DC Pharmacy Advisor

NHS England; United Kingdom; Híbrido; GBP 45.000 - 65.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

NHS England South West Specialised Commissioning invites a GPhC-registered pharmacist with substantial hospital experience to join our regional team. You will use your pharmaceutical expertise to advise on commissioning, manage high-cost medicines and support evidence-based decisions across the South West.

You will evaluate clinical and cost effectiveness, analyse budget impact, and work with clinical, analytical and finance colleagues to ensure safe, equitable and sustainable use of specialised

Formación

• GPhC registration and UK-accredited MPharm degree
• Substantial post-registration hospital pharmacy experience
• Postgraduate diploma or equivalent with master's level knowledge
• Experience with national/local medicines commissioning and high-cost medicines
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)

Responsabilidades

• Provide specialist pharmaceutical advice to support the commissioning and management of specialised medicines
• Evaluate clinical and cost effectiveness and assess budget impact
• Analyse medicines-use data and monitor expenditure on high-cost drugs
• Support fair and equitable access to NICE-approved therapies
• Collaborate with NHS England colleagues to optimise service development

Conocimientos

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Time management

Problem solving

Prioritisation

Educación

MPharm degree

Postgraduate diploma or master's level knowledge

Descripción del empleo

Help shape the use of specialised medicines across the South West

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated pharmacist to join the NHS England South West Specialised Commissioning team.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to work at regional level, applying your pharmaceutical expertise to some of the most complex, innovative and high-cost medicines used within specialised services.

You will bring together clinical, commissioning, analytical and financial expertise to help ensure specialised medicines are used effectively, safely, equitably and in a financially sustainable way across the South West.

Main duties of the job

Working with colleagues across NHS England and the wider NHS, you will provide specialist pharmaceutical advice to support the commissioning and management of specialised medicines.

A key part of the role will be evaluating the clinical and cost effectiveness of specialised medicines, assessing budgetary impact, analysing medicines-use data and monitoring expenditure on high-cost drugs. You will use your professional expertise to support evidence-based clinical and financial management and service development.

You will also help understand variation in the uptake and use of specialised medicines across the region, supporting fair and equitable access to NICE-approved and other high-cost therapies.

The role requires extensive knowledge of specialised commissioning and practical experience relating to high-cost medicines, NICE and Cancer Drugs Fund guidance, chemotherapy and aseptic services.

About us

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for external candidates.

Job responsibilities

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

You will be a GPhC-registered pharmacist with a UK-accredited MPharm degree and substantial post-registration experience in hospital pharmacy. You will have postgraduate education or equivalent experience/training, alongside further specialist knowledge or experience equivalent to master's level.

We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:

• Experience of national and local medicines commissioning.
• High-cost medicines experience, including detailed practical knowledge of NICE/CDF guidance, chemotherapy and aseptic services.
• Strong analytical and financial skills, with the ability to evaluate clinical and cost effectiveness, assess budget impact and interpret medicines-use and expenditure data.
• Excellent influencing and partnership-working skills, including advanced stakeholder management, negotiation and communication where there are competing priorities or contentious issues.
• A commitment to equitable access, with the ability to identify and understand geographical variation in the uptake and utilisation of specialised medicines.

Office base - flexible within the South West.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GPhC registration
• Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience

Knowledge and experience

• Demonstrable experience of managing change
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through a postgraduate 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
• Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy, and appreciation of the implications for engagement
• Appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations
• Membership of a relevant professional body

Skills, capabilities and attributes

• Proven ability to apply pharmaceutical knowledge to ensure an evidence-based approach to management and service development, and to optimise the balance between effectiveness, safety and cost of medicines
• Advanced influencing and negotiation skills
• Ability to manage highly complex problems related to medicine usage and analysis
• Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess verbal, written and numerical information, and draw appropriate conclusions
• Excellent time-management skills, including the ability to plan own workload and that of the specialised team
• Ability to prioritise effectively and work under pressure

Values and behaviours

• Committed to and focused on quality, promoting high standards in all they do
• Able to connect their work with benefits for patients and the public
• Consistently considers how their work can help clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients
• Values diversity and difference, and operates with integrity and openness
• Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
• Understands and is committed to equality of opportunity and good working relationships

Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working