Lead Pharmacist Medicines Optimisation Delivery

The Lead Pharmacist, Medicines Optimisation Delivery will focus on the delivery of strategies and actionable plans at Place, to deliver the best possible health outcomes for the SEL local population with a greater focus on prevention, personalised care and health inequalities, informed by clear intelligence and insights in relation to population and service provision, aligned to the NHS 10 Year Plan. They will lead the support for primary care and neighbourhood NHS models of care at Place in enhancing outcomes from medicines, including medicines value, safety, and overall quality improvement. The post holder will also work collaboratively across boroughs within the medicines optimisation delivery team to facilitate the efficient implementation of "do once and share" functions.

In 2025, the boards of NHS South East London ICB and NHS South West London ICB took the decision to enter into a clustering arrangement. This means that we share a chair, chief executive officer and an executive team, but we remain as separate, statutory organisations.

This also means that the ICBs will share some teams, who will be working across both organisations. Some teams will also be working across both geographical areas and integrated care systems. This is a period of change for the NHS. The Government's 10 Year Health Plan presents an ambitious vision for a future NHS, with emphasis on the three 'shifts' - from hospital to community, from analogue to digital, and from cure to prevention - all underpinning the new neighbourhood health service.ICBs are also changing, with a clear focus on strategic commissioning and delivering neighbourhood working.

This is an exciting time to work within our ICBs. We currently have the opportunity both to shape the future of our clustered organisations, and to be part of a radical transformation of care for the local people and communities across south London. And while our two ICBs are different in some ways, improving lives for the people we serve is at the core of what we are both here to do. Please note as you can only be employed by one ICB, this job description refers to 'the 'ICB', but your role may cover both ICB organisations, and / or geographical areas.

Essential: - Current registration with General Pharmaceutical Council

Essential: - Experience of development, transformation and delivery of medicines and long term conditions services and implementation of personalised care.; - Demonstrated experience of co producing and delivery of cross sector projects in highly complex and challenging environment.; - Experience of managing prescribing budgets, service budgets and business planning processes; - Experience of leading a specialist team, service changes and developments.

Essential: - Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.; - Ability to understand a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.