To provide senior system leadership for quality assurance of medicines use across all commissioned services. Develop a programme of work to provide quality assurance of medicines use. Monitor and analyse data to identify opportunities to improve medicines governance. Provide specialist leadership and expertise on quality issues identified with providers of services, including those identified by the CQC. Oversee complaints response for pharmacy and medicines. Lead the utilisation of alerting systems for General Practice across the ICB e.g. Eclipse.
The post holder must be a Pharmacist currently registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Drive implementation and delivery of the NHS Strategic Commissioning Framework and LNR Operating Model.
Lead on the delivery of the medicine quality, safety and governance portfolio across the ICS
Lead on the development of the ICB antimicrobial stewardship framework, ensuring system-wide actions to improve antimicrobial utilisation.
Oversee development, implementation and education of prescribing policies and guidelines
Oversee the work programme for the Care Home Pharmacy Service and medicine elements of immunisation and vaccination services
Provide senior professional leadership to the ICB and contribute to system development
Participate in the senior manager on call rota.
Operationally responsible for providing professional expertise to the outcome of the business processes for the Department or Directorate.
Budgetary responsibility
Line management/team leadership
Overseeing/delivering information systems and data reporting, and use analytical skills.
Strategic planning and corporate policy contributor.
Undertake research and development
Receive and understand complex and sensitive information.
Working for our Integrated Care Boards will require you contributing to a shared purpose of improving outcomes for the communities we serve as part of a wider health and social care system. The organisation’s ethos is rooted in integrity, collaboration and accountability, with a strong focus on putting its patient population at the centre of everything it does and delivering services to improve patient outcomes, patient experience and added years of optimised health. As part of the newly formed cluster bringing together NHS Northamptonshire ICB and NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB , staff are expected to work flexibly and collaboratively across organisational boundaries to support a joined-up approach to strategic commissioning and service improvement. There is an expectation of 40% office attendance, with office bases at County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester and Haylock House, Kettering. Staff can choose which office is their primary base for contractual purposes and travel claims.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for the full duties and responsibilities of this role.
