Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB

Medicines Optimisation Support Pharmacist

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Job summary

Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) is looking to recruit a number of pharmacists to join our diverse Medicines Optimisation Team. Split across 3 locations, Amersham, Oxford and Reading, the team is made up of Pharmacists, technicians, nurses, dietitians and administrators. We are looking for pharmacists with a passion for supporting the Quality, Safety, Clinical and cost-effective prescribing and sustainability agenda, as well as reducing the inequalities in healthcare across our population.

Part time working would be considered for this role.

BOB ICB is committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are actively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We welcome applications from all under-represented communities and groups and particularly welcome applicants with protected characteristics. The organisation offers flexible working.

Main duties of the job

The role will be varied and will give you the opportunity to explore the different functions within the team. Training and development will be provided to enable you to expand your knowledge and capabilities. You will report into one of the Medicines Optimisation Pharmacists and provide support to the wider team.

This is a Hybrid working role, it is anticipated that 1 or 2 days per week will be working from the office or GP practice sites (with flexibility to for additional days for events and meetings on an ad hoc basis), and the rest of the week working remotely.

If you would like to have an informal conversation to find out more about the role, please contact:

Jillian Powell - jillian.powell@nhs.net

About us

In the heart of the Thames Valley is our Integrated Care Board (ICB). It covers the geography across three counties and goes in line with the local authority boundaries of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham. Our geography covers a population of nearly 1.8 million. While overall in good health and socio-economic condition, alongside affluence we have pockets of severe deprivation.

Our constituent organisations include 175 GP surgeries, 5 local authorities, 3 acute hospital trusts, 2 mental health and community providers, 1 ambulance trust and a single operating model across all of this, spending £2.5bn of public money each year.

We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications from women, people from black and minority ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.

Details

Date posted

16 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

D9482-ICB-5606TG

Job locations

Sandford Gate Office

Littlemore

Oxford

OX4 6LB


Bath Road

Reading

RG30 2BA


Amersham Hospital

Whielden Street

Amersham

HP7 0JD


Job description

Job responsibilities

As part of this role you will:

Provide prescribing and pharmaceutical support and advice to Primary Care Networks (PCNs), GP practices and associated community staff within the ICB,

Support colleagues on a therapeutic area,

Lead on specific pieces of work and projects,

Support the monitoring and influencing of value based prescribing outcomes,

Provide and facilitate medicines optimisation training and education,

Undertake day to day supervision of junior staff,

Job description

Job responsibilities

As part of this role you will:

Provide prescribing and pharmaceutical support and advice to Primary Care Networks (PCNs), GP practices and associated community staff within the ICB,

Support colleagues on a therapeutic area,

Lead on specific pieces of work and projects,

Support the monitoring and influencing of value based prescribing outcomes,

Provide and facilitate medicines optimisation training and education,

Undertake day to day supervision of junior staff,

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Masters level in Pharmacy or equivalent level (pre 2000).
  • Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council.
  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.

Experience

Essential

  • Excellent clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge.
  • Able to apply clinical knowledge appropriately in a variety of practice or patient groups.
  • Able to facilitate change.

Desirable

  • Understanding of primary care structure and general practice.
  • Understanding of the current national policies in particular those impacting on medicines optimisation services.
  • Demonstrates understanding of legal, governance and ethical frameworks within which pharmacists and primary/secondary care organisations work.

Communication Skills

Essential

  • Analyse and receive complex prescribing information, negotiate with GPs on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex information to large and influential groups.
  • Persuade members of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new market opportunities.
  • Negotiate on difficult and detailed issues.

Management Skills

Essential

  • Skills for job management.
  • Skills for delivering results through others and using a range of levers.
  • Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Masters level in Pharmacy or equivalent level (pre 2000).
  • Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council.
  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.

Experience

Essential

  • Excellent clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge.
  • Able to apply clinical knowledge appropriately in a variety of practice or patient groups.
  • Able to facilitate change.

Desirable

  • Understanding of primary care structure and general practice.
  • Understanding of the current national policies in particular those impacting on medicines optimisation services.
  • Demonstrates understanding of legal, governance and ethical frameworks within which pharmacists and primary/secondary care organisations work.

Communication Skills

Essential

  • Analyse and receive complex prescribing information, negotiate with GPs on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex information to large and influential groups.
  • Persuade members of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new market opportunities.
  • Negotiate on difficult and detailed issues.

Management Skills

Essential

  • Skills for job management.
  • Skills for delivering results through others and using a range of levers.
  • Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB

Address

Sandford Gate Office

Littlemore

Oxford

OX4 6LB


Employer's website

https://www.bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB

Address

Sandford Gate Office

Littlemore

Oxford

OX4 6LB


Employer's website

https://www.bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Jillian Powell

jillian.powell@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

16 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

D9482-ICB-5606TG

Job locations

Sandford Gate Office

Littlemore

Oxford

OX4 6LB


Bath Road

Reading

RG30 2BA


Amersham Hospital

Whielden Street

Amersham

HP7 0JD


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