Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To coordinate and be the point of contact within the trust for homecare medicines for homecare companies, pharmacists, clinicians, purchasers, contracting and finance.
• Acts as professional secretary to all homecare related meetings and project groups.
• To ensure compliance with statuary regulations and current homecare medicines management guidance.
• Liaising with senior pharmacists, propose and coordinate the implementation of new homecare services.
• To forge links with other pharmacy homecare service providers to share best practice and contribute to homecare medicines management and policy.
• Work independently to produce and update SOP’s and other policies/documents that relate to the homecare service.
• Be responsible for the health and safety of the service, ensuring that COSHH regulations are observed.
•  Liaise with procurement and regional services to ensure contracts and service level agreements are in place for homecare services.
• Communicate and resolve sourcing problems, contract changes and price issues.
• Prioritise own unpredictable workload independently and support other members of the pharmacy homecare team in the prioritisation of their workloads.
• Liaise with other pharmacy staff to ensure that the clinical requirements of homecare purchasing are met.
• Ensure accurate documentation of all homecare records with attention to detail, including the management of the homecare database (patient identifiable sensitive information) 
  shared between finance department and pharmacy.
• Promote the pharmacy homecare service, seeking new users and championing the service and contributing to research and pilot schemes within homecare services where appropriate.
• Identify and implement risk reduction strategies in the homecare service.
• Resolve purchasing disputes with homecare service providers.
• Ensure good, efficient and accurate patient records are maintained within the homecare medicines service.
• Investigate, develop and report on the current and future processes for patients consenting to receive homecare medicines management.
• Independently coordinate the review of existing homecare services with multidisciplinary teams. This will involve the analysis and interpretation of key performance indicators relating to the homecare service providers including reporting and resolving any issues identified.
• Produce quality and financial reports on homecare medicines services.
• Coordinate the service review meetings for homecare medicines management working closely with homecare companies, pharmacists, nurses, doctors, other healthcare staff and 
  patients.
• Maintain and promote high professional standards at all times.
  To manage the homecare medicines which have a Patient Access Scheme ensuring that patient level data is recorded, that prescribers are aware of their responsibilities and that systems are in place to ensure finance can invoice commissioners appropriately.
• Lead the recruitment process of staff to the pharmacy homecare medicines service team by reviewing establishment needs and service changes.
• Support lead pharmacists and trust clinicians in the business management of homecare services.
• To help communicate and explain service operational procedures/changes to service users, commissioners and providers.
   Investigate and manage homecare complaints and incident reporting, both internal and external in line with national standards.