Lead Pharmacist - Medicines Value

Working closely with pharmacy, clinical, commissioning and finance colleagues, you will provide expert leadership on medicines value, prescribing financial planning and budget management. You will oversee delivery of the Prescribing Efficiencies Team's operational plan, provide regular reporting on progress and risks, and support practices, Primary Care Networks and place-based teams to deliver safe, clinically appropriate and cost-effective prescribing.

You will also provide leadership and line management to the Prescribing Efficiencies Team, ensuring projects are well planned, evidence-based and aligned with NHS North East London's strategic and financial priorities.We are looking for a registered pharmacist with substantial post-registration experience, strong analytical and financial skills, and experience of leading complex medicines optimisation programmes. You will be an effective communicator and influencer, able to build strong relationships and deliver change across organisational boundaries. This is an excellent opportunity to shape the medicines value agenda across North East London and support the best use of prescribing resources for our population.

Please see attached the Job Description and Person Specification document for full duties and responsibilities.

NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) was formed on 1 July 2022.

We are an exciting new organisation putting the needs of communities at the heart of our commissioning arrangements.

We are working with local people and partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector in innovative ways to improve health and wellbeing for all our communities. Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our Out of Hospital Strategy.

We can only do this with great staff who are encouraged and supported, which is why we invest in them, listen to them, make sure we are representative of our populations and that we foster their health and wellbeing.

Please note that all vacancies will be subject to a probation period in line with the Probation Policy.

Education / Qualifications

Essential: - Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). MPharm degree or equivalent pharmacy qualification.

Desirable: - Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy qualification or equivalent.

Experience

Knowledge