Lead Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist - Place Based Teams

Job summary

This post is based in the NEL ICB Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation team. The post holder leads the team delivering on medicines optimisation within the designated place and contributes to the development of the pharmacy and medicines optimisation strategy across NEL and the London Region. The team provides an effective and professional medicines optimisation service to our local boroughs as well as matrix working across boroughs and with our stakeholders. The post holder will lead on the safe, quality and cost-effective use of medicines, that is evidence based, by implementing the principles of medicines optimisation.

Senior Medicines Optimisation pharmacists will be expected to spend up to 50% of their time providing clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation input and leadership to a designated NELwide clinical specialty, network, medicines programme or other initiative. This may involve working underthe supervision of a different Deputy Director or Head of Medicines Optimisation.

Main duties of the job

o Leads at borough level, driving transformation as well as value for money in planning, commissioning, development of patient pathways and services with regards to Medicines Optimisationo Oversees projects to support the delivery of the pharmacy and medicines optimisation team strategy and objectives. This includes responsibility for ensuring the planning, development and delivery of medicines optimisation projectso Provides expertise, experience and leadership in medicines at place based level as well as across the Integrated Care Systemo Provides expert clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation input to a designated clinical specialty, network or initiative as requiredo Leads the place based team that supports GPs, non-medical prescribers and other health and care professionals in the safe use of medicines, evidence-based prescribing, cost-effective management of the prescribing budget and support local and national measureso Leads at place, the management of risks associated with medicines, ensuring that relevant risks are recorded on the risk register, regularly reviewed and mitigations are undertaken and reported as appropriateo Provide clinical pharmacy input to a range of guidelines and clinical pathways to include but not limited to long term conditions

About us

North East London is steeped in history and culture, and home to over two million people (and rising). It's the most diverse area of the UK; and because of that, one of the most exciting and vibrant places to work.

NHS North East London works with our health, social care, voluntary and community partners and residents) to plan and buy health services to meet our population's needs, making sure all parts of the local health and care system work effectively together. We work as part of the North East London Integrated Care System northeastlondonhcp.nhs.uk

We make sure residents and visitors have the best physical and mental health and have good access to high-quality health and care services. We have a vision to "work with and for all the people of North East London to create meaningful improvements in health, wellbeing and equity."

We serve eight local authority areas: Barking and Dagenham; City of London; Hackney; Havering; Newham; Redbridge; Tower Hamlets; and Waltham Forest.