Regional Chief Pharmacist

National health service; Catcliffe; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS England is seeking a Regional Chief Pharmacist to provide professional leadership for medicines and pharmacy across the North East & Yorkshire region. Reporting to the Regional Medical Director, the role focuses on quality, safety, productivity and improvement, delivering innovations in medicines optimisation and service delivery.

The post requires senior clinical leadership, collaboration with Integrated Care Systems and primary/secondary care partners, and the ability to steer policy and

Qualifications

• Regulatory framework for pharmacy and medicines, and experience managing complex professional regulatory issues
• Pharmacy practice and education policy
• Safety systems, including reporting and monitoring systems and associated policies / guidelines
• Quality Assurance and improvement methods and their application

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership for quality, productivity, improvement, innovation and oversight in medicines and pharmacy across the North East & Yorkshire region
• Lead the Regional Chief Pharmacist Office Team within the NHS England Regional Team
• Collaborate with Integrated Care Systems and secondary care providers; engage with community pharmacy and other partners
• Act as the regional link with the National Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England's team

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Quality assurance

Clinical leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Job description

Job responsibilities The Regional Chief Pharmacist will have a range of responsibilities that cover: Statutory, regulatory and advisory functions related to the Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer role, the conduct and performance of contractors on the Pharmaceutical List and the investigation of complaints, serious incidents and concerns. Clinical leadership and advice to the Regional Medical Director on issues of quality and safety on issues related to medicines and pharmacy provision and delivering of actions in relation to anti-microbial resistance Clinical expertise and knowledge to support regional work on medicines optimisation and pharmacy services, working collaboratively with direct commissioning, primary care contracting, clinical transformation and improvement programmes.

Person Specification

EssentialRole Functional RequirementsDesirableMember of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Knowledge and experience

EssentialoIn depth additional expert knowledge acquired over a significant period of time in the following areas:

• Regulatory framework for pharmacy and medicines, and experience of managing complex professional regulatory issues
• Pharmacy practice and education policy
• Safety systems, including reporting and monitoring systems and associated policies / guidelines
• Quality Assurance and improvement methods and their application

Skills Capabilities & Attributes

EssentialCredibility across professional and organisational boundaries and proven ability to gain support from senior managerial, commissioning, medical and academic colleagues, chief pharmacists and senior pharmacists in primary and secondary

Job summary

Following the restructure of regional offices of NHS England, the North East & Yorkshire Regional Team are now looking to fill a number of senior clinical roles in the Medical Directorate Senior Management Team. Reporting to the Regional Medical, the Regional Chief Pharmacist will play a vital role in providing professional leadership for quality, productivity, improvement, innovation and oversight in medicines and pharmaceutical issues across the North East & Yorkshire.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will lead the Regional Chief Pharmacist Office Team and work as part of a multidisciplinary team approach within the NHS England Regional Team and act as the regional link with the National Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England's team. They will work closely with the Chief Pharmacists of the four Integrated Care Systems and all secondary care providers and engage with the community pharmacy sector as well as other stakeholders and partners.

About us

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.