Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician, Overprescribing

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board; Greater London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Greater London is seeking a Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician to tackle overprescribing and enhance medicines value. This role involves collaborating with a dynamic team to engage primary and secondary care for improving patient outcomes. Responsibilities include managing a significant budget and supporting system-wide strategies to reduce medicines wastage. The ideal candidate should be a registered pharmacist with strong analytical and project management skills, and a commitment to equality and diversity.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered pharmacist or pharmacy technician with GPhC.
• Experience in integrated care systems or multidisciplinary teams.
• Commitment to equality and diversity in pharmacy practice.

Responsibilities

• Work with a medicines optimisation team to reduce overprescribing.
• Engage with various healthcare sectors to improve outcomes.
• Support a £250 million annual prescribing budget.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Level 3 Diploma or Degree in Pharmacy

Tools

Prince 2

AGILE

Job description

Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician, Overprescribing

The closing date is 06 January 2026>

Help Us Tackle Overprescribing and Improve Medicines Value Across South East London. Are you passionate about medicines optimisation, reducing waste, and improving patient outcomes? Join our collaborative team at NHS South East London ICB and play a key role in delivering our ambitious overprescribing and medicines value programme. As a Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician (Overprescribing), you will:

• Work with the Lead Pharmacist and Consultant Pharmacist, Frailty and Overprescribing, and be supported by a dynamic medicines optimisation team.
• Deliver and support system-wide strategies to reduce overprescribing, medicines waste, and unnecessary side effects and admissions related to medicines contributing to the implementation of the National Overprescribing Review.
• Engage with primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care, social care, public health, and voluntary sector partners to drive transformation and reduce health inequalities.
• Support the management of a £250 million annual prescribing budget, ensuring high value and financial sustainability.
• Use data and outcome-based commissioning metrics to monitor progress and inform strategic decisions.
• Contribute to innovation, research, and the spread of best practice in medicines optimisation and overprescribing reduction.

Main duties of the job

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a well-established medicines optimisation and pharmacy network across South East London, working collaboratively to build on collective expertise to drive improvement.
• Be part of a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation serving two million residents across six London boroughs.
• Help deliver the NHS 10 Year Health Plan and make a real difference to patient care, health inequalities, and sustainability.
• Work in a supportive environment that values innovation, collaboration, and professional development.

The new system-wide post supports delivery of the ICB's strategic priorities to reduce overprescribing, improve medicines safety, and ensure best value from medicines use across the system. Working collaboratively with primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care, and public health partners, the postholder will help to engage with colleagues, communicate the key issues, track and report the progress of evidence-based interventions that reduce medicines waste, improve patient outcomes, and address health inequalities.

About us

The South East London Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together the health and care partners that serve our vibrant and highly diverse populations resident in the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Greenwich - our Places. Our partnership brings together six local authorities, over 200 general practices (operating within 35 Primary Care Networks), Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS FT, King's College Hospital NHS FT, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, South London and the Maudsley Mental Health FT and Oxleas FT. Importantly, the ICs seeks to be connected to the communities we serve (circa 1.92m residents) and work with the widest possible range of community, voluntary and third sector groups and organisations in each borough. The reach of our NHS provider portfolios extends beyond the borders of the ICs, across London, the south of England and nationally for some services. The ICs exists to deliver four core purposes:

• Improve outcomes in South East London population health and health and care services
• Tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access suffered by the residents of South East London
• Enhance productivity and value for money in the use of health and care resources in South East London
• Help the NHS support broader social and economic development in South East London.

Job responsibilities

Please find more detailed information in the job description and person specification.

What Were Looking For

• Registered pharmacist or pharmacy technician (GPhC) with experience in medicines optimisation and/or clinical pharmacy practice
• Strong analytical, communication, and project management skills
• Experience working in or with integrated care systems, multidisciplinary teams, or NHS commissioning environments
• Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusive pharmacy practice.

The proposed date for face-to-face interviews will take place Tuesday 20th January 2026 at the SEL ICB headquarters at 160 Tooley Street, London.

For further information please contact:

Lelly Oboh, Clinical and Care Professional Lead Overprescribing Pharmacist SE London ICB
[e-mail]

Sophie Bhandary, Lead Pharmacist, SEL ICB
[e-mail]

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• Current Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council as a pharmacist or pharmacy technician
• Level 3 Diploma OR Degree in Pharmacy

Experience

• Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence for a senior team audience
• Demonstrated experience in a healthcare environment, working with /within integrated care systems or multidisciplinary partnerships and understanding their complexities and how to navigate them
• Experience of supporting GP practices and/or other clinical teams, influencing changes in prescribing behaviour

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to prepare and produce concise and accurate communications for presentation and dissemination to a broad range of stakeholders as required
• Understanding of medicines optimisation principles across the system, including patient-centred approaches, deprescribing, adherence support, clinical and cost-effectiveness.
• Awareness of health inequalities and the role of medicines optimisation in addressing them
• Ability to develop and maintain networks of relationships that facilitate the achievement of individual and team objectives
• Ability to apply project management principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2, AGILE and equivalent
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly

Other

• Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary

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.

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board

£56,276 to £63,176 a year inclusive of Inner London HCAS