Consultant Pharmacist, Frailty and Overprescribing

Consultant Pharmacist, Frailty and Overprescribing

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board

Join Us as a Consultant Pharmacist – Frailty & Overprescribing. Are you a passionate and experienced pharmacist looking to make a real impact on patient care? We have an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Pharmacist – Frailty & Overprescribing to join South East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT). As a system-wide leader, you will drive medicines optimisation for older people, tackling overprescribing and reducing medication-related harm. Working across primary, secondary, and community care, you will provide expert clinical leadership, influence policy, and develop innovative approaches to improve outcomes for older patients. This is a unique chance to shape services, lead research, and contribute to national strategies on frailty and overprescribing. You will also mentor healthcare professionals, ensuring best practices are embedded across South East London’s health and care system. If you are a motivated leader with advanced clinical expertise, we want to hear from you. Be part of an innovative team driving change and improving patient safety.

The post has been submitted for accreditation as a consultant pharmacist by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.

Main duties of the job

As a Consultant Pharmacist in Frailty & Overprescribing, you will lead medicines optimisation for older people across South East London ICB and GSTT, tackling medication-related harm and improving patient outcomes. Key responsibilities include:

1. Clinical Leadership: Provide expert guidance on medicines use in frailty, multimorbidity, and polypharmacy, accepting referrals and advising clinicians in primary and secondary care.
2. Reducing Overprescribing: Lead system-wide strategies to implement best practices, ensuring safe and appropriate prescribing.
3. Service Development: Shape and enhance pharmacy services across the ICS, working collaboratively with PCNs, community pharmacies, local authorities, and social care.
4. Education & Training: Mentor and support healthcare professionals, delivering training on frailty, medicines safety, and deprescribing strategies.
5. Research & Innovation: Drive quality improvement, conduct research, and contribute to national overprescribing initiatives.
6. Policy & Strategy: Influence local and national policies, ensuring alignment with NHS priorities and ICS objectives.
7. Collaboration: Work closely with ICS partners, regional and national stakeholders, and patient groups to promote person-centred care.

This role is a unique opportunity to drive change, reduce inequalities, and improve medicines safety for older people across South East London.

About us

The South East London Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together the health and care partners that serve our vibrant and highly diverse populations resident in the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Greenwich – our Places. Our partnership brings together six local authorities, over 200 general practices (operating within 35 Primary Care Networks), Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS FT, King’s College Hospital NHS FT, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, South London and the Maudsley Mental Health FT and Oxleas FT. Importantly, the ICS seeks to be connected to the communities we serve (circa 1.92m residents) and work with the widest possible range of community, voluntary and third sector groups and organisations in each borough. The reach of our NHS provider portfolios extends beyond the borders of the ICS, across London, the south of England and nationally for some services. Our vision for the ICS is a highly performing, sustainable system that looks after its staff, responds to its communities and takes action to reduce the inequalities they experience.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the detailed job description/personal specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board

£93,903 to £107,412 a year per annum inclusive of Inner HCAS

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