Senior Prescribing Advisor - Antimicrobial Stewardship (Ams)

Black Country Integrated Care Board; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 77,000; Part time

Job summary

Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull ICB is recruiting a Senior Prescribing Advisor Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) to lead governance, strategy and improvement across the cluster. The post will drive AMS activity and collaboration with Medicines Commissioning and Clinical Policy teams to enhance antimicrobial use and patient outcomes.

This fixed-term, part-time role (20.5 hours per week) requires a pharmacist with national AMS knowledge and strong leadership.

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration AMS knowledge and understanding of national AMR/AMS agenda.
• Experience analysing prescribing data, audits, or quality indicators.
• Experience in budget setting and financial processes.
• Experience developing robust operational and strategic plans.
• Pharmacy degree (MPharm) plus pre-registration year and GPhC registration.
• Clinical diploma or equivalent evidence of clinical experience.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel across the cluster.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership for AMS programme across the organisation.
• Develop and operationalise the AMS governance structure and strategy.
• Ensure delivery of AMS reporting at local, regional and national levels.
• Monitor AMS risks and maintain them on risk registers.
• Oversee delivery of AMS priorities and progress monitoring.
• Develop programme of work to support AMS in general practice and primary care.
• Coordinate system-wide priorities to support National Action Plan targets 2024–2029.
• Hold responsibility for antimicrobial governance and education of healthcare professionals.

Skills

AMS governance knowledge

Data analysis

Budgeting knowledge

Strategic planning

Communication skills

Travel flexibility

Education

Pharmacy degree (MPharm or equivalent)

Clinical diploma or post-graduate qualification

Job description

Job summary

Help shape the future of antimicrobial stewardship at Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull ICB Cluster. We are recruiting to a newly created Senior Prescribing Advisor Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) role, leading initiatives to optimise AMS governance and tackle antimicrobial resistance.

The role will support the development of our cluster antimicrobial stewardship strategy and strengthen AMS governance throughout the organisation. The postholder will help shape antimicrobial stewardship activity within the ICB and drive collaboration across the local system.

Working closely with the Medicines Commissioning and Clinical Policy team and other AMS stakeholders (e.g. local microbiologists, infection prevention colleagues, diagnostics leads and primary care), you will lead stewardship initiatives, develop strategy to influence prescribing practice and support quality improvement to optimise antimicrobial use and patient outcomes.

We are looking for a pharmacist with knowledge of national AMS priorities and drivers alongside expertise, leadership skills and a passion for improving medicines use.

This is a fixed term, part time role of 20.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will provide clinical leadership for antimicrobial stewardship, support organisational compliance with national antimicrobial policies and targets, and contribute to the development of antimicrobial stewardship governance and strategy within the ICB cluster.

The postholder will lead on developing a single cluster governance structure for AMS, with representation from key stakeholders across the system.

The role will support development of strategy to deliver national priorities relating to antimicrobial resistance and stewardship, including relevant UK antimicrobial resistance strategies and NHS England antimicrobial stewardship programmes. The strategy will consider services commissioned from General Practice, NHS trusts, urgent care, community pharmacy and other locally commissioned services.

About us

Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB) brings together the NHS, local councils and voluntary sector partners to support 2.7 million people. Our vision is to make the area the healthiest place to live and work by improving life chances and reducing inequalities.

As an employee, you will demonstrate our system values, champion inclusion and help address health inequalities so everyone can thrive. In return, the ICB offers a supportive, ambitious and inclusive workplace, with opportunities to develop and work with partners to deliver meaningful change.

The ICB is committed to a workforce that reflects the population of Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull. We promote equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from everyone who meets the role criteria, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

The ICB is a registered Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and will shortlist suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria.

This vacancy is open only to employees of BBCS ICB. Successful internal applicants will remain employed by their current ICB and their work base will remain unchanged.

Details

Closing date: 01 November 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8b

Salary: £66,582 to £77,368 a year

Contract: Fixed term, 12 months

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: D9118-26-0063

Location: Wolverhampton

Job responsibilities

• Lead the operational delivery and development of the Cluster ICBs Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) programme, ensuring the safe, effective, and evidence-based use of antimicrobials across the organisation.
• Lead on the development and operationalisation of the BBCS Cluster AMS governance structure and AMS strategy.
• Ensure delivery of local, regional and national AMS reporting as required.
• Monitor AMS risks and ensure inclusion on the appropriate risk registers.
• Oversee delivery of the Cluster ICBs AMS priorities, including progress monitoring.
• Develop the Cluster ICBs programme of work to support AMS within general practice and other providers in primary care.
• Co-ordinate and align system wide priorities to support delivery of the National Action Plan 2024-2029 targets related to human health.
• Hold responsibility for antimicrobial governance, clinical leadership of Antimicrobial Stewardship initiatives, development of antimicrobial prescribing policy, and education of healthcare professionals.

Person specification

• Significant relevant post registration experience and good understanding of the current national AMR and AMS agenda.
• Experience analysing prescribing data, audit results, or quality indicators to support service improvement.
• Involvement in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes.
• Experience of developing robust operational and strategic plans and strategies.
• Pharmacy degree (currently 4-year masters course) plus 1 year pre-registration, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a pharmacist.
• Relevant clinical diploma/post graduate qualification or equivalent evidence of clinical experience.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information to large and influential groups.
• Ability to travel to sites across the cluster as required.