Job summary
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This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and committed Pharmacist to come and join us as part of the South East London Medicines Optimisation team. The Team reflects the values of the ICB of improving health outcomes, reducing health inequalities, delivering medicines value, and maintaining a thriving, financially viable, health economy delivering safe and effective high quality care that meets the needs of local people.
For further information please contact Devika Sennik, Assistant Director, Integrated Medicines Optimisation, SEL ICB via email devika.sennik@selondonics.nhs.uk
As a senior pharmacist, you will work with our pharmacy leadership team, to support the delivery of the SEL ICB medicines agenda. You will lead the day-to-day operation of the South East London Integrated Pharmacy Stakeholder Group (IPSG) and its main working groups, through engaging, collaborating and building relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The SEL IPSG is a Pharmacy Leadership forum with representation from senior Pharmacy leaders from different sectors in SEL. The Group leads the Medicines Optimisation & Pharmacy transformation and integration programme, with a focus on medicines value, Community Pharmacy and workforce integration.
Main duties of the job
This role is one of two lead pharmacist roles in the Integrated Medicines Optimisation team, line managed by the Assistant Director, Integrated Medicines Optimisation, working across South East London (SEL). The postholders will work across SEL Integrated Care System (ICS) to lead a defined portfolio of our SEL Transforming and Integrating Medicines Optimisation (TIMO) programme. Whilst the focus of this role will be leading and supporting workstreams under the SEL IPSG, the post holder will work in partnership with their counterpart, who works closely with the SEL IMOC. This will include some shared responsibilities and providing cross cover as necessary.
You will also support the delivery of the Long Term Conditions improvement programmes, providing advice and guidance to GPs and other healthcare professionals across the system. You will use your clinical skills and knowledge to support service redesign, system planning and service integration and will also support pharmacy integration and medicines optimisation initiatives aligned to national and local priorities.
Whilst this role is full time (37.5 hours per week), applications from those who are able to work a minimum of 30 hours per week, or are applying on a job share basis, will also be considered. Please note that applicants should be available to work on Tuesdays and Thursdays, which are critical team and meeting days.
Interviews will take place face-to-face at the headquarters at 160 Tooley Street, London.
About us
The South East London Integrated Care Board (SEL ICB) brings together the health and care partners that serve our vibrant and highly diverse populations resident in the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Greenwich - our Places.
Our partnership brings together six local authorities, over 200 general practices (operating within 35 Primary Care Networks), Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS FT, King's College Hospital NHS FT, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, South London and the Maudsley Mental Health FT and Oxleas FT. It also brings together Community Pharmacists, Dentists and Optometrists with delegated commissioning arrangements in place from April 2023. Importantly, the ICB seeks to be connected to the communities we serve (circa 1.92m residents) and work with the widest possible range of community, voluntary and third sector groups and organisations in each borough. The reach of our NHS provider portfolios extends beyond the borders of the ICB, across London, the south of England and nationally for some services.
You will be joining a well established Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy system in South East London. An Integrated Medicines Optimisation Committee (IMOC) provides a forum for multidisciplinary, clinical decision making on medicines.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for the full list of duties and responsibilities of the post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for the full list of duties and responsibilities of the post.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Pharmacy: currently a master's degree taking 4 years plus one year pre-registration (5 years in total) or equivalent.
- Current registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma or MSc in a pharmacy discipline or evidence of extensive clinical training and experience.
- Mandatory CPD
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working within a complex and challenging environment, managing demanding relationships with multiple stakeholders
- Experience of multidisciplinary, joint working with colleagues from a range of professional backgrounds.
- Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in highly complex and challenging environment
- Experience of managing budgets and business planning processes
- Experience of working closely with Medicines Committees or Groups
- Experience of successfully setting up and managing internal processes and procedures
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence for a senior audience
- Experience in leading and supporting development of treatment pathways/ guidelines
- Knowledge of how to optimise clinical care by care pathway redesign, including relating to medicines and LTC use.
- Extensive experience of negotiating and implementing change in practice
- Experience of leading a specialist team, delivering service changes and developments
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to understand a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery
- Critical appraisal skills and knowledge to analyse, interpret and evaluate clinical papers, clinical evidence, data and information from various sources to make judgements, decisions and provide recommendations
- Ability to analyse ePACT2/ QOF / EMIS/acute data
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information and present such information to large groups and senior stakeholders
- Interpreting national policy for implementation
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Pharmacy: currently a master's degree taking 4 years plus one year pre-registration (5 years in total) or equivalent.
- Current registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma or MSc in a pharmacy discipline or evidence of extensive clinical training and experience.
- Mandatory CPD
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working within a complex and challenging environment, managing demanding relationships with multiple stakeholders
- Experience of multidisciplinary, joint working with colleagues from a range of professional backgrounds.
- Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in highly complex and challenging environment
- Experience of managing budgets and business planning processes
- Experience of working closely with Medicines Committees or Groups
- Experience of successfully setting up and managing internal processes and procedures
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence for a senior audience
- Experience in leading and supporting development of treatment pathways/ guidelines
- Knowledge of how to optimise clinical care by care pathway redesign, including relating to medicines and LTC use.
- Extensive experience of negotiating and implementing change in practice
- Experience of leading a specialist team, delivering service changes and developments
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to understand a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery
- Critical appraisal skills and knowledge to analyse, interpret and evaluate clinical papers, clinical evidence, data and information from various sources to make judgements, decisions and provide recommendations
- Ability to analyse ePACT2/ QOF / EMIS/acute data
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information and present such information to large groups and senior stakeholders
- Interpreting national policy for implementation
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
