Job summary
We are looking for a motivated individual to join the Pharmacy Homecare Team at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation (NCIC) Trust for a period of 5 months. This maternity cover post will provide direction and advice for Homecare team members of staff on the two hospital sites (CIC and WCH) to ensure operational continuity for the team, with the support of the Homecare Pharmacists.

The Homecare team provides services to a variety of clinical teams in the Trust to ensure the patients get an excellent quality and safe Homecare medicines delivery, working with a large number of Homecare providers across the UK. Homecare ensures the Trust and commissioners use best value services and work towards using cost-effective treatments and services as soon as they become available.

The job includes assisting the wider Pharmacy Department with Dispensary Accuracy checking, working on a Saturday, and other duties as required.

Main duties of the job
The Lead Homecare Technician works as part of a team, and the main duties are:

• Assisting the Homecare Pharmacists to manage Homecare provider accounts, by arranging service meetings, keeping contact matrices up to date, facilitating new Service level agreements and Regional Homecare Framework call offs.
• Homecare Prescription and Registration paperwork maintenance, and management of team electronic databases, including adding and maintaining Homecare products to the Pharmacy system.
• Monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPI)and Workload figures to complete KPI and patient number monthly figures to enable the Team to keep commissioners and Senior Pharmacy staff appraised of Homecare workload and performance.
• Supervising invoice management, including trouble-shooting query invoices and managing price updates and contract changes.
• Line management of Homecare team members, including Health and Wellbeing and 1:1 meetings.
• Maintaining Standard Operating Procedures.
• Accuracy Checking rota and Weekend Working rota working.

About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Details
Closing date: 16 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Per Annum, Pro Rata
Contract: Secondment
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 262-A-26-8363771
Job locations: CIC or WCH, Whitehaven, CA28 8JG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Important Information:
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

The Trust is committed to equality of opportunity. Applicants who meet all the essential criteria for a post under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant will be guaranteed an interview.