A Vacancy at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board.This is an exciting opportunity to join our compassionate,.....
A Vacancy at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our compassionate, inclusive, and values-driven organisation. As a valued member of the Integrated Care Board (ICB) and as part of our Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Team.
As Chief Pharmaceutical Officer (Clinical Director for Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation) in the organisation, you will engage with all partners, in line with the ICB 5-year plan and Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) strategy, to develop a pharmacy and medicines optimisation shared system-wide strategy and operational plan. This will be through clinical and patient engagement, linking with national policy, regional and local priorities to deliver maximum value and outcomes for patients, the local population and the NHS.
The role 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 COVID-19 recovery and the restoration of sustainable services.
If you're passionate about making a difference to local people, working in partnership to drive change and want to be part of a team that truly cares, apply now, and join us in shaping a health and care system that we can all be proud of.
The post holder will lead as an authoritative expert in pharmacy and medicines optimisation across all care settings.
They will provide professional highly specialised advice and guidance on matters relating to the use and supply of medicines to the ICB and, in addition, play a full role in the delivery of the ICB corporate agenda as detailed in its strategic plan. They will be corporately responsible for the delivery and review of the pharmacy service both across the ICB, and the ICS.
Working with other executives, they will plan and allocate resources to meet the four core purposes of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs):
· improve outcomes in population health and healthcare,
· tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access,
· enhance productivity and value for money,
· help the NHS support broader social and economic development.
In this senior leader 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.
Our Integrated Care System (ICS) footprint covers a large geographical area of 1,347 square miles and covers a population of around 500,000 people across the area of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin. The ICS boundaries are coterminous with our two Local Authority footprints of Shropshire County Council and Telford and Wrekin Council.
We have two acute hospitals, with services delivered by one acute trust, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). We also have a specialist orthopaedic hospital, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (RJAH). Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (SCHT) provide our community services, and mental health services are provided by Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPUFT) which covers Shropshire and Staffordshire.
The region is served by the West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust (WMAS). Alongside this, our partnership includes our 51 GP Practices, social care services, and our diverse voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector.
The post holder will need to build and maintain constructive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including but not limited to:
• Internal ICB staff including managers, colleagues, and senior management as appropriate
• National and regional colleagues at NHS England
• ICS partners, including portfolio leads, Local Authorities and Provider and Place Collaboratives
• Non-NHS organisations
• Members of the public and service users as appropriate
• Matrix work across all other teams to address interdependencies and ensure alignment of mutual objectives
• External consultancy, as required.
They will need to provide expert specialist 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.
Be responsible for the ICB medicines and pharmacy allocations and commissioning.
Represent the ICB at regional/national/international levels on issues in relation to pharmacy and medicines.
Be responsible for providing and receiving the highest level of confidential, highly complex and highly sensitive information relating to drugs and patients. 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).
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin is a beautiful place to live and work, but there is more that we can do to improve people’s lives, tackle inequalities, and address the cause of loneliness, poverty and obesity.
As a system we are committed to working ‘together as one’ to seek opportunities to work differently to join services up, maximise the opportunities of innovation and digital technology and ensure our environments are fit for our staff to deliver world-class modern-day health and care services.
We are working in partnership across statutory and non-statutory health and care providers, through open and compassionate relationships; organising teams as locally as possible, and working with our communities, volunteers, and staff, to enable our populations to live healthier lives. Equally, our size enables us to be agile and fleet of foot in terms of decision making and delivery. However, there is a lot to do and there are some significant challenges for us to respond to.
This advert closes on Thursday 26 Sep 2024