The Strategy, Commissioning and Integration Directorate (SCI) has been established to enable NHS Sussex to: Strengthen its approach to strategic commissioning, focusing on outcomes and joining up pathways of care across organisational boundaries. Focus on reducing unwarranted variation in healthcare and address health inequalities. Support the development of integrated community teams (ICT), with system partners including local authorities. Support the strategic development of the system to enable the establishment of clinically led provider collaboratives to improve pathways, deliver service transformation and deliver best value within available resources. The following changes are key to implement new ways of working to deliver the aims above: Establish a single strategic commissioning function across NHS Sussex, supported by health analytics, evidence-based action and triangulation of feedback Establish clear line of shared accountability between strategic commissioning, quality, and clinical roles Standardise unwarranted variation in commissioning practice across the three local authority areas, including primary care commissioned services Strengthen focus on the deliverables within contracts, including the NHS Standard contract Strengthen the strategic leadership role of NHS Sussex Create a stronger infrastructure for delivery, with a clear focus on delivering improvement. All staffing bands will work across Sussex to support increased strategic commissioning and a consistent approach to deliver our Improving Lives Together Strategy, with a focus on Place where required to deliver local change The directorate will work in a matrix manner across teams to ensure delivery using an MDT approach The following principles apply across all postholders within the directorate: The Postholder will be expected to actively engage and participate in cross-functional collaboration within the SCI Directorate, recognising the interconnectedness of the strategic and joint commissioning and transformation portfolios. This includes sharing knowledge, insights, and best practice across the areas of MHLDA, Acute, Urgent, Community and Primary Care and working jointly with Strategy, and place based Joint commissioning & Integration functions. The Postholder will share their subject matter expertise/skills, working strategically with other postholders, supporting and embedding integration and new ways of working, enabling collective decision-making and strategy development. This role covers all ages and would need to work with other team colleagues as well as across directorates to ensure delivery of the expected outcomes. This role would need to give due regard to the commitments to the Armed Forces This role will need to work collaboratively with other directorates and system partners to identify and lead the implementation of opportunities emerging from the delegation of specialised commissioning functions. NHS Sussex is developing a medicines optimisation strategy that will set out our ambition to: Improve population health and outcomes from medicines Ensure we get the best value from medicines use Ensure safer use of medicines Help people to live healthier lives Support our pharmacy and medicines workforce to do the best job they can The post holder will support the Director of the Primary Care Medicines Optimisation to ensure that the Primary care elements of the ICS Medicines Optimisation Strategy are planned and managed effectively and assist in their successful delivery. The key focus of the role will be: To support delivery of the medicines optimisation strategy for the population health needs through audits and focused projects Ensure clinical and cost-effective prescribing including promoting the use of clinical decision support tools i.e. OptimiseRx. To support the Medicines Optimisation team with data analysis and project support to guide prioritisation of the medicines optimisation strategy and promote clinical and cost- effective prescribing in relation to population health outcomes. Act as a practice supervisor for trainee pharmacy professionals undergoing rotations or placements within the ICB; responsible for supporting their education and day-to-day supervision. The job description is an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role, and the job specification is an outline of the skills, experience and qualities needed. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager. The job description and person specification