Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ICS Chief Pharmacist, which is a key senior role with responsibility for all aspects of pharmacy leadership, medicines optimisation, as well as the clinical and strategic development of pharmacy professional services.
We are seeking an exceptional leader, who is a registered pharmacist with excellent interpersonal and influencing skills. You will have a proven track record of motivating, inspiring and developing teams, leading the continual improvement of Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation services.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the ICB Executive Director of Place and professionally accountable to the ICB Chief Medical Officer and to the NHSE London Regional Chief Pharmacist you will provide expert clinical, professional and technical advice to the board and direction for the delivery of comprehensive pharmaceutical services to patients and staff across our ICS. You will lead on the development of pharmacy practice and an integrated, flexible pharmacy workforce across North Central London.
About us
NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board (NCL ICB) is a statutory body responsible for planning and allocating health and care resources to improve the lives of people in our five boroughs: Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, and Islington.
Our local population is large and diverse, with a wide range of health and care needs that are evolving all the time. We're committed to improving the health and experience of our patients and residents, working with partners across the North Central London Integrated Care System (ICS) - including Councils, providers, GPs and voluntary and community organisations - to plan and deliver high quality, joined-up and accessible health and care services that put people first.
As an ICB, we're focused on:
- improving outcomes in population health and healthcare
- tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access
- enhancing productivity and value for money
- helping the NHS support broader social and economic development.
We're ambitious, driven, and passionate about working collaboratively and creatively to deliver the best health and care possible for our patients and residents through every stage of their lives. Our Population Health and Integration Strategy outlines our vision and priorities and will shape our focus as a system for the coming years.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide expert strategic and operational advice to the ICB and wider ICS partners on all matters relating to pharmacy and medicines (professional, clinical and programme) in accordance with national and regional policy, including the changing opportunities for pharmacy and medicines roles and responsibilities.
- In liaison with the Executive Director of Place and Chief Medical Officer shape and influence the ICS understanding of medicines optimisation and pharmacy, including the commitment to resourcing at system/ place/ neighbourhood, and which speaks to shared objectives around population health and integration (e.g. tackling inequalities in access to medicines and pharmacist support, championing multi agency and multi-disciplinary/ professional working across the system, developing cross system clinical pathways).
- Responsible for ensuring all practice relating to medicines optimisation and pharmacy services throughout NCL ICS complies with the current legislative framework and, where practice is found to be non-compliant, this is addressed through the relevant processes.
- Provide leadership for any delegated and/ or transferred commissioning responsibilities, including for community pharmacy, high cost drugs etc.
- Leadership and oversight of the ICBs Medicines Optimisation function, and accountable for the development, efficacy and operating model of the three pillars of the team - Medicines Planning and Operations, Medicines Quality and Improvement, Medicines Strategy and Programmes - the clinical safety of the function as a whole and development of our commissioning role around community pharmacy.
- Responsible for the ICB medicines and pharmacy allocations and commissioning, ensuring services are centred around the patient are safe, modern and are delivered by competent staff within agreed budgets.
- Deliver a comprehensive integrated pharmacy service and governance structures to ensure that all of the ICBs activities are underpinned by a strong culture of high quality care and patient safety.
- To lead on and support the Executive to manage stakeholders in this space, including to directly represent or deputise at regional/ national/ international levels on issues in relation to pharmacy and medicines. Ensuring there is effective communication, engagement and partnership with relevant stakeholder groups; acting as a spokesperson whilst also ensuring other key individuals are effectively briefed and able to act as spokespeople.
- Provide advice and direction to public health teams within the system to ensure pharmacy teams, including the community pharmacy network are best placed to help deliver the public health strategy.
Please see the attached Job Description for full duties and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide expert strategic and operational advice to the ICB and wider ICS partners on all matters relating to pharmacy and medicines (professional, clinical and programme) in accordance with national and regional policy, including the changing opportunities for pharmacy and medicines roles and responsibilities.
- In liaison with the Executive Director of Place and Chief Medical Officer shape and influence the ICS understanding of medicines optimisation and pharmacy, including the commitment to resourcing at system/ place/ neighbourhood, and which speaks to shared objectives around population health and integration (e.g. tackling inequalities in access to medicines and pharmacist support, championing multi agency and multi-disciplinary/ professional working across the system, developing cross system clinical pathways).
- Responsible for ensuring all practice relating to medicines optimisation and pharmacy services throughout NCL ICS complies with the current legislative framework and, where practice is found to be non-compliant, this is addressed through the relevant processes.
- Provide leadership for any delegated and/ or transferred commissioning responsibilities, including for community pharmacy, high cost drugs etc.
- Leadership and oversight of the ICBs Medicines Optimisation function, and accountable for the development, efficacy and operating model of the three pillars of the team - Medicines Planning and Operations, Medicines Quality and Improvement, Medicines Strategy and Programmes - the clinical safety of the function as a whole and development of our commissioning role around community pharmacy.
- Responsible for the ICB medicines and pharmacy allocations and commissioning, ensuring services are centred around the patient are safe, modern and are delivered by competent staff within agreed budgets.
- Deliver a comprehensive integrated pharmacy service and governance structures to ensure that all of the ICBs activities are underpinned by a strong culture of high quality care and patient safety.
- To lead on and support the Executive to manage stakeholders in this space, including to directly represent or deputise at regional/ national/ international levels on issues in relation to pharmacy and medicines. Ensuring there is effective communication, engagement and partnership with relevant stakeholder groups; acting as a spokesperson whilst also ensuring other key individuals are effectively briefed and able to act as spokespeople.
- Provide advice and direction to public health teams within the system to ensure pharmacy teams, including the community pharmacy network are best placed to help deliver the public health strategy.
Please see the attached Job Description for full duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Educated to Masters level, and/ or equivalent level of working at a senior level over a significant period.
- Thorough understanding of medicine optimisation/ pharmacy legislation, with the ability to translate into organisation practice.
Experience
Essential
- Record of significant achievement in directing and managing the commissioning, delivery and improvement of medicines optimisation/ pharmacy services within a complex and diverse organisation.
- Proven Director level experience (working with Executive and Board Directors) of leading and delivering complex change (including cultural) and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment.
- Substantial experience of convening multiple stakeholders; and through successful relationship building, networking and partnership working create and deliver a compelling vision for the future.
Desirable
- Leading and contributing to policy and/ or research at a regional or national level.
Knowledge/Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- The ability to find and create opportunities, analyse highly complex issues, to think and plan to achieve both tactical and strategic objectives, and to exercise sound judgement in the face of conflicting pressures.
- Able to successfully convene resources inside and outside of the ICB, via a highly developed system leadership approach, in order to navigate the complexity in commissioning and delivery arrangements.
- Proactive, bold and politically skilful communicator; being cognisant of system and local sensitives in pursuing change, actively choreographing and delivering difficult messages (e.g. honest conversations, brokering solutions) where required to high level audiences.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Educated to Masters level, and/ or equivalent level of working at a senior level over a significant period.
- Thorough understanding of medicine optimisation/ pharmacy legislation, with the ability to translate into organisation practice.
Experience
Essential
- Record of significant achievement in directing and managing the commissioning, delivery and improvement of medicines optimisation/ pharmacy services within a complex and diverse organisation.
- Proven Director level experience (working with Executive and Board Directors) of leading and delivering complex change (including cultural) and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment.
- Substantial experience of convening multiple stakeholders; and through successful relationship building, networking and partnership working create and deliver a compelling vision for the future.
Desirable
- Leading and contributing to policy and/ or research at a regional or national level.
Knowledge/Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- The ability to find and create opportunities, analyse highly complex issues, to think and plan to achieve both tactical and strategic objectives, and to exercise sound judgement in the face of conflicting pressures.
- Able to successfully convene resources inside and outside of the ICB, via a highly developed system leadership approach, in order to navigate the complexity in commissioning and delivery arrangements.
- Proactive, bold and politically skilful communicator; being cognisant of system and local sensitives in pursuing change, actively choreographing and delivering difficult messages (e.g. honest conversations, brokering solutions) where required to high level audiences.
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).
