Pharmacist Clinical Adviser (NHS AfC: Band 8a) - Pharmacist clinical adviser - NICE - The Natio[...]

NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization is seeking a Pharmacist Clinical Adviser in Manchester to enhance clinical leadership and oversee medicines optimisation. The role involves delivering complex projects, providing expert advice, and ensuring effective stakeholder engagement. Flexible working options are available, and the position requires regular office presence in Manchester.

Benefits

NHS pension scheme

Flexible working options

Access to discounts via Blue Light Card

27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Modern office facilities

Personal development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a patient-facing role within the NHS.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with minimal supervision.
• Specialist knowledge in implementation science or change management.

Responsibilities

• Support safe and effective use of medicines across the NHS.
• Lead and deliver complex technical projects.
• Provide advice on medicines optimisation and implementation.

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

Employer NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Employer type NHS Site 3rd Floor Town Manchester Salary £53,755 - £60,504 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 27/05/2025 23:59 Interview date 11/06/2025

Pharmacist Clinical Adviser

NHS AfC: Band 8a

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance and advice on promoting high quality health, public health and social care.

As an equal opportunities employer we are committed to creating a inclusive environment and welcome everyone from all backgrounds to apply so we can continue to create a workforce which is representative of the communities we serve.

If you are suitably qualified and have an interest in remote, hybrid, full time or part time working we encourage you to get in touch as we are happy to discuss potential flexible working opportunities.

We have modern offices in Manchester city centre and Stratford, London. Please take into consideration that you may be required to commute to one of our offices for business purposes if necessary.

Job overview

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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main 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

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience

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

Experience

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Thorough attention to detail and high standards of accuracy

Skills/Knowledge

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

Important - Due to NICE’s use of anonymised recruitment practices we ask all candidates not to include any personal details within their application. Please ensure you provide sufficient detail in the supporting information section to allow our team to make an informed judgement about your suitability for this role at this stage. CV’s will not be considered.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further submissions when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates must ensure that all information provided in their application is factually accurate. Any examples provided must be taken from personal experience. The Civil Service abides by honesty and integrity as part of its core values, if evidence of plagiarism is found, applications may be withdrawn.

By submitting an application, you agree that it may be rejected or subject to disciplinary action if evidence of plagiarism is detected. Examples of plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

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