Lead Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist - Place Based Teams inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED SAT 30 DEC 2023

Band 8b: £70,387 to £80,465 a year Per annum pro rata inclusive of Inner London HCAS  PERMANENT 
CLINICAL PATHWAY NHS

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed job description and main responsibilities.

This post is based in the NEL ICB Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation team. The post holder leads the team delivering on medicines optimisation within the designated place and contributes to the development of the pharmacy and medicines optimisation strategy across NEL and the London Region. The team provides an effective and professional medicines optimisation service to our local boroughs as well as matrix working across boroughs and with our stakeholders. The post holder will lead on the safe, quality and cost-effective use of medicines, that is evidence based, by implementing the principles of medicines optimisation.

Senior Medicines Optimisation pharmacists will be expected to spend up to 50% of their time providing clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation input and leadership to a designated NELwide clinical specialty, network, medicines programme or other initiative. This may involve working underthe supervision of a different Deputy Director or Head of Medicines Optimisation.

o Leads at borough level, driving transformation as well as value for money in planning, commissioning, development of patient pathways and services with regards to Medicines Optimisationo Oversees projects to support the delivery of the pharmacy and medicines optimisation team strategy and objectives. This includes responsibility for ensuring the planning, development and delivery of medicines optimisation projectso Provides expertise, experience and leadership in medicines at place based level as well as across the Integrated Care Systemo Provides expert clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation input to a designated clinical specialty, network or initiative as requiredo Leads the place based team that supports GPs, non-medical prescribers and other health and care professionals in the safe use of medicines, evidence-based prescribing, cost-effective management of the prescribing budget and support local and national measureso Leads at place, the management of risks associated with medicines, ensuring that relevant risks are recorded on the risk register, regularly reviewed and mitigations are undertaken and reported as appropriateo Provide clinical pharmacy input to a range of guidelines and clinical pathways to include but not limited to long term conditions


 


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