Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Work autonomously and provide specialist pharmacist input to support safe, effective and cost-effective medicines use in line with ICB priorities.
• Provide specialist clinical advice and support to GP practices, care homes, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and wider system colleagues.

Managerial

• Contribute to the development, implementation and review of standard operating procedures, policies and protocols.
• Support implementation ofevidence-basedmedicines optimisation policies, APGrecommendations andnational guidance (e.g. NICE).
• Manage staff performance, including appraisal, training, development, recruitment and absence optimisation, where required.
• Plan and prioritise workload to balance organisational, national and regional medicines optimisation priorities, escalating conflicts or delivery risks where required.
• Lead defined service improvement activities and support implementation of new ways of working within medicines optimisation.
• Undertake lone working in accordance with ICB lone working policies where required.
• Undertake any other duties consistent with the grade and scope of the role.
• Work independently, planning and prioritising workload to deliver an effective service.
• Promote and support implementation of national and local medicines related policies and NICE guidance.
• Support management of prescribing budgets and delivery of medicines optimisation priorities.
• Lead medicines optimisation policy implementation and service development within assigned GP practices.
• Influence and support healthcare professionals to improve medicines use, resolve medicines-related issues and escalate complex clinical or governance concerns appropriately.
• Lead on defined clinical issues or projects as agreed with the Head of Medicines Optimisation.
• Support the work of other Medicines Optimisation colleagues.
• Contribute to system-level decision-making within agreed areas of responsibility and support implementation of agreed actions through established governance routes.

Leadership

• Implement medicines optimisation plans in GP practices and other care settings in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams
• Provide accountable specialist pharmacist advice and education on prescribing and medicines optimisation to healthcare professionals, patients and carers, supporting pharmacists and pharmacy technicians where appropriate.

Clinical/Technical

• Work independently, planning and prioritising workload to deliver an effective service.
• Promote and support implementation of national and local medicines related policies and NICE guidance.
• Support management of prescribing budgets and delivery of medicines optimisation priorities.
• Support medicines optimisation policy implementation and service development within assigned GP practices.
• Contribute to APG subgroups and processes as required, including supporting the development and implementation of APG recommendations within defined areas of responsibility.Influence and support healthcare professionals to improve medicines use and resolve medicines related issues, including direct patient intervention where required.
• Lead on defined clinical issues or projects as agreed with the Head of Medicines Optimisation.
• Support the work of other Medicines Optimisation colleague

Please see job description for the comprehensive list of the role's responsibilities and the personal specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

• Educated to master's level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Master's degree in Pharmacy (four years) plus one year foundation training with successful completion, or a pharmacy degree qualification and associated pre-registration or foundation training requirements applicable at the time of qualification.
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist.
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent e.g. CPPE Pathway completion or being undertaken

Desirable

• Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques, and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project

Skills

Essential

• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
• Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
• Experience of supporting and motivating colleagues, allocating work where required and maintaining effective relationships with a range of stakeholders.

EDI

Essential

• 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.

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 Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

Address

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Headquarters (with travel across Cheshire and Merseyside)

Warrington

WA1 1QY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To provide specialist nursing assessment, procurement, case management and review for adults and young people in transition to adult services presenting with complex long-term care needs, who are eligible or potentially eligible for NHS Continuing Health Care or Funded Nursing Care or section 117 aftercare services or Joint Funded.
• To provide assurance around quality of commissioned care packages, reporting safeguarding concerns in accordance with agreed interagency reporting procedures.
• To carry a case load of the most complex client group, including adults who have experienced an acquired brain injury and /or require medical ventilation or tracheotomy care
• Provide case management and review for service users with a mental health need working in partnership with the Local Authorities
• To ensure safe discharge and transfer of individuals from highly supportive and acute care environments to community placements avoiding out of area placements.
• To have an understanding of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards; completing relevant documentation for Court as appropriate
• The post holder will deputise for the Deputy Head of Individual Assessment and Commissioning as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to post-graduate level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Current NMC Registration.
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and expertise of National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing care.
• Understanding of deprivation of liberty safeguarding processes.
• Understanding of the public sector
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills

Experience

Essential

• Experience Completing complex case reviews and reports with recommendations
• Significant experience of mental Health and/or Learning Disability and /or Complex clients experience
• Experience of managing risks and reporting
• Experience of Mental Health and/or Learning disability and/or Complex cases Commissioning
• Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals. Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders.
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
• Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders

Skills

Essential

• Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
• Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills

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 Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

Address

Regatta Place

Brunswick Business Park

Liverpool

L3 4BL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. Please view the attached documents.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse / valid NMC registration
• Educated to master's level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy.
• Experience of working with adults and children with complex health needs (physical, mental health and Learning Disability)
• Awareness of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of liberty protection safeguards
• Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
• Extensive knowledge and expertise of The National Framework for NHS Continuing Health Care and NHS Funded Nursing Care
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations
• 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
• Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
• 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
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders.

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 Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

Address

Lakeside

920 Centre Park

Warrington

WA1 1QY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)