Lead Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist (City & Hackney)

NHS North East London; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Camden Town is seeking a clinical leader for a fixed term maternity cover role focusing on Medicines Optimisation. Responsibilities include overseeing pharmacological projects, driving transformation at the borough level, and managing risks associated with medicines. The ideal candidate will possess expertise in clinical pharmacy and leadership skills. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to community health initiatives while fostering personal and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading transformation related to Medicines Optimisation.
• Expertise in clinical pharmacy services.
• Strong leadership in managing medicines-related risks.

Responsibilities

• Drive transformation and value for money in planning and commissioning of services.
• Oversee projects related to pharmacy and medicines optimisation.
• Provide expert clinical pharmacy input at a place-based level.

Job description

Overview

We are an exciting new organisation placing the needs of communities at the heart of commissioning. We work with local people and partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector to improve health and wellbeing for all our communities. Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our Out of Hospital Strategy. We can only do this with great staff who are encouraged and supported, which is why we invest in them, listen to them, make sure we are representative of our populations and that we foster their health and wellbeing. This post is a fixed term maternity cover based in the NEL ICB Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation team.

Role and responsibilities

• Leads at borough level, driving transformation as well as value for money in planning, commissioning, development of patient pathways and services with regards to Medicines Optimisation
• Oversees projects to support the delivery of the pharmacy and medicines optimisation team strategy and objectives. This includes responsibility for ensuring the planning, development and delivery of medicines optimisation projects
• Provides expertise, experience and leadership in medicines at place based level as well as across the Integrated Care System
• Provides expert clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation input to a designated clinical specialty, network or initiative as required
• Leads at place, the management of risks associated with medicines, ensuring risks are recorded, regularly reviewed and mitigations are undertaken and reported as appropriate. Supports the investigation of medicines related incidents and complaints and facilitates systems to implement best practice.
• The post holder will contribute by spending up to 50% of their time providing clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation input and leadership to a designated NEL wide clinical specialty, network, medicines programme or other initiative (may involve supervision by a Deputy Director or Head of Medicines Optimisation).

Additional information

• Main duties and terms: Fixed term maternity cover, probation period in line with the Probation Policy (6 months).
• Pre-employment checks including safeguarding and DBS where applicable.
• Applications welcome from job seekers requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship; however non-EEA candidates may not be appointed if a suitably qualified EU/EEA candidate is available.