Fixed Term - Community Pharmacy Integration Project Manager - Band 7

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a compassionate, caring and enthusiastic person to join the Surrey Heartlands Medicines Optimisation Team, in which we place a high importance on equality and diversity, alongside the NHS and organisational values we expect everyone to demonstrate during their work.

We are looking for a forward thinking project manager to work with our Community Pharmacy Clinical Lead, to optimise the use of community pharmacy services within Surrey Heartlands. This role will support the integration of community pharmacy services across Surrey Heartlands enabling, in particular, the range of clinical services included within the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework to be fully utilised in order to help manage overall demand in general practices and urgent care settings.

As the NHS enters a period of recovery following the Covid pandemic, community pharmacy is well placed to support the system in opening up access to a range of clinical and preventative services and supporting actions to mitigate against health inequalities.

For this to happen equitably across Surrey Heartlands expert project management to support the roll out of the community pharmacy clinical services is critical to realise the full potential of the nationally agreed contract for local populations. Surrey Heartlands ICS is committed to integrating community pharmacy and optimising the use of its services for the benefit of local people.

Main duties of the job

Job Summary:

Given the breadth and cross-system nature of community pharmacy clinical services, the Community Pharmacy Integration Project Manager has been developed to undertake some immediate implementation actions, to enable the roll out, uptake and embedding of new and recently commissioned clinical services. The role will promote an integrated approach to implementation and improvement of referral pathways into community pharmacy services (e.g. NHS Discharge Medicines Service and Smoking Cessation Advanced Service). As such the post-holder will be required to lead on the mobilisation and the local implementation of a national programme of work that will support delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan. This will include the development of associated policies to be utilised across Surrey Heartlands with associated monitoring.

The Project Manager will work alongside the Community Pharmacy Clinical lead in Surrey Heartlands working closely with the South East Regional Chief Pharmacist and South East Regional Integration Lead.

About us

Surrey Heartlands is a partnership of organisations working together - with staff, patients, their carers, families, and the public - to support people to live healthier lives. Surrey Heartlands developed into an Integrated Care Board (ICB) since July 2022, working through 4 Integrated, dynamic, and sustainable partnerships (ICP's) , each working together to deliver a shared vision across Surrey. ICP's aim to improve how local services are designed and co-ordinated for efficiency and benefit to the patient and service users. Each partnership is based on co-operation with our component partners, and focusing on local population needs, priorities and decision making.

The 4 ICP's are known as:

• North West Surrey Alliance
• Guildford and Waverley Alliance
• Surrey Downs Health and Care
• East Surrey Place

We have an ambitious vision for transformation and continuous improvement of health and care across our footprint and to deliver our objectives we need a team of capable, collaborative professionals who share the same vision. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome all applications, especially those from underrepresented communities, including people with a disability, and those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.