A Vacancy at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board.
This is a fixed term post until 03/01/25, applications are welcomed from within the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin system as well as further afield on a secondment basis.
The post holder will work as a member of the small, friendly Medicines Optimisation Team for NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (STW ICB) Integrated Care Board. The role will involve project work, supporting the delivery of the medicines value and transformation agenda, focussing on key clinical projects and medicines optimisation priorities for the ICB and wider system. Working alongside the other Lead Pharmacy Technicians and Senior Pharmacists for Medicines Value and Transformation within the team, they will support the Lead Pharmacist for Medicines Value and Transformation in driving forward the ICB’s medicines optimisation strategy and medicines value agenda providing high quality, evidence-based prescribing advice and medicines optimisation support. They will support with the development, implementation and monitoring of projects to optimise medicines use, improve patient outcomes and enhance productivity and value for money for the system and wider NHS, enabling long-term financial sustainability.
The post holder will help lead or support delivery of projects and clinical audits to maximise safe, cost-effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care; this may also include development of educational events and resources for clinicians and Medicines Management Team members on medicines optimisation and prescribing.
The post holder will need to be confident at delivering presentations and providing clinical information to a wide audience from patients to primary and secondary clinicians.
As this role will largely involve supporting/managing projects, the post holder should also be able to demonstrate excellent clinical, organisational and communication skills together with the ability to influence change for the best possible outcomes for patients.
The post holder will be required to work with external stakeholders including provider colleagues across the Integrated Care System (ICS), patient groups, commissioning support services, national commissioning board, local authority, public health and strategic groups/committees, care providers and the voluntary sector.
The post holder must hold professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a pharmacy technician and have the relevant post qualification experience in primary or secondary care.
The NHS is the biggest employer in Europe. It’s a world-renowned institution and an exciting place to work, full of challenges and opportunities. You will be a member of a large, friendly Medicines Management team.
NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB is responsible for planning and buying a wide range of health and care services for the whole of Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. These include GP and primary care services, hospital care, community healthcare and mental health services.
We also have a duty to monitor these services to ensure they provide a high level of care and are value for money. We are clinically-led and work closely with the 51 GP practices across the county. This means we can have closer links to our patients so we can develop more personalised local health services.
The ICB recognises the need for its workforce to represent the diversity of the population it serves and seeks to create an environment where diversity is celebrated and inclusivity matters. We are also keen to break down any barriers into the NHS, and would encourage applications from under-represented groups, including those from BME communities and disability groups.
In addition to a competitive salary you will also benefit from access to the generous NHS Pension Scheme as well as plenty of NHS exclusive discounts too.
You will be appointed to NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB. Your base will be the ICB Headquarters in Wellington, Shropshire. NHS STW operates a hybrid working arrangement where you will be required to work from the office base for part of your working week, based on your contracted number of hours. Travel may also be necessary across other sites and clinical settings as appropriate, therefore you must have the ability to meet the travel needs of the post.
Our medicines optimisation team will work with multiple providers across the system, and will be responsible for providing medicines optimisation support to the practices we serve, developing and implementing medicines optimisation projects for implementation within each practice, delivering savings and improving the quality of medicines use.
The post holder will be asked to work as part of the medicines value and transformation part of the medicines management team to support delivery of the national medicines optimisation opportunities and medicines value priorities for the system.
This role will involve project implementation and behavioural change, therefore there will be a requirement to provide education and training to other health professionals, system partners and care settings as required.
The job responsibilities outlined below should be read in conjunction with the full job description included within this advert.
To support the implementation, delivery, and monitoring of medicines optimisation projects to:
o improve health outcomes;
o reduce avoidable harm;
o improve population health and reduce health inequalities
o avoid waste, enhance productivity and value for money promoting sustainability
To provide advice and support on matters relating to medicines optimisation and prescribing
To support NHS STW commitment to commissioning safe and effective services that meet the needs of the local population
To support system wide integration and collaboration on medicines optimisation projects and work streams, working with system pharmacy colleagues and wider health and care professionals to ensure that medicines practice in health and care delivery settings are joined up.
To improve the health of the population by optimising the use of medicines through:
o promoting the safe, evidence-based and cost-effective use of medicines;
o supporting implementation of the shared system formulary
o providing up to date, unbiased information about medicines, treatments and care pathways;
o supporting practitioners and patients to make the best use of medicines;
o to support the implementation of national guidance on the use of medicines (NICE appraisals and quality prescribing targets).
o minimising the harm caused by medicines;
o support the development of local guidelines and resources and care pathways to optimise the use of medicines;
o supporting other health and care providers to deliver medicines optimisation in a way that is high quality, efficient, safe, well led, timely and responsive, effective and equitable.
To support the development, implementation, delivery and reporting of the annual Medicines Optimisation cost improvement programme (CIP), working collaboratively across the ICB to influence and monitor prescribing costs, promote cost effective prescribing and minimise wastage of medicines.
This advert closes on Sunday 7 Jul 2024