Job summary
The Sussex
NHS Commissioners represent a joint way of working across the ICB. The ICB's are responsible
for the planning and commissioning of health care services for their local
area. Working together in this way allows the organisations to be more
effective and efficient by streamlining processes, avoiding duplication and
delivering consistency of quality across a larger area. The ICB's collectively
cover an area of over 2 million people and have an annual financial spend of
over £2.95 billion. There is a single Chief Executive Officer and Executive
Team. As functions across Sussex are working towards becoming integrated, staff
working within the CCGs are expected to have strong working links across the
system
The Sussex ICBs Medicines Optimisation Team is ambitious and forward thinking, striving to
ensure that the patient is always at the heart of everything we do. The team, as part of the shared
management team across Sussex, is responsible for providing strategic and
operational level advice and support in all matters regarding prescribing and
medicines optimisation. The team works to address medicines optimisation and
service development issues in partnership with other organisations across all
local health and social care interfaces.
We are
looking for several experienced and highly motivated Pharmacist(s) to join our
team as Senior Medicines Optimisation Pharmacists for both permanent and fixed
term contract.
Main duties of the job
These posts provide an excellent opportunity to contribute to delivering medicines optimisation in primary care, improve patient outcomes, reduce medicine waste, advise on prescribing and ensure alignment with local and national recommendations.
These roles will work with the existing team of pharmacists and
pharmacy technicians to deliver the local medicines optimisation strategy,
including current NHS England priorities, as part of overall population health
management across Sussex.
You will play a key
role in promoting high-quality, cost-effective prescribing within the local
health population and to provide prescribing and pharmaceutical support to
Primary Care Networks (PCNs), GP practices and associated community staff
within the IC. You will also have a
lead role within the team for providing medicines optimisation support to
specialised commissioners and primary care prescribers in a number of clinical
areas.
Applicants must have
experience of providing medicines management advice, through analysis of
evidence, presented in a systematic way to enable effective decision making. We
need an individual who is confident in their knowledge and skills and who can
provide constructive challenge in formal meetings. Able to make recommendations and facilitate
sustained changes in prescribing practice to ensure -effective medicines use.
There is a need for self-motivation and initiative to deliver the high standard
required.
About us
NHS Sussex ICB ambition is to create an inclusive working environment which reflects our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity for all groups. We are particularly under-represented in staff from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and disabled communities and actively encourage and welcome applications from these communities. Furthermore, we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us.
We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us confidentially during the application process so that we can statistically monitor how fair and equitable our recruitment process is and how well we are reaching applicants from diverse communities and identify where we need to improve. This information is removed before shortlisting.
We celebrate diversity and promote equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We adopt a flexible first approach to working patterns. We empower our people to work where, when, and how they choose with minimum constraints to support their wellbeing to sustain good work life balance and to optimise performance and delivery.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Medicines Optimisation has been identified as a key improvement intervention in its own
right as well as being integral to each of the other areas of transformation. The Sussex
ICBs are updating the Medicines Optimisation Strategy currently, and this will describe
how we are going to improve health through the promotion of high quality, cost-effective
use of medicines. This will include the three main functions of governance, quality
improvement and Primary Care Network (PCN) engagement.
The key focus of the role will be:
- Promoting high-quality, cost-effective prescribing within the local health population and to provide prescribing and pharmaceutical support to PCNs, GP practices and associated community staff within the Integrated Care System (ICS).
- Contributing to the development and implementation of the ICS medicines optimisation strategy, including current NHS England priorities, as part of the overall Sussex population health management.
- Supporting the development of, and where appropriate lead on aspects of, the GP practice Prescribing Incentive Scheme offer
- Leading on a therapeutic area and being the stakeholder link for relevant clinical discussions involving medicines pertaining to this area.
- Building and maintaining appropriate networks and working relationships withother teams across the organisation.
- Monitoring and influencing value based prescribing outcomes
- Providing leadership, support and line management as required to the ICS medicines optimisation workforce
- Providing or facilitating training and education on effective medicines optimisation when required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Medicines Optimisation has been identified as a key improvement intervention in its own
right as well as being integral to each of the other areas of transformation. The Sussex
ICBs are updating the Medicines Optimisation Strategy currently, and this will describe
how we are going to improve health through the promotion of high quality, cost-effective
use of medicines. This will include the three main functions of governance, quality
improvement and Primary Care Network (PCN) engagement.
The key focus of the role will be:
- Promoting high-quality, cost-effective prescribing within the local health population and to provide prescribing and pharmaceutical support to PCNs, GP practices and associated community staff within the Integrated Care System (ICS).
- Contributing to the development and implementation of the ICS medicines optimisation strategy, including current NHS England priorities, as part of the overall Sussex population health management.
- Supporting the development of, and where appropriate lead on aspects of, the GP practice Prescribing Incentive Scheme offer
- Leading on a therapeutic area and being the stakeholder link for relevant clinical discussions involving medicines pertaining to this area.
- Building and maintaining appropriate networks and working relationships withother teams across the organisation.
- Monitoring and influencing value based prescribing outcomes
- Providing leadership, support and line management as required to the ICS medicines optimisation workforce
- Providing or facilitating training and education on effective medicines optimisation when required.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- - Experience of researching best practice, interpreting its relevance and processes/practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation)
- - Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
- - Relevant experience of working as a qualified, practising pharmacist in primary and/or secondary care
- - Relevant leadership and/or clinical postgraduate qualification
- - Experience of providing pharmaceutical advice in primary care
Desirable
- - Experience of working across multiple settings
Qualifications
Essential
- - Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equiv. pre year 2000
- - One year post-graduate vocational training preregistration.
- - Registered pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
Desirable
- - Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma and/or equivalent experience or training plus further
- specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent, for example NHS Leadership Academy
- - Member of relevant professional body (e.g.Royal Pharmaceutical Society)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- - Experience of researching best practice, interpreting its relevance and processes/practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation)
- - Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
- - Relevant experience of working as a qualified, practising pharmacist in primary and/or secondary care
- - Relevant leadership and/or clinical postgraduate qualification
- - Experience of providing pharmaceutical advice in primary care
Desirable
- - Experience of working across multiple settings
Qualifications
Essential
- - Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equiv. pre year 2000
- - One year post-graduate vocational training preregistration.
- - Registered pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
Desirable
- - Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma and/or equivalent experience or training plus further
- specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent, for example NHS Leadership Academy
- - Member of relevant professional body (e.g.Royal Pharmaceutical Society)
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
