Professional Commissioning Advisor- Pharmacy

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board; Preston; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board is inviting applications for a senior Professional Commissioning Advisor - Pharmacy. The role sits within CCPL and strengthens clinical evidence, professional judgement and population insight to inform strategic commissioning and service improvement.

You will provide specialty expert clinical knowledge for pharmacy matters, lead clinical transformation and service redesign within strategic priorities, advise on commissioning, contracting and

Responsibilities

• Provide specialty expert clinical knowledge for pharmacy, eye health or dentistry matters and represent the professional voice in commissioning and transformation activity.
• Lead the clinical transformation and service redesign within the ICB strategic priorities for your professional group.
• Provide clinical advice into commissioning, contracting and assurance processes.
• Lead the coordination of responses to population health needs at system and place level, working in a matrix with other ICB teams.
• Provide professional advice within the system such as contributing to individual funding request panels. MP enquiries and clinical and contracting concerns from the public pertaining to your professional group.
• Provide support to and clinical oversight of acute interface matters, clinical complaints and investigations when they pertain to pharmacy, optometry or dentistry
• Work collaboratively with providers, primary care, local authorities and VCSE partners.
• Build effective relationships with a range of individuals including other care professionals, clinicians, programme leads and patients/service users across system, population footprints and neighbourhood levels

Job description

Professional Commissioning Advisor- Pharmacy

Company:

Company: NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board

A Vacancy at NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board.

**This role can be considered as a job share with the portfolio split between assurance and transformation. Please indicate on your application if you wish to be considered for a job share**

TheProfessional commissioning advisoris a senior clinical and professional leadership role within the Integrated Care Board’s Clinical and Care Professional Leadership (CCPL) framework.

The role exists to strengthen the use of clinical evidence, professional judgement and population insight within strategic commissioning and service improvement; bringing the specific knowledge of your professional background.

TheProfessional commissioning advisoris a senior clinical and professional leadership role within the Integrated Care Board’s Clinical and Care Professional Leadership (CCPL) framework.

The role exists to strengthen the use of clinical evidence, professional judgement and population insight within strategic commissioning and service improvement; bringing the specific knowledge of your professional background.

Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB is a fully-authorised ICB responsible for the full range of ICB statutory duties and powers. Each Team within the ICB aims is to improve the health of the people and reduce health inequalities through strong, clinically-led commissioning of high quality healthcare services.

Good induction and training offered. Friendly Multi-disciplinary Team. The role is varied and involves working closely with Local Authority, Acute Trusts and with providers.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a successful, progressive ICB and to make a positive contribution to the lives of people in Lancashire & South Cumbria.

The following are the key requirementsidentifiedfor this role and the approaches needed for them.

• Providing specialty expert clinical knowledge and advice for pharmacy, eyehealthor dentistry matters and represent the professional voice in commissioning and transformation activity.
• Leading the clinical transformation and service re-designwithin the ICB strategic priorities for your professional group.
• Providingclinical advice intocommissioning,contractingandassurance processes.
• Leading the coordination of responses to population health needs at systemand placelevel, working in a matrixwith other ICB teams.
• Providingprofessional advice within the system such as contributing to individual funding request panels. MP enquiries and clinicaland contractingconcerns from the publicpertaining toyour professional group.
• Provide support to and clinical oversight of acute interface matters, clinicalcomplaintsand investigationswhenthey pertain to pharmacy,optometryor dentistry
• Work collaboratively with providers, primary care, localauthoritiesand VCFSE partners.
• Build effectiverelationships with a range of individuals including other care professionals, clinicians, programme leads andpatients/service users acrosssystem, populationfootprintsand neighbourhood levels

This advert closes on Friday 20 Nov 2026

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board