Job summary
NHS GM is pleased to share the Clinical Lead - Medicines Optimisation vacancy for internal recruitment. This vacancy is an important pan-GM clinical leadership role and will be pivotal in helping shape the future of Medicines Optimisation across Greater Manchester.
Purpose of the role
1) To work proactively across organisational boundaries to improve health outcomes and the way services are delivered,
o to improve access to appropriate care
o to reduce health inequalities and gaps in service provision
o to prioritise the delivery of the Medicines Optimisation work programme
2) Specifically, to provide clinical leadership for Medicines Optimisation across Greater Manchester by working across interfaces with:
o NHS GM, especially the Medicines Optimisation Strategic and locality teams, GMMMG and the wider NHS GM Medical Directorate
o ICP partners, including Community Pharmacy and Provider Trusts
o Locality partners, including NHS, Council and VCSE
3) To support delivery of the themes and priorities of the NHS GM strategy, Joint Forward Plan and Operational Plan and national policies relevant to medicines optimisation
Job share consideration will be given
Main duties of the job
Working with other clinical and care professional leads to deliver the Clinical and Care Professional Leadership Principles across Greater Manchester
Lead system level work for medicines optimisation, working with managerial and clinical and care professional leaders across the ICS and locality, supporting the delivery of quadruple aim whilst keeping quality and safety at the heart of everything we do
Lead improvement in outcomes for our population health and wellbeing through a lens of prevention and inequality
Put the patient at the centre of the work we do, and build key relationships with patients, service users and carers
Be an active part of the clinical and professional workforce within Greater Manchester, including clinical and professional forums
Engage with wider clinical networks - for example, with Primary Care Networks and Strategic Clinical Networks (SCNs) - and across the health and social care system
Represent the CCPL voice in Greater Manchester
Regardless of the post holder's primary employment or professional grouping the Clinical system lead will act as a CCPL leader, not on behalf their employer or professional group
Promote clinical leadership that is reflective of our population and support in the identification and recruitment of a pipeline of future clinical and care professional leaders
About us
NHS Greater Manchester Integrated CareIntegrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health and wellbeing of people who live and work in their area. Their purpose is to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access; enhance productivity and value for money and support broader social and economic development in their area efficiency. This will be delivered in neighbourhood, place, combinations of places and GM system.
Our NHS People PromiseOur NHS People Promise -the promise we must all make to each other, to work together to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Like many other employers, NHS GM currently has evidence of unwarranted inequalities in the workforce, most notably in relation to minoritised ethnic, female and\or disabled staff and their intersectionality. As a result, we will use positive action measures to bring benefits to our organisation, including a wider pool of talented, skilled and experienced people from which to recruit and a better understanding of the needs of a more diverse range of customers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key areas of Work
The post holder will bring medical clinical leadership to the Medicines Optimisation team. The post holder will work with the strategic GM team and network with locality teams, including medicines optimisation leads within localities.
The role will include active participation at key medicine optimization meetings and leading on key areas of work, as defined by the Chief Pharmacist/Deputy Chief Pharmacist. The post holder will represent a medical view in the strategic development of medicine optimization plans, strategies and work programmes as well as provide operational detail around key areas of work.
The role will include:
Leading on key areas as defined by the Chief Pharmacist
Supporting delivery of specific actions and workstreams within the Medicines Optimisation workplan and other relevant Medicine Optimisation plans.
Providing updates to GMMMG and other meetings as required
Promoting the sharing of best practice between organisations and localities related to specific workstreams.
Developing networked relationships with other clinical leads, primary care leads, community pharmacy leads and acute provider leads in relation to medicines optimisation
Using clinical and professional expertise and knowledge of the local health system to provide insight and challenge.
Bringing practical knowledge as a prescriber of medicines to the medicines optimization programme
Providing scrutiny of key policies and documents to ensure evidence based and accuracy
Chairing of meetings as requested by the Chief Pharmacist, Chief Medical Officer or Deputy Chief Medical Officer(s)
Encouraging learning drawing on national and international experience and providing a connection to national forums on Inclusion Health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key areas of Work
The post holder will bring medical clinical leadership to the Medicines Optimisation team. The post holder will work with the strategic GM team and network with locality teams, including medicines optimisation leads within localities.
The role will include active participation at key medicine optimization meetings and leading on key areas of work, as defined by the Chief Pharmacist/Deputy Chief Pharmacist. The post holder will represent a medical view in the strategic development of medicine optimization plans, strategies and work programmes as well as provide operational detail around key areas of work.
The role will include:
Leading on key areas as defined by the Chief Pharmacist
Supporting delivery of specific actions and workstreams within the Medicines Optimisation workplan and other relevant Medicine Optimisation plans.
Providing updates to GMMMG and other meetings as required
Promoting the sharing of best practice between organisations and localities related to specific workstreams.
Developing networked relationships with other clinical leads, primary care leads, community pharmacy leads and acute provider leads in relation to medicines optimisation
Using clinical and professional expertise and knowledge of the local health system to provide insight and challenge.
Bringing practical knowledge as a prescriber of medicines to the medicines optimization programme
Providing scrutiny of key policies and documents to ensure evidence based and accuracy
Chairing of meetings as requested by the Chief Pharmacist, Chief Medical Officer or Deputy Chief Medical Officer(s)
Encouraging learning drawing on national and international experience and providing a connection to national forums on Inclusion Health.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Be a Clinician registered with a recognised Clinical Professional Body
- Formal Management Qualification and / or proven and significant leadership experience.
Knowledge
Essential
- Be working in a Clinical Role within the Place
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of NHS Health and Care services at a National, Regional and local level
- Experience of working at a Senior level within the NHS and considerable senior experience of leading in integrated health and care settings.
- Good knowledge of the health, care and local government landscape and a good understanding of the social determinants of health and current evidence on practices which reduce health inequality
Desirable
- Significant experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment.
- Experience and track record of managing very senior relationships across multiple partner organisations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Be a Clinician registered with a recognised Clinical Professional Body
- Formal Management Qualification and / or proven and significant leadership experience.
Knowledge
Essential
- Be working in a Clinical Role within the Place
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of NHS Health and Care services at a National, Regional and local level
- Experience of working at a Senior level within the NHS and considerable senior experience of leading in integrated health and care settings.
- Good knowledge of the health, care and local government landscape and a good understanding of the social determinants of health and current evidence on practices which reduce health inequality
Desirable
- Significant experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment.
- Experience and track record of managing very senior relationships across multiple partner organisations
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).