Job summary
RESTRICTED TO STAFF IN SCOPE OF NHS GM MEDICINES OPTIMISATION REDESIGN
The review and redesign of NHS GM's Medicines Optimisation function provides new opportunities for existing members of the team. The 8C Cluster Lead roles are new roles, providing a pivotal leadership role across the function. This is an exciting time to move into a new role within the redesigned function, at a point where you will be instrumental in helping to shape & implement our new operating model.
The 8C Cluster Lead roles are as follows:
North - NCA footprint
East - MFT
South - Stockport & Tameside
West - Wigan & Bolton
Please note these roles also form part of a preferencing exercise. Staff successfully appointed to these roles will not have their Cluster area confirmed until the preferencing exercises & outcomes are concluded.
Main duties of the job
RESTRICTED TO STAFF IN SCOPE OF NHS GM MEDICINES OPTIMISATION REDESIGN
The review and redesign of NHS GM's Medicines Optimisation function provides new opportunities for existing members of the team. The 8C Cluster Lead roles are new roles, providing a pivotal leadership role across the function. This is an exciting time to move into a new role within the redesigned function, at a point where you will be instrumental in helping to shape & implement our new operating model.
The 8C Cluster Lead roles are as follows:
North - NCA footprint
East - MFT
South - Stockport & Tameside
West - Wigan & Bolton
Please note these roles also form part of a preferencing exercise. Staff successfully appointed to these roles will not have their Cluster area confirmed until the preferencing exercises & outcomes are concluded.
About us
NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care
Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health and wellbeing of people who live and work in their area. Their purpose is to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access; enhance productivity and value for money and support broader social and economic development in their area efficiency. This will be delivered in neighbourhood, place, combinations of places and GM system.
Our NHS People Promise
Our NHS People Promise -the promise we must all make to each other, to work together to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Like many other employers, NHS GM currently has evidence of unwarranted inequalities in the workforce, most notably in relation to minoritised ethnic, female and\or disabled staff and their intersectionality. As a result, we will use positive action measures to bring benefits to our organisation, includinga wider pool of talented, skilled and experienced people from which to recruit and a better understanding of the needs of a more diverse range of customers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
RESTRICTED TO STAFF IN SCOPE OF NHS GM MEDICINES OPTIMISATION REDESIGN
The review and redesign of NHS GMs Medicines Optimisation function provides new opportunities for existing members of the team. The 8C Cluster Lead roles are new roles, providing a pivotal leadership role across the function. This is an exciting time to move into a new role within the redesigned function, at a point where you will be instrumental in helping to shape & implement our new operating model.
The 8C Cluster Lead roles are as follows:
North NCA footprint
East - MFT
South - Stockport & Tameside
West - Wigan & Bolton
Please note these roles also form part of a preferencing exercise. Staff successfully appointed to these roles will not have their Cluster area confirmed until the preferencing exercises & outcomes are concluded.
Job description
Job responsibilities
RESTRICTED TO STAFF IN SCOPE OF NHS GM MEDICINES OPTIMISATION REDESIGN
The review and redesign of NHS GMs Medicines Optimisation function provides new opportunities for existing members of the team. The 8C Cluster Lead roles are new roles, providing a pivotal leadership role across the function. This is an exciting time to move into a new role within the redesigned function, at a point where you will be instrumental in helping to shape & implement our new operating model.
The 8C Cluster Lead roles are as follows:
North NCA footprint
East - MFT
South - Stockport & Tameside
West - Wigan & Bolton
Please note these roles also form part of a preferencing exercise. Staff successfully appointed to these roles will not have their Cluster area confirmed until the preferencing exercises & outcomes are concluded.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Pharmacist
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Skills
Essential
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
- . Persuade board and senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new opportunities.
- Works with Stakeholders to develop performance improvement plans and to develop plans for innovation and opening up the market.
Knowledge
Essential
- Responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting, management of budget and mitigations and working knowledge of financial processes.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development to maintain advanced theoretical and practical therapeutic knowledge
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy in Greater Manchester and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, the Strategic Health Authority and individual provider and commissioning organisations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Pharmacist
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Skills
Essential
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
- . Persuade board and senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new opportunities.
- Works with Stakeholders to develop performance improvement plans and to develop plans for innovation and opening up the market.
Knowledge
Essential
- Responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting, management of budget and mitigations and working knowledge of financial processes.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development to maintain advanced theoretical and practical therapeutic knowledge
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy in Greater Manchester and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, the Strategic Health Authority and individual provider and commissioning organisations
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).