Job summary
Following the Derby and Derbyshire ICB staff restructure an important senior role has become available within the Pharmacy Directorate Team, which is part of the Medical Directorate. Supporting the Chief Pharmacy Officer and Associate 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.
Substantive, 30 hours/week
We are seeking an experienced and talented Pharmacist with significant leadership experience including managing teams, strategic development, financial management, building and maintaining stakeholder networks.
You will support the ICB Chief Pharmacy Officer, the Associate Director of Pharmacy and the work of the Medical Directorate in delivering high quality, safe and effective care across care pathways within Joined Up Care Derbyshire whilst delivering Pharmaceutical Population Health Management. This will require knowledge, skills and experience to:
Support the strategic development of medicines and pharmaceutical services to meet the objectives of the Integrated Care Board and system IPMO Board;
Carry responsible for the day-to-day management of the Pharmacy Directorate Team;
Act as an Assistant Director Lead within the developing local commissioning architecture across Derbyshire
Main duties of the job
Main duties include:
The postholder will be responsible for a broad range of complex disciplines requiring advanced specialist knowledge and experience. They will use specialist and professional knowledge to synthesise, evaluate and define pharmacy and medicines policies and strategy
Work with their Assistant Director of Pharmacy colleague to lead and manage the Pharmacy Directorate team, ensuring a 'One Team' approach.The Pharmacy Directorate Team comprises; Commissioning Outcomes Derbyshire Prescription Service, Governance, Implementation, Integration, Pathways, Performance, Policy, Productivity, Strategy; Pharmacy at Place
Support the Chief Pharmacy Officer and Associate Director 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;
Provide strategic pharmaceutical leadership 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. Lead on designated functions and work programmes;
- Interpret national evidence and guidance on behalf of the ICB developing and overseeing 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
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 and 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account
Person Specification
Values
Essential
- Demonstrate the behaviours that underpin the ICBs core value of 'One Team'
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement;
- Extensive knowledge of evidence based medicine, needs assessment, effectiveness, prioritisation and appropriateness including critical appraisal
Skills
Essential
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
- Ability to analyse and interpret highly complex prescribing data and other data, compare options, think critically, anticipate problems, appraise risks, consider overall implications and make effective decisions and recommendations including developing a range of options
- Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action;
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working in a primary care organisation specialist prescribing advisory role;
- Skills for direct line management and job management;
- Experience of clinical audit, change management, strategic development, project management and leadership;
Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacy degree, and educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Diploma or MSc in clinical pharmacy or pharmacy practice, or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
Person Specification
Values
Essential
- Demonstrate the behaviours that underpin the ICBs core value of 'One Team'
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement;
- Extensive knowledge of evidence based medicine, needs assessment, effectiveness, prioritisation and appropriateness including critical appraisal
Skills
Essential
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
- Ability to analyse and interpret highly complex prescribing data and other data, compare options, think critically, anticipate problems, appraise risks, consider overall implications and make effective decisions and recommendations including developing a range of options
- Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action;
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working in a primary care organisation specialist prescribing advisory role;
- Skills for direct line management and job management;
- Experience of clinical audit, change management, strategic development, project management and leadership;
Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacy degree, and educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Diploma or MSc in clinical pharmacy or pharmacy practice, or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
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. 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
