Lead Pharmacist - Medicines Value

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dynamic pharmacist to join the NHS North East London Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Team as Lead Pharmacist, Medicines Value. This is a senior system leadership role with responsibility for developing, implementing and monitoring medicines optimisation savings and efficiency programmes across North East London. The postholder will lead work to identify opportunities, reduce unwarranted variation and ensure prescribing savings are delivered and monitored effectively.

Main duties of the job
Working closely with pharmacy, clinical, commissioning and finance colleagues, you will provide expert leadership on medicines value, prescribing financial planning and budget management. You will oversee delivery of the Prescribing Efficiencies Team's operational plan, provide regular reporting on progress and risks, and support practices, Primary Care Networks and place-based teams to deliver safe, clinically appropriate and cost-effective prescribing.

You will also provide leadership and line management to the Prescribing Efficiencies Team, ensuring projects are well planned, evidence-based and aligned with NHS North East London's strategic and financial priorities.

We are looking for a registered pharmacist with substantial post-registration experience, strong analytical and financial skills, and experience of leading complex medicines optimisation programmes. You will be an effective communicator and influencer, able to build strong relationships and deliver change across organisational boundaries. This is an excellent opportunity to shape the medicines value agenda across North East London and support the best use of prescribing resources for our population.

About us
NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) was formed on 1 July 2022.

We are an exciting new organisation putting the needs of communities at the heart of our commissioning arrangements.

We are working with local people and partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector in innovative ways to improve health and wellbeing for all our communities. Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our Out of Hospital Strategy.

We can only do this with great staff who are encouraged and supported, which is why we invest in them, listen to them, make sure we are representative of our populations and that we foster their health and wellbeing.

Please note that all vacancies will be subject to a probation period in line with the Probation Policy.

Details
Date posted: 19 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8b
Salary: £75,328 to £86,114 a year Per annum including HCAS
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 6 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 161-NELICB-419-A
Job locations: 20 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HJ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please see attached the Job Description and Person Specification document for full duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). MPharm degree or equivalent pharmacy qualification.

Desirable

• Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy qualification or equivalent.

Experience

• Significant post-registration pharmacist experience. Experience of medicines optimisation, formulary management, medicines governance, prescribing support or implementation of medicines-related policies and guidance.
• Experience of working collaboratively with clinicians and stakeholders across primary, community and/or secondary care settings.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of medicines optimisation, formulary processes, NICE guidance and NHS medicines policy. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to analyse and present complex clinical information.
• Understanding of the NHS commissioning and healthcare landscape, including the interface between primary and secondary care.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to analyse and present complex clinical information.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: NHS North East London
Address: 20 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HJ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://northeastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:
Head of Strategic Medicines Value and Prescribing, Sanjay Patel, sanjay.patel5@nhs.net