracting meetings., Responsible for the management of the Homecare team and the operational day to day purchasing of Pharmaceutical Homecare products, including authorisation of computer, and manually generated orders in keeping with Procurement and Homecare contracts in line with Local, Regional and Nationally agreed standards.

Responsible for managing service provision issues such as prioritisation of work according to patient urgency which is driven by clinical need and service requirements to ensure patients treatment is not delayed.

Responsible for producing monthly KPI reports on quality and financial indicators on all Homecare services.

Works with multidisciplinary teams to identify, plan, and develop new opportunities for homecare services, produce timetables for new service/system implementation, ensuring deadlines are met that have been agreed with all key decision makers.

Monitors current and anticipated demands for Homecare services to ensure the Homecare team has operational capacity to safely and effectively co-ordinate and manage Homecare services. Prepares business cases for service development, presenting reports and findings to senior colleagues as required.

Ensures that NBT NHS Trust Homecare services are of a consistently high standard for patients by regular liaison with key individuals involved within the service areas including pharmaceutical industry and Homecare companies.

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.