Advanced Pharmacist

Job summary

We are seeking experienced, innovative and highly motivated pharmacists to join the Medicines Optimisation Team within NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Boards (LNR ICB). These roles offer an exciting opportunity to lead strategic medicines optimisation programmes that improve patient outcomes, reduce unwarranted variation, support quality improvement and deliver value across the Integrated Care System.

This recruitment includes the following specialist roles:

• Advanced Pharmacist Population Health and Long-Term Conditions
• Advanced Pharmacist Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
• Advanced Pharmacist Formulary and Interface
• Advanced Pharmacist Community Pharmacy and Integration

Applicants must clearly state within the Additional Information section of their application which role they wish to be considered for. Applicants applying for more than one role should indicate their order of preference. Candidates will be asked to confirm their preferred role(s) and ranking of preferences at interview.

Main duties of the job

Advanced Pharmacist Population Health and Long-Term ConditionsLead medicines optimisation programmes that improve outcomes for people with long-term conditions, frailty and health inequalities. Working with system partners, you will use population health approaches and data-driven insights to support pathway improvement and consistent, high-quality care.

Advanced Pharmacist Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)Lead antimicrobial stewardship and antimicrobial resistance programmes across the Integrated Care System. You will support improvements in antimicrobial prescribing, medicines governance, policy implementation and collaborative working to promote safe and effective antimicrobial use.

Advanced Pharmacist Formulary and InterfaceLead the development and implementation of formulary and interface medicines pathways across the system. You will support evidence-based decision-making, NICE implementation, shared care arrangements and the safe transfer of care between healthcare settings.

Advanced Pharmacist Community Pharmacy and IntegrationLead initiatives that strengthen the role of community pharmacy within integrated and neighbourhood-based care. You will support service development, improve access to medicines and urgent care services, and enhance collaboration across healthcare settings.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the duties, responsibilities and person requirements for each role.

About us

Working for our Integrated Care Boards will require you contributing to a shared purpose of improving outcomes for the communities we serve as part of a wider health and social care system. The organisation's ethos is rooted in integrity, collaboration and accountability, with a strong focus on putting its patient population at the centre of everything it does and delivering services to improve patient outcomes, patient experience and added years of optimised health. As part of the newly formed cluster bringing together NHS Northamptonshire ICB and NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB, staff are expected to work flexibly and collaboratively across organisational boundaries to support a joined-up approach to strategic commissioning and service improvement. There is an expectation of 40% on patch working, with office bases at County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester and Haylock House, Kettering. Staff can choose which office is their primary base for contractual purposes and travel claims.

This role will require a minimum of 2 days 'on patch' working in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland in our 2 main offices or partner sites

Job responsibilities

Important: Please ensure that your application clearly identifies which of the four specialist posts you wish to be considered for. If you wish to be considered for more than one role, please list your preferences in priority order within the Additional Information section. You will be asked to confirm your preferences during the interview process. Please see the attached job description and person specification for the full duties and responsibilities of this role

Person specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

• Extensive knowledge of and expertise in specialisms relevant to function and role
• Proven and significant leadership experience.
• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations

Communication 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.
• Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.

Analytical

Essential

• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
• Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action
• Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise

Planning Skills

Essential

• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly

Autonomy

Essential

• Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
• Ability to make decisions autonomously on difficult issues, when required, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy

Management Skills

Essential

• Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
• Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders