Specialist Pharmacy Advisor

As a Specialist Pharmacy Advisor, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the East of England to provide professional, independent pharmaceutical advice to the East of England focusing on the identification, dissemination, impactassessment of NICE and other national policy guidance on specialised services, drugs and technologies.
The post holder will support the Lead Pharmacist in the provision of an efficient, effective and high quality professional pharmaceutical advice service capable of meeting all statutory, regulatory and NHS requirements ensuring alignment with the activity of the organisation.

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The post holder will support the Lead Pharmacist in the provision of an efficient, effective and high quality professional pharmaceutical advice service capable of meeting all statutory, regulatory and NHS requirements ensuring alignment with the activity of the organisation.

NHS England leads the NHS in England to deliver high quality care for all. We support NHS organisations to deliver better outcomes for our patients and communities, work to get the best possible value for taxpayers, and drive improvement across the NHS.

Through our seven regional teams, NHS England supports local integrated care systems, made up of public services that provide health and care - NHS organisations, primary care professionals, local councils, social care providers and the community, voluntary and social enterprise sector - to improve the health of the population, improve the quality of care, tackle inequalities and deliver care more efficiently.

To undertake reviews of the evidence of clinical and cost effectiveness to support decision making.
- Ensure national guidance is appropriately prioritised and incorporated into clinical effectiveness programmes.
- To horizon scan and benchmark to identify opportunities for efficiencies/ adopting best practice.
- To monitor high cost drug expenditure and benchmark against indicative budget.
- To evaluate NICE and high cost therapies recommendations and identify the local financial impact of such recommendations.
- To monitor delivery against the Regions high cost drug QIPP agenda and to actively support the Region in the performance management of Trusts with respect to high cost drug budgets.
- To work collaboratively across the NHS England and NHS Improvement matrix, including integrating the National Director’s portfolio.

Salary Progression
Applicants will commence at the bottom of Band 8b with a full-time starting salary of £58,972, with a pay step increase after 5 years’ service.

You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.