Regional Chief Pharmacist

The Methodist Church in Britain; England; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS England North East & Yorkshire seeks a Regional Chief Pharmacist to lead the regional team, linking with the National Chief Pharmaceutical Officer and the four integrated care systems. The role oversees medicines policy, safety, and regulatory matters and works with secondary care providers to drive improvements.

You will provide clinical leadership on medicines quality and safety, support antimicrobial resistance actions, and guide pharmacy services within commissioning and transformation

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead complex professional regulatory issues (pharmacy)
• Strong knowledge of pharmacy regulation and medicines policy
• Credibility across professional and organisational boundaries

Responsibilities

• Lead the regional chief pharmacist office team within the regional NHS England team
• Act as the regional link with the National Chief Pharmaceutical Officer's team
• Work with chief pharmacists of four integrated care systems and with secondary care providers
• Engage with community pharmacy sector, stakeholders and partners
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team in the regional NHS England setup
• Provide professional leadership on quality, productivity, improvement, and medicines oversight
• Carry out statutory and regulatory functions for the CD Accountable Officer role
• Oversee conduct and performance of contractors on the Pharmaceutical List
• Investigate complaints, serious incidents and concerns
• Provide clinical leadership and advice to the Regional Medical Director on medicines quality and safety
• Deliver actions on antimicrobial resistance
• Provide clinical expertise to support medicines optimisation and pharmacy services with commissioning and transformation programmes

Skills

Leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Pharmacy policy

Quality improvement

Stakeholder engagement

Education

GPhC registration as a pharmacist

Job description

The Regional Chief Pharmacist sits in the Medical Directorate Senior Management Team of NHS England's North East & Yorkshire regional team, following a restructure of its regional offices. The post leads the regional chief pharmacist office team and links with the National Chief Pharmaceutical Officer's team, working with the chief pharmacists of four integrated care systems and with secondary care providers. Statutory duties include the Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer role and oversight of contractors on the Pharmaceutical List. Visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Lead the regional chief pharmacist office team within the regional team
• Act as the regional link with the National Chief Pharmaceutical Officer's team
• Work with the chief pharmacists of the four integrated care systems and all secondary care providers
• Engage with the community pharmacy sector, stakeholders and partners
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team within NHS England's regional team
• Provide professional leadership on quality, productivity, improvement, innovation and oversight of medicines and pharmaceutical issues across the region
• Carry out statutory, regulatory and advisory functions for the Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer role
• Oversee the conduct and performance of contractors on the Pharmaceutical List
• Investigate complaints, serious incidents and concerns
• Provide clinical leadership and advice to the Regional Medical Director on quality and safety in medicines and pharmacy provision
• Deliver actions on antimicrobial resistance
• Provide clinical expertise to support regional work on medicines optimisation and pharmacy services, working with commissioning, primary care contracting and transformation programmes

Qualifications

• Role functional requirements as set out in the person specification

Registration & licences

• GPhC registration as a pharmacist

Experience

• Experience of managing complex professional regulatory issues

Skills & knowledge

• In-depth expert knowledge of the regulatory framework for pharmacy and medicines, acquired over a significant period
• Knowledge of pharmacy practice and education policy
• Knowledge of safety systems, including reporting and monitoring systems and associated policies and guidelines
• Knowledge of quality assurance and improvement methods and their application
• Credibility across professional and organisational boundaries
• Proven ability to gain support from senior managerial, commissioning, medical and academic colleagues, chief pharmacists and senior pharmacists in primary and secondary care

Other

• Commitment to and focus on quality, promoting high standards in all they do

Nice to have

• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society