Pharmacist Clinical Adviser

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health organization in Manchester is seeking a pharmacist clinical adviser to enhance clinical leadership and provide oversight for all activities. You will lead programmes that improve patient care and medicines use, requiring excellent communication skills and advanced knowledge of healthcare. The role offers flexible working options and generous benefits, including NHS pension.

Benefits

Generous NHS pension scheme

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Access to staff networks

Qualifications

• Experience in a patient-facing role within the NHS.
• Ability to take responsibility for project delivery with minimal supervision.
• Advanced specialist knowledge of evidence-based healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Providing expert advice on medicines optimisation and implementation.
• Leading and contributing to technical projects.
• Collaborating with colleagues to gather intelligence for NICE.
• Supporting the implementation of NICE guidance.

Skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Thorough attention to detail and high standards of accuracy

Education

Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Job description

Job Summary

The pharmacist clinical adviser role sits within the Clinical Directorate of NICE. The purpose of the Directorate is to strengthen clinical leadership across NICE and provide end‑to‑end clinical oversight and support for all NICE activities. It enhances NICE’s external credibility and promotes stakeholder engagement.

Key responsibilities include developing and delivering an organisation‑wide topic selection and prioritisation process, ensuring clinical requirements are met dynamically, and maintaining a multi‑disciplinary team of health and care professionals.

Main Duties

This role supports the safe and effective use of medicines across the NHS and care system, improving patient care and delivering value to the taxpayer. It involves leading and delivering programmes and projects that provide technical, clinical and medicines advice, and sharing insights from the health and care system to support evidence‑based practice.

Responsibilities

• Providing expert advice on medicines optimisation and implementation.
• Leading and contributing to complex technical projects, such as technology appraisal incorporation, guidance development and patient safety.
• Collaborating with medicines optimisation colleagues to maintain strong links with practice and gather intelligence to support NICE.
• Supporting the implementation of NICE guidance by developing tools and resources for practitioners.

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Experience

• Experience working with a wide range of individuals, stakeholders and organisations across healthcare settings, ideally in a patient‑facing role within the NHS.
• Taking responsibility for project delivery with minimal supervision, providing technical, knowledge and medicines optimisation expertise to multiple projects and working closely with programme management to ensure delivery against agreed timelines and KPIs.

Knowledge

• Advanced specialist knowledge of evidence‑based healthcare, critical appraisal and the interpretation of healthcare research evidence across a range of specialist areas relating to medicines optimisation.
• Specialist knowledge underpinned by relevant practical experience in implementation science and/or change management (desirable).
Skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate highly complex ideas to a range of audiences in environments with significant barriers to acceptance, which may be hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive.
• Thorough attention to detail and high standards of accuracy.

Benefits

• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Flexible working options (e.g. remote work, compressed hours)
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Access to staff networks

Contract & Salary

Contract: Permanent
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: 8a
Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 per annum

Working Pattern

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

Location

3rd Floor, 3 Piccadilly Place
Manchester
M1 3BN

Reference Number

907‑811

Applicant Information

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