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Lead Pharmacist, Home Oxygen Service

Lead Pharmacist, Home Oxygen Service

NHS South East London Integrated Care BoardLondon
30+ days ago
Salary
£70,387.00–£80,465.00 yearly
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Temporary
Job description

Job summary

The London Home Oxygen Service (HOS) contract is responsible for circa £10million expenditure annually on oxygen service provision to people in their homes. This role will support the delivery of the London HOS agenda, working with regional and national colleagues. The post holder will deputise for the London HOS regional lead as required. The post holder will support the wider London HOS clinical teams within primary care and the acute sector, providing clinical and contract management support.'The SEL ICB Medicines Optimisation programme is responsible for £200million in medicines cost in primary care and approximately £30m expenditure on medicines in the acute sector (ICB commissioned high cost medicines). The programme includes a wide range of quality, safety and clinical effectiveness workstreams ensuring that we have a high value, innovative medicines optimisation programme in SEL which supports proactive chronic disease management, promotes self-care and empowers patients. The post holder, through the staff and structures provided, is expected to lead legal, safe and effective delivery of key integrated medicines optimisation plans which are high priority across boroughs in SEL.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

As a senior pharmacist, you will work with our pharmacy leadership team, to support the delivery of the SEL ICB medicines agenda and the London Home Oxygen Service agenda. You will support the delivery of the Long Term Conditions improvement programmes, providing advice and guidance to GPs and other professional across the system. You will support and contribute to SEL clinical networks relating to diabetes, CVD and respiratory medicines pathways (including oxygen). You will provide guidance to the HOS delivery team and deputise for the HOS regional lead in regional and national meetings.

The role is full time for a fixed term of 12 months. For further information please contact Finlay Royle, Assistant Director Medicines and Long Term Conditions SEL ICB m. 07825 402907 email or Moni Abiola-Peller, London HOS Regional Lead, m. 07920831895 email .

About us

The South East London ICB is the NHS management unit of the ICS. It is accountable both to NHS England and to the South East London Integrated Care Partnership (ICP). The ICS exists to deliver four core purposes : o Improve outcomes in South East London population health and health and care serviceso Tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access suffered by the residents of South East Londono Enhance productivity and value for money in the in the use of health and care resources in South East Londono Help the NHS support broader social and economic development in South East ICS is not an intermediate management tier and fundamental to the operating model of the ICS are three fundamental principles : o Partnership : We are a partnership of sovereign bodies coming together to achieve something greater than the sum of the partners. All partners have a voice and all partners have Subsidiarity : We work on the basis of subsidiarity. This means issues and decisions should be dealt at the most local level consistent with their effective Accountability : We value both supporting each other and being held to account by each other and our wider partners.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description / personal specification for further information about the role.

The role will lead on SEL-wide work streams, including but not limited to work streams under the SEL Integrated Medicines Optimisation Committee, the SEL Integrated Pharmacy Stakeholder Group (IPSG) and their sub-groups. The role will work in a collaborative and matrix style with the Lead Pharmacists in the Integrated Medicines Optimisation Team.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to masters level with additional in depth professional knowledge in own discipline
  • Current registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Postgraduate qualification in clinical / community pharmacy or equivalent additional experience
  • Mandatory Continuing Professional Development to maintain fitness to practice and revalidation

Desirable

  • Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

    • Experience

    Essential

  • Experience of developing medicines optimisation services in challenging environment
  • Knowledge of developing long term conditions prevention or management services and an understanding of personalised care
  • Extensive experience of negotiating and implementing change in practice
  • Experience of managing the delivery and improvement of services within a complex and diverse organisation.
  • Experience of managing budgets and business planning processes
  • Experience of leading a specialist team, service changes and developments
  • Experience of inter-agency working and the development of joint projects.
  • Knowledge / understanding of national and local policies and strategic issues relevant to medicines and pharmacy
  • Experience of policy or proposal development
  • Experience of multidisciplinary working
  • Extensive, community and / or hospital pharmacy experience or experience of providing prescribing support to primary care organisations or practices.
  • Experience of successfully setting up and managing internal processes and procedures

    • Skills and Abilities

    Essential

  • The ability to identify, define, promote, communicate and achieve clear organisational values and goals, effective management processes, and rational and timely decision taking
  • The ability to work in partnership with lead clinicians and health care professionals within and outside the ICB and a partnership approach to working across organisations.
  • Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
  • Effectiveness in conflict resolution and management.
  • Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
  • Ability to create and give presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
  • Capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
  • Knowledge of financial systems monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
  • Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
  • Interpreting national policy for implementation.
  • Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
  • Highly developed organisational skills - demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate.

    • Other

    Essential

  • Stamina, energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work effectively under pressure
  • Strong leadership influencing, negotiating and interpersonal skills
  • Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
  • Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity, and reflects the Inclusive Pharmacy Practice principles. Being aware of how individual actions contribute to, and make a difference to, the equality agenda
  • Respects, values and cares for others
  • Supports learning and development of self and others