Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AFC: Band 9
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 491-SWLMO01
- Employer
- NHS South West London Integrated Care Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 120 The Broadway
- Town
- Wimbledon, London
- Salary
- £105,327 - £120,385 Inc Outer London HCAS per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Chief Pharmacist
NHS AFC: Band 9
Job overview
The SWL ICS Chief Pharmacist will have overall accountability for the delivery of all medicines optimisation and pharmacy services across SWL’s ICS. They will cover existing and new priorities across the system and support the strengthening of clinical and professional collaboration across the system as we transition as an ICS. They will work with all partners to develop a system wide vision for medicines optimisation and pharmacy through clinical and patient engagement, linking national medicines policy and local clinical priorities to deliver maximum value and outcomes for the SWL ICS. The post holder will have overarching responsibility for the SWL Medicines Optimisation Team (including care homes & dietetics), the Place Medicines Optimisation Team, and the High Cost Drugs Team.
Main duties of the job
For a full list of duties held by this post, please refer to the job description:
The post holder will lead as an authoritative expert in pharmacy and medicines optimisation across all care settings with the respect of peers and senior national leaders. The post holder will provide professional advice and guidance on matters relating to the use and supply of medicines to the ICB. Working with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) and Executive Director of Places, they will plan and allocate resources to meet the four core purposes of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs). The SWL Chief Pharmacist will provide strategic leadership for:
- The pharmacy profession and workforce within the ICS
- Medicines commissioning and supply
- Emergency planning, preparedness and resilience
- Medicines and prescribing initiatives with a focus on reducing unwarranted variation, promoting equity of access and supporting transformational change and,
- Supporting recovery and the restoration of sustainable services
Working for our organisation
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB), as part of South West London Integrated Care System (ICS), is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our six boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.
Each ICS consists of two statutory elements:
- an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care services
- an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by the ICB and local authorities in the area.
ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):
- to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
- tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
- enhance productivity and value for money and;
- help the NHS support broader social and economic development.
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board decides how the South West London NHS budget is spent and develops plans to improve people's health, deliver higher quality care, and better value for money.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full list of duties held by this post, please refer to the job description:
Duties and Responsibilities
The SWL Chief Pharmacist will provide strategic leadership for:
In this senior leadership position, the post holder carries key corporate responsibilities for the delivery of the ICB’s vision, aims and objectives and, in particular, may lead on behalf of the ICB for:
- The safe and effective use of medicines including the system medicines budget,
- Antimicrobial stewardship,
- Delegated or transferred responsibilities for commissioning, including any delegated or transferred responsibilities for the community pharmacy contractual framework,
- For regulatory compliance for pharmacy service and medicines use, including for controlled drugs.
Main responsibilities include:
- Provide expert 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,
- Provide leadership for any delegated and/ or transferred commissioning responsibilities, including for community pharmacy,
- Be 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,
- To provide highly visible leadership of the ICB's pharmacy and medicines workforce and foster a culture of compassionate and inclusive practice which values the full range of our people’s skills and experience, continuing professional development and empowers pharmacy professionals to achieve excellence in the delivery of patient care,
- Be responsible for ensuring all practice relating to medicines optimisation and pharmacy services throughout SWL ICS complies with the current legislative framework and, where practice is found to be non-compliant, this is addressed through the relevant processes,
- Represent the ICB at regional/ national/ international levels on issues in relation to pharmacy and medicines,
- Lead on the development and implementation of the ICB Medicines and Pharmacy Transformation Plan (and/ or any other related strategy or plan with a role for medicines required locally or by NHSE/I), that supports system wide and place-based integration.
- Create an infrastructure that supports medicines optimisation in all professions in all health and care settings including care homes,
- Deliver a comprehensive integrated pharmacy service and governance structures to ensure that all of the ICB’s activities are underpinned by a strong culture of high quality care and patient safety,
- Champion multi-agency and multi-disciplinary/ professional working across the system with all health and social care stakeholders to improve people’s lives and tackle inequalities in access to medicines and pharmacist support,
- Represent Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy in the ICB governance structures, ensuring pharmacy and medicines play a key part in population health management and personalised care,
- Lead and participate in the SWL Integrated medicines Optimisation Committee (IMOC), SWL Joint Formulary Committee, Finance Medicines Optimisation Panel, IFR Panel, and High Cost Drugs Group - bringing together all medicines interests in the system to ensure strategic alignment with health and care priorities and equity across the footprint. This will include governance on prescribing, medicines spend, key national policies such as anti-microbial resistance and overprescribing, research, technical services and, education and training,
- Provide advice and direction to Chief Executives and Boards of organisations within the system on strategic and operational issues related to pharmacy and medicines optimisation, in particular on consolidated services or joint ventures supporting all organisations (e.g. developing cross system clinical pathways),
- 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,
- Support the development of aligned Pharmaceutical Needs Assessments as required,
- Foster collaborative relationships with academic institutions to ensure alignment of the national, regional and system strategies to initial education and training of pharmacy professionals and research agendas,
- Responsible for all professional matters relevant to the pharmacy workforce employed within the ICB and they will provide strategic leadership for the pharmacy, medicines commissioning and supply, workforce in delivery of the ICB’s objectives,
- Lead as an authoritative expert in pharmacy and medicines optimisation and form part of the wider network of clinical and care leaders in the region and nationally,
- To identify and nurture pharmacy clinical leadership potential and talent whilst feeding into the ICS workforce plan,
- To collaborate with colleagues in Health Education England, Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education, Skills for Health, Skills for Care, and higher education institutions to ensure the current and future pharmacy needs of health and social care providers are clearly identified and met. This will include enabling entry level career pathways for the local population which supports reducing vacancies and developing opportunities across all settings as well as championing patient-facing, prescribing pharmacy roles and consultant pharmacist roles,
- In addition, professionally accountable to the Regional Chief Pharmacist for pharmacy professional practice and the delivery of national medicines and pharmacy policy and may from time-to-time be formally requested to act on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement on key performance, monitoring and accountability matters. This will include the identification of performance risks and issues related to the quality of patient care and working with relevant providers and partners to enable solutions,
- As a registered pharmacist professional, they will be accountable for their own practice, standards and conduct in the role to the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Postgraduate management qualification at master’s degree level
- Significant evidence of continued professional development
- Pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Evidence of appraisal and revalidation within the last 12 months or within the most recent 12 months
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post registration experience in medicines optimisation/ pharmacy
- Thorough understanding of medicine optimisation/ pharmacy legislation, with the ability to translate into organisation practice.
- Extensive knowledge of the health, care and local government landscape and an understanding of the social determinants of public health.
- Demonstrable evidence and thinking on practices which reduce health inequality, improve patient access, safety and ensure organisations are well-led.
- Good knowledge of health and care financial planning and budgeting at a corporate and/or system level.
- Significant experience of collaborative working as part of a multi-professional senior leadership team.
- Record of significant achievement in directing and managing the commissioning, delivery and improvement of medicines optimisation/ pharmacy services within a complex and diverse organisation.
- Evidence of delivering and maintaining a safety culture.
- Financial and clinical leadership, mentorship, and professional development at a very senior level with demonstrable outcomes.
- Proven and significant leadership experience.
- Proven Board level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment.
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment.
- Proven record in transferring processes and roles between locations
- Significant experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
- Significant management experience at senior level in the NHS or other public healthcare related industry.
- Commissioning expertise in healthcare environment.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate and present on highly complex, sensitive and/or contentions matters and difficult situations.
- Ability to foster effective partnership working, and manage highly sensitive situations, with internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong critical thinking and A&I strategic problem solving; the ability to contribute to a joint strategic plan and undertake problem resolution and action.
- Highly sophisticated leadership and influencing skills; building compassionate cultures where individuals and teams thrive at organisation, partnership, and borough levels
- Able to lead and motivate a large and dynamic clinical team.
- Ability to read and understand the power relationships within the ICS and key forces in the external environment (e.g. key opinion formers, regulators, patients/client groups).
- Ability to persuade board and other senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new market opportunities.
- Ability to negotiate on difficult and highly complex and detailed issue.
- Intermediate Keyboard skill – ability to use Microsoft Office package at intermediate (or advanced) level
- Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions
- Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives.
- Ability to make sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate.
- Skills for delivering results through managing through others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility.
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills.
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary.
- Demonstrates commitment to NHS and organisational values and behaviours.
- Demonstrate commitment and role model behaviours and actions that support equality, diversity, belonging and inclusion.
- Strong compassionate and inclusive leadership.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- John Byrne
- Job title
- Chief Medical Officer, South West London ICB
- Email address
- [email protected]
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