Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist

2 weeks ago


Romford, Greater London, United Kingdom NHS North East London Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated pharmacist to join the fabulous North East London (NEL) ICB Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation team. The team works as a multi-disciplinary group of individuals, who operate with a broad range of skills and experience. We are key enablers for collaboration and integration across all health and social care partners in the NEL Integrated Care System. As a team player you will be supported to fully commit to this way of working, especially with regards to transformational work with medicines and pharmacy.

Main duties of the job

The NEL Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation team is working to achieve equitable access and outcomes of medicines for local people across North East London, working with a wide range of stakeholders and professionals to deliver outputs for our residents that support cost effective, safe prescribing with access to evidence-based medicines.

We are looking for a keen individual who will be a key part of the Primary Care and Places team and provide medicines optimisation advice to stakeholders. You will encourage clinical excellence, amongst local health and care professionals in relation to medicines, across primary care and the interface with secondary care and promote high quality safe use of medicines across the ICS.

Joining our team will give you the support and opportunity to further develop your skills and abilities as you navigate working across both the ICB Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Team and the wider ICS.

About us

NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) was formed on 1 July 2022.

We are an exciting new organisation putting the needs of communities at the heart of our commissioning arrangements.

We are working with local people and partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector in innovative ways to improve health and wellbeing for all our communities. Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our Out of Hospital Strategy.

We can only do this with great staff who are encouraged and supported, which is why we invest in them, listen to them, make sure we are representative of our populations and that we foster their health and wellbeing.

Please note that all vacancies will be subject to a 6 months' probation period in line with the Probation Policy.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

Educated to degree level in Pharmacy - MPharm or equivalent qualification Competency assessed and examined professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council of Great Britain

Experience

Essential

Extensive, community and /or hospital pharmacy experience or experience of providing prescribing support to primary care organisations or practices. Experience of advising on medicines related queries

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of managing and reporting prescribing related risks Knowledge and understanding of safe, quality and cost-effective use of medicines, that is evidence based, by implementing the principles of medicines optimisation
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