Lead Pharmacist Medicines Optimisation Delivery

National Health Service; Ashford; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board is seeking a Lead Pharmacist, Medicines Optimisation Delivery to lead the medicines optimisation function at Place and neighbourhood level, driving improvements in safety, value and outcomes for the local population.

You will collaborate with the strategic commissioning multidisciplinary team, supported by the ICB Chief Pharmacist and colleagues, delivering ambitious plans under the NHS 10 Year Plan.

Qualifications

• Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Experience in development, transformation and delivery of medicines and long-term conditions services.
• Experience in co-producing and delivering cross-sector projects in complex environments.
• Experience in managing prescribing budgets, service budgets and business planning processes.
• Experience leading a specialist team and implementing service changes.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of medicines optimisation strategies at Place and neighbourhood.
• Support primary care and neighbourhood NHS models of care to improve medicines outcomes.
• Collaborate across boroughs to enable do once and share functions.

Skills

Risk identification

Complex information analysis

Decision making

Education

General Pharmaceutical Council registration

Job description

Job summary

Job summaryThe SEL ICB Medicines Optimisation programme is responsible for 250 million medicines expenditure in primary care and leads an extensive programme of medicines and pharmacy transformation in SEL IC. This role will lead delivery of the medicines optimisation function at Place and neighbourhood, working closely with the strategic commissioning multidisciplinary team, supported by the ICB Chief Pharmacist, Associate Chief Pharmacists, Consultant Pharmacists, and colleagues.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the jobThe Lead Pharmacist, Medicines Optimisation Delivery will focus on the delivery of strategies and actionable plans at Place, to deliver the best possible health outcomes for the SEL local population with a greater focus on prevention, personalised care and health inequalities, informed by clear intelligence and insights in relation to population and service provision, aligned to the NHS 10 Year Plan. They will lead the support for primary care and neighbourhood NHS models of care at Place in enhancing outcomes from medicines, including medicines value, safety, and overall quality improvement. The post holder will also work collaboratively across boroughs within the medicines optimisation delivery team to facilitate the efficient implementation of "do once and share" functions.

About us

About usIn 2025, the boards of NHS South East London ICB and NHS South West London ICB took the decision to enter into a clustering arrangement. This means that we share a chair, chief executive officer and an executive team, but we remain as separate, statutory organisations.This also means that the ICBs will share some teams, who will be working across both organisations. Some teams will also be working across both geographical areas and integrated care systems. This is a period of change for the NHS. The Government's 10 Year Health Plan presents an ambitious vision for a future NHS, with emphasis on the three 'shifts' - from hospital to community, from analogue to digital, and from cure to prevention - all underpinning the new neighbourhood health service.ICBs are also changing, with a clear focus on strategic commissioning and delivering neighbourhood working. This is an exciting time to work within our ICBs. We currently have the opportunity both to shape the future of our clustered organisations, and to be part of a radical transformation of care for the local people and communities across south London. And while our two ICBs are different in some ways, improving lives for the people we serve is at the core of what we are both here to do. Please note as you can only be employed by one ICB, this job description refers to 'the 'ICB', but your role may cover both ICB organisations, and / or geographical areas.

Details

DetailsDate posted30 October 2026Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 8bSalary 75,328 to 86,114 a year per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAS ContractPermanentWorking pattern Full-time Reference number487-SELICB-S3-M7-AJob locationsTooley Street160 Tooley StreetLondonSE1 2TZUnited Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilitiesPlease see the attached job description and person specification for details on the main responsibilities.

Job description Job responsibilitiesPlease see the attached job description and person specification for details on the main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Person Specification Education / Qualifications EssentialCurrent registration with General Pharmaceutical Council Experience & Knowledge EssentialExperience of development, transformation and delivery of medicines and long term conditions services and implementation of personalised care.Demonstrated experience of co producing and delivery of cross sector projects in highly complex and challenging environment.Experience of managing prescribing budgets, service budgets and business planning processesExperience of leading a specialist team, service changes and developments. Skills and Abilities EssentialAbility to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.Ability to understand a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.

Person Specification Education / Qualifications EssentialCurrent registration with General Pharmaceutical Council Experience & Knowledge EssentialExperience of development, transformation and delivery of medicines and long term conditions services and implementation of personalised care.Demonstrated experience of co producing and delivery of cross sector projects in highly complex and challenging environment.Experience of managing prescribing budgets, service budgets and business planning processesExperience of leading a specialist team, service changes and developments. Skills and Abilities EssentialAbility to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.Ability to understand a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.

Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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

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 CheckThis 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 CheckThis 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.

Employer details

Employer detailsEmployer nameNHS South East London Integrated Care BoardAddressTooley Street160 Tooley StreetLondonSE1 2TZUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer nameNHS South East London Integrated Care BoardAddressTooley Street160 Tooley StreetLondonSE1 2TZUnited KingdomEmployer's website