Pharmacist Clinical Adviser

NHS; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a pharmacist clinical adviser to enhance medicines optimisation across the health and care system. This role involves leading complex projects, providing expert clinical advice, and ensuring the effective use of medicines, contributing to improved patient outcomes. The position is based in Manchester with a hybrid working model, requiring regular office attendance.

Benefits

NHS pension scheme

Flexible working options

Access to a Blue Light Card

27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Access to modern offices with amenities

Personal development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council is essential.
• Experience in patient-facing roles within the NHS is crucial.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver programmes for safe and effective use of medicines.
• Provide technical, clinical, and medicines advice.
• Support implementation of NICE guidance in practice.

Skills

Advanced specialist knowledge of evidence-based health care

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Thorough attention to detail

Education

Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Job description

Job summary

The pharmacist clinical adviser role sits within the clinical directorate. The purpose of the clinical directorate is to strengthen clinical leadership throughout NICE and ensure end-to-end clinical oversight of, and support to, all areas of NICE activity. It also enhances the external credibility of NICE and promotes more effective stakeholder engagement.

The core task of the directorate in support of NICE's strategic direction is todevelop and deliver an organisation-wide topic selection and prioritisationprocess that identifies and prioritises what has the greatest impact on people and the health and care system.

The directorate is also responsible for ensuring that the clinical requirementsof NICE are anticipated and met in a dynamic way that is responsive to changing need.

We are a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team of health and care professionals,and highly skilled technical people.

Please note there will be a pre-interview assessment for those successful at shortlisting stage, more details will be sent to those individuals

Main duties of the job

The role supports the safe, effective use of medicines across the NHS and care system, improving care and ensuring value for taxpayers. It involves leading and delivering programmes and projects, offering technical, clinical and medicines advice, and sharing system intelligence to support evidence-based practice.

The pharmacist clinical adviser works with the NICE Medicines and Prescribing Associate community of practice. NICE Medicines and Prescribing Associates are people whose work involves influencing medicines optimisation and prescribing strategy in the NHS.

The role includes:

• providing specialised expertise, knowledge and advice on medicines optimisation and implementation issues across NICE
• leading, contributing to and delivering highly complex, technical projects for example, technology appraisal incorporation topics, guidance in development and updates, the NICE Medicines and Prescribing Associate community of practice and patient safety.
• working closely with medicines optimisation colleagues to build and maintain close links and understanding of practice within the health and care system and to help gather medicines intelligence insights to support NICE
• supporting implementation of medicines optimisation related NICE guidance in practice, by developing identified NICE priority topic implementation tools and resources for use by practitioners in the health and care system.

About us

The medicines optimisation team is part of the clinical directorate and provides expert medicines optimisation and clinical advice throughout NICE to enable the best possible outcomes for the benefit of patients and the public and to support the NHS, and those working for it, to embed safe, effective and innovative use of medicines.

• We support safe and cost-effective use of medicines by contributing to guidance development, providing quality assurance and developing implementation tools and resources for prescribers, commissioners and front-line professionals across the health and social care system.
• We work collaboratively with other teams across NICE in the Centre for Guidelines, Medicines Evaluation, and the Impact and Partnerships Directorate, and also externally with national stakeholders and a wide range of front-line practitioners involved in medicines optimisation such as the NICE medicines and prescribing Associates.
• We provide expert medicines optimisation input along with gathering medicines intelligence from the health and care system.
• We provide comprehensive operational, administrative and project management support in the planning, production, quality assurance and delivery of all medicines optimisation team products and services in line with NICE policy and processes.

Details Date posted

13 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

907-730

Job locations

3rd Floor

3 Piccadilly Place

Manchester

M1 3BN

Job description Job responsibilities

This is a Manchester based role (hybrid contract).You will be required to come into the Manchester office at least once a week on average, maybe more frequently depending on business need. The team are mostly based in Manchester/the North West so a regular presence will be required. NICE will not fund travel expenses from your home to or from the office as your base will be the Manchester office. A home or NICE London office base will not be offered for this role.

Our benefits include:

• NHS pension scheme which is one of the most generous in the UK.
• We promote flexible working to help staff achieve a healthy work life balance including work from home, compressed hours and flexi start/finish times.
• Access to a Blue Light Card which includes a wide range of discounts from major retailers, restaurants and more.
• Holiday entitlement which starts from 27 days plus Bank Holidays
• Access to modern offices with showers, bike storage facilities and refreshments such as tea and coffee.
• Access to Staff Networks including Disability Advocacy and Wellbeing Network, Women In NICE, Race Equality Network, NICE and Proud, Change Agent Network. Equality and Diversity is highly valued in the organisation.
• Personal development tailored to your needs.

If you feel this is the type of environment, you will enjoy working in then please feel free to contact us for more information or apply now.

To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.

Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.

Job description Job responsibilities

This is a Manchester based role (hybrid contract).You will be required to come into the Manchester office at least once a week on average, maybe more frequently depending on business need. The team are mostly based in Manchester/the North West so a regular presence will be required. NICE will not fund travel expenses from your home to or from the office as your base will be the Manchester office. A home or NICE London office base will not be offered for this role.

Our benefits include:

• NHS pension scheme which is one of the most generous in the UK.
• We promote flexible working to help staff achieve a healthy work life balance including work from home, compressed hours and flexi start/finish times.
• Access to a Blue Light Card which includes a wide range of discounts from major retailers, restaurants and more.
• Holiday entitlement which starts from 27 days plus Bank Holidays
• Access to modern offices with showers, bike storage facilities and refreshments such as tea and coffee.
• Access to Staff Networks including Disability Advocacy and Wellbeing Network, Women In NICE, Race Equality Network, NICE and Proud, Change Agent Network. Equality and Diversity is highly valued in the organisation.
• Personal development tailored to your needs.

If you feel this is the type of environment, you will enjoy working in then please feel free to contact us for more information or apply now.

To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.

Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience Essential

• Working with a wide range of individuals, stakeholders and organisations across healthcare settings, ideally in a patient facing role and in the NHS

Experience Essential

• Taking responsibility for project delivery with minimal supervision by providing technical, knowledge and medicines optimisation expertise to multiple projects and working closely with the programme management function to ensure delivery against agreed timelines and KPIs

Skills/Knowledge Essential

• Advanced specialist knowledge of evidence-based health care, critical appraisal and the interpretation of health care research evidence across a range of specialist areas relating the medicines optimisation

Skills/Knowledge Essential

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate highly complex ideas to a range of audiences where there are significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome in a sometimes hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere

Skills/Knowledge Essential

• Thorough attention to detail and high standards of accuracy

Skills/Knowledge Desirable

• Specialist knowledge underpinned by relevant practical experience, in the field of implementation science and/or change management

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience Essential

• Working with a wide range of individuals, stakeholders and organisations across healthcare settings, ideally in a patient facing role and in the NHS

Experience Essential

• Taking responsibility for project delivery with minimal supervision by providing technical, knowledge and medicines optimisation expertise to multiple projects and working closely with the programme management function to ensure delivery against agreed timelines and KPIs

Skills/Knowledge Essential

• Advanced specialist knowledge of evidence-based health care, critical appraisal and the interpretation of health care research evidence across a range of specialist areas relating the medicines optimisation

Skills/Knowledge Essential

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate highly complex ideas to a range of audiences where there are significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome in a sometimes hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere

Skills/Knowledge Essential

• Thorough attention to detail and high standards of accuracy

Skills/Knowledge Desirable

• Specialist knowledge underpinned by relevant practical experience, in the field of implementation science and/or change management

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Address

3rd Floor

3 Piccadilly Place

Manchester

M1 3BN

Employer's website

https://www.nice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Address

3rd Floor

3 Piccadilly Place

Manchester

M1 3BN

Employer's website

https://www.nice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)