Job summary
Make a System-wide Impact on Medicines Value and Sustainability
Are you passionate about driving medicines optimisation, data driven care and value across a complex, diverse health and care system? NHS South East London Integrated Care Board (SEL ICB) is seeking a dynamic, collaborative Lead Pharmacist to join our Medicines Optimisation team on a fixed term basis for 2 years. This is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of system transformation, delivering on our ambitious sustainability programme and strengthening our partnerships with the pharmaceutical industry.
Why Join Us?
o Be part of a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation committed to improving outcomes for two million residents across six London boroughs.o Play a key role in shaping the future of medicines optimisation and value in one of the UK's most diverse and vibrant health systems.o Work in a supportive environment that values innovation, collaboration, and professional development.
We kindly request previous applicants not to reapply.Enquiries from recruitment agencies will not be responded to.
Main duties of the job
As Lead Pharmacist, Medicines Value, you will:
Work across the sector: Collaborate with primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care, social care, public health, and voluntary sector partners across South East London to deliver medicines value and reduce health inequalities.
Deliver system sustainability goals: Lead and support the delivery of the system sustainability programme for medicines value, focusing on pathway redesign, value-based frameworks, and system-wide transformation to maximise outcomes from an £850 million prescribing spend across the healthcare system.
Champion joint working with industry: Develop meaningful partnerships with the pharmaceutical industry to ensure the adoption of high-value, innovative medicines, and contribute to national and regional medicines value initiatives.
Use data for population health: Apply data insights to inform commissioning decisions, aligned with population health priorities, digital innovation, and outcomes-focused approaches.
We are Looking For:o A registered pharmacist with significant experience in medicines optimisation, commissioning, and system transformation.o Proven ability to work collaboratively across organisational boundaries and with a wide range of stakeholders.o Experience in managing complex projects, budgets, and delivering measurable improvements in medicines value.o Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills, with a commitment to equality, diversity, and sustainability.
About us
The South East London Integrated Care Board (SEL ICB) brings together the health and care partners that serve our vibrant and highly diverse populations resident in the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Greenwich - our Places.
The SEL ICB is the NHS management unit of the Integrated Care System (ICS). It is accountable both to NHS England and to the SEL Integrated Care Partnership (ICP). The ICS exists to deliver four core purposes:
o Improve outcomes in South East London population health and health and care serviceso Tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access suffered by the residents of South East Londono Enhance productivity and value for money in the in the use of health and care resources in South East Londono Help the NHS support broader social and economic development in South East London.
The ICS is not an intermediate management tier and fundamental to the operating model of the ICS are three fundamental principles:
o Partnership: We are a partnership of sovereign bodies coming together to achieve something greater than the sum of the partners. All partners have a voice and all partners have responsibility.o Subsidiarity: We work on the basis of subsidiarity. This means issues and decisions should be dealt at the most local level consistent with their effective resolution.o Accountability: We value both supporting each other and being held to account by each other and our wider partners.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role description and responsibilities.You will be based at the SEL ICB headquarters at 160 Tooley Street in London with travel to other sites across the local healthcare system as needed. Whilst this role is full time (37.5 hours per week), applications from those who are able to work a minimum of 30 hours per week or are applying on a job share basis will also be considered.
Interviews will take place face-to-face at the SEL ICB headquarters at 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH. Depending on the number of applications, SEL ICB may undertake a two-stage interview process for this recruitment.
As noted earlier, this role is only open to applicants currently working within South East London Integrated Care Board or applicants working within the acute/mental health Trusts in South East Londons healthcare system.
For further information please contact Devika Sennik, Assistant Director Integrated Medicines Optimisation, SEL ICB at devika.sennik@selondonics.nhs.uk or Vanessa Burgess, Chief Pharmacist SEL ICB at vanessa.burgess@selondonics.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role description and responsibilities.You will be based at the SEL ICB headquarters at 160 Tooley Street in London with travel to other sites across the local healthcare system as needed. Whilst this role is full time (37.5 hours per week), applications from those who are able to work a minimum of 30 hours per week or are applying on a job share basis will also be considered.
Interviews will take place face-to-face at the SEL ICB headquarters at 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH. Depending on the number of applications, SEL ICB may undertake a two-stage interview process for this recruitment.
As noted earlier, this role is only open to applicants currently working within South East London Integrated Care Board or applicants working within the acute/mental health Trusts in South East Londons healthcare system.
For further information please contact Devika Sennik, Assistant Director Integrated Medicines Optimisation, SEL ICB at devika.sennik@selondonics.nhs.uk or Vanessa Burgess, Chief Pharmacist SEL ICB at vanessa.burgess@selondonics.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level with additional in depth professional knowledge in own discipline over a significant period
- Competency assessed and examined professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council of Great Britain
- Professional knowledge acquired through vocational master's degree in pharmacy with advanced expert specialist knowledge obtained through post qualification experience. Post-graduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent knowledge and experience
- Post-graduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent knowledge and experience
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working within a complex and challenging environment, managing demanding relationships with multiple stakeholders
- Knowledge of population health management, health inequalities, and value-based healthcare.
- Experience and understanding of performance and change management, business planning, budget setting and contracting processes, in oa health setting
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in highly complex and challenging environment for example pharmacy or medicines transformation or pathway improvement projects.
- Significant experience of managing prescribing budgets, delivering savings plans and horizon scanning processes relating to medicines and prescribing.
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence for a senior audience
- Experience of leading a specialist team, service changes and developments
- Knowledge/understanding of national and local policies and strategic issues relevant to commissioning and transformation
- Experience of successfully setting up and managing internal processes and procedures
- Experience of policy or proposal development
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Proven ability to analyse and interpret highly complex facts and issues, including drug and patient information where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources. This includes: Capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Ability to understand a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial and benchmarking data combined with deep analytical skills
- Ability to Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information and present complex and sensitive information to large groups and senior stakeholders.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise communications for dissemination to a broad range of stakeholders as required; oComprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 oKnowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement, prescribing, outcomes and population health data. oAbility to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary oDemonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement, prescribing, outcomes and population health data.
- Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level with additional in depth professional knowledge in own discipline over a significant period
- Competency assessed and examined professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council of Great Britain
- Professional knowledge acquired through vocational master's degree in pharmacy with advanced expert specialist knowledge obtained through post qualification experience. Post-graduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent knowledge and experience
- Post-graduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent knowledge and experience
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working within a complex and challenging environment, managing demanding relationships with multiple stakeholders
- Knowledge of population health management, health inequalities, and value-based healthcare.
- Experience and understanding of performance and change management, business planning, budget setting and contracting processes, in oa health setting
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in highly complex and challenging environment for example pharmacy or medicines transformation or pathway improvement projects.
- Significant experience of managing prescribing budgets, delivering savings plans and horizon scanning processes relating to medicines and prescribing.
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence for a senior audience
- Experience of leading a specialist team, service changes and developments
- Knowledge/understanding of national and local policies and strategic issues relevant to commissioning and transformation
- Experience of successfully setting up and managing internal processes and procedures
- Experience of policy or proposal development
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Proven ability to analyse and interpret highly complex facts and issues, including drug and patient information where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources. This includes: Capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Ability to understand a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial and benchmarking data combined with deep analytical skills
- Ability to Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information and present complex and sensitive information to large groups and senior stakeholders.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise communications for dissemination to a broad range of stakeholders as required; oComprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 oKnowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement, prescribing, outcomes and population health data. oAbility to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary oDemonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement, prescribing, outcomes and population health data.
- Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
