Job summary
- Main area
- pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Open to secondment opportunities, please seek approval from employer or line manager before making a secondment application)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 996-ICB-4600-24
- Employer
- NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Council House, First Floor,
- Town
- Derby,
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacy professional–Community Pharmacy Integration Programme Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8a
NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the health statutory body for the Derby City and Derbyshire population. ICSs are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined-up services and to improve the health of people who live and work in their area. Serving a total population of 1,053,000 with a budget of over £1.6 billion the ICB has a staff base of approximately 500 people.
At DDICB we are passionate about making diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We have staff engagement forums, a diversity and inclusion network run by and for our people and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. Together, we are building an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated and people feel able to bring their whole self to work.
We are a disability confident employer and offer a range of family friendly, flexible working arrangements and inclusive employment policies, to support our people in the workplace.'
Job overview
Following the Derby and Derbyshire ICB staff restructure an exciting new senior role has become available within the Pharmacy Directorate Team, which is part of the Medical Directorate.
Supporting the Community Pharmacy clinical lead, you will be providing project management support to implement community pharmacy integration initiatives, working with the wider healthcare system to integrate community pharmacy services.
This is a 1 year fixed term or secondment post.
If you are making a secondment application, please seek approval from your employer/current line manager before submitting an application
Main duties of the job
We are seeking an experienced and talented Pharmacy professional with significant project management experience to plan the mobilisation and implementation of community pharmacy integration initiatives, building and maintaining stakeholder networks. The post holder will need to be self-motivated, work independently and have good team working skills.
You will support the Community Pharmacy Clinical lead in delivering high quality, safe and effective care across care pathways within Joined Up Care Derbyshire whilst delivering Pharmaceutical Population Health Management.
Support the strategic development of community pharmacy integration and services. There is a changing landscape in the community pharmacy sector and with all graduates from 2026 as independent prescribers lends itself to a sector that will be more clinical services focused. With this and other current initiatives including Pharmacy First and community pharmacy independent pathfinder allows a greater understanding of how clinical services provided in this sector support our wider population health initiatives.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder will be responsible for mobilisation and project management of a range of community pharmacy integration fund services. This is an exciting time as community pharmacy is a critical part of primary care. Working across teams within the ICB and other stakeholders to implement these services. Working alongside other ICB to develop local place and PCN pharmacy networks to include community pharmacy.
Work with their Community Pharmacy clinical lead (CPCL) to facilitate the successful implementation of relevant commissioned services with local community pharmacies and provide specialist pharmaceutical support, advice and monitoring to commissioning service developments, contracts and procurements including contract development, monitoring and management. Lead on designated functions and work programmes.
Will be responsible for supporting pharmacy professionals within the Pathfinder Programme and within the scope of other community pharmacy clinical pathways if required.
Supporting the safe use of medication and pharmacy interventions as provided by Community Pharmacy integrated services. Working with other ICB and ICS teams involved in medication safety to raise awareness and learning.
Work with the CPCL and antimicrobial lead to ensure Antimicrobial Stewardship is delivered by community pharmacy services, e.g. Pharmacy 1st, in Derbyshire in order to improve the appropriate prescribing of antimicrobials; Provide regular Antimicrobial Prescribing Reports, relevant to community pharmacy, to highlight variation. Liaise with the ICB AMR lead and report to/attend the JUCD AMR committee as required.
Person specification
Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- Registered with GPhC
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate the behaviours that underpin the ICBs core value of 'One Team'
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Knowledge and ability to produce, analyse, present and interpret in-depth analysis of highly complex prescribing and financial trends and local and national comparators
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing change in clinical practice
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working experience in primary care pharmacy
- Experience of influencing others, negotiating change, and motivating others within a team
- Experience of managing change in clinical practice
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
Skills
Essential criteria
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing deadlines
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Self-motivation and initiative in addition to good team working skills
Desirable criteria
- Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shazia Patel
- Job title
- Community Pharmacy Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07930532764
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Recruitment Team
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
1st Floor Kingsway House (Entrance D)
Kingsway
Derby
DE22 3LZ
- Telephone
- 07900 135638
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