Advanced Pharmacist AMR in London

We are seeking experienced, innovative and highly motivated pharmacists to join the Medicines Optimisation Team within NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Boards (LNR ICB). This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead strategic medicines optimisation programmes that improve patient outcomes, reduce unwarranted variation, support quality improvement and deliver value across the Integrated Care System.

Main duties of the job:

• Lead antimicrobial stewardship and antimicrobial resistance programmes across the Integrated Care System.
• Support improvements in antimicrobial prescribing, medicines governance, policy implementation and collaborative working to promote safe and effective antimicrobial use.

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% on patch working, 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. This role will require a minimum of 2 days 'on patch' working in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland in our 2 main offices or partner sites.

Person Specification:

• Knowledge, Training and Experience:
• Educated to master's level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
• Extensive knowledge of and expertise in specialisms relevant to function and role.
• Proven and significant leadership experience.
• Evidence of post qualifying continuing professional development.
• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
• Member of a relevant professional body - Pharmacist currently registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Communication Skills:
• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
• Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
• Analytical:
• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
• Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
• Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
• Planning Skills:
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
• Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects (desirable).
• Autonomy:
• Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies.
• Ability to make decisions autonomously on difficult issues, when required, working to tight and often changing timescales.
• Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy.
• Experience of researching best practice (globally, private, and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation).
• Management Skills:
• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
• Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
• Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders.
• Physical Skills:
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.
• Equality and Diversity:
• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems in the area.

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.