Job Summary
Following a secondment, a senior role has become available within the Pharmacy Directorate Team, which is part of the Medical Directorate. Supporting the Assistant Director of Pharmacy, you will be providing leadership to an experienced, redesigned Pharmacy Team into our next chapter as an ICB, working with the wider healthcare system to integrate pharmacy and medicines optimisation.
We are seeking an experienced Pharmacist with leadership skills, including managing teams, strategic planning and delivery, resource management, building and maintaining stakeholder networks.
You will support the Associate and Assistant Directors of Pharmacy and the work of the Medical Directorate in delivering high quality, safe and effective care across Joined Up Care Derbyshire.
Main Duties of the Job
Main duties include:
1. Support the Chief Pharmacy Officer and Associate/Assistant Directors to discharge their duties ensuring the ICB is fit for purpose with the relevant statutory Pharmaceutical Acts and Directions, and NHS Constitution for medicines and pharmacy decision making;
2. Support the Chief Pharmacy Officer and Associate/Assistant Directors to ensure the development, implementation and assurance of the ICB strategy to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of medicines management and prescribing for primary care and across the wider health economy;
3. Lead on designated functions and work programmes;
4. Interpret national evidence and guidance on behalf of the ICB developing and oversee implementation of policies which ensure ICB compliance with guidance/law. This will include advising on implementation in GP practices and other services commissioned by the ICB.
This post is offered as a secondment until 31st August 2025. Candidates should ensure they have their employers support, in line with their employers processes, when applying for this secondment.
About Us
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
1. Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area;
2. Pharmacy degree, and educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area;
3. Diploma or MSc in clinical pharmacy or pharmacy practice, or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area;
4. Significant experience of working in a primary care organisation specialist prescribing advisory role;
5. Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council;
6. Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development;
7. Experience or working within a multidisciplinary team including GPs and other prescribers;
8. Experience of clinical audit, change management, strategic development, project management and leadership;
9. Experience of staff management;
10. Experience of performance management including budgetary.
Analytical
Essential
1. Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery;
Autonomy
Essential
1. Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales;
Values
Essential
1. Demonstrate the behaviours that underpin the ICBs core value of 'One Team';
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. #J-18808-Ljbffr