About this role
Job summary
We are seeking two motivated and experienced Pharmacy Technicians to join the Medicines Optimisation (MO) function within NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board.
The Medicines Optimisation Team plays a central role in supporting these ambitions by ensuring the safe, effective and cost-efficient use of medicines across the system. This role offers the opportunity to work across a broad portfolio spanning insight, strategy, commissioning and corporate priorities, contributing to improvement at scale.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Please note this post is only accepting applications from current staff members of North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board and staff members of North of England Commissioning Support (NECS).
Main duties of the job
This is a system-level role within a strategic commissioning environment. You will support the development, implementation and monitoring of commissioning strategies to optimise medicines use and improve population health outcomes. The postholder will analyse complex prescribing and population health data to identify variation, inform decision-making and shape commissioning priorities. You will contribute to the design and delivery of evidence-based pathways, policies and service specifications that support high-quality and cost-effective care.
Working collaboratively with partners across primary care, community and secondary care, you will help drive quality improvement and medicines safety initiatives. You will also provide technical expertise and contribute to governance, quality and assurance processes, ensuring services meet regulatory requirements and deliver measurable outcomes.
About us
Our Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the largest in the country.
The ICB is responsible for ensuring that high quality and safe health services are accessible to all of our communities. It has a wide range of functions, including; promoting integration of health and care services, improving peoples health and well-being, reducing health inequalities.
With a £6.6 billion budget and a workforce of 170,000 people across the North East and North Cumbria. As well as strategic functions, ICB staff also work at place level with local health and wellbeing boards in each of our 14 local authority areas. These teams also work alongside our 67 primary care networks which are groups of local GP practices, social care teams and other community- based area providers.
The ICB works with our Provider Collaborative too, this includes the 11 NHS Foundation Trusts in the region, to deliver our shared priorities.
Job description Job responsibilities
Job Summary/ Purpose The purpose of the role is:
To be an active member of the ICB medicines optimisation team and support the development and implementation and monitoring of ICB medicines optimisation strategy for effective medicines use. Contribute to the implementation of the ICB medicines optimisation work plan. Support the production and analysis of prescribing and financial data to inform the provision of a high-quality, cost-effective use of medicines within the ICB and by prescribers (medical & non-medical). To utilise available prescribing data at ICB level and practice level tofacilitate appropriate, rational and cost-effective prescribing and produce reports for the medicines optimisation team and wider ICB. To work closely with and provide highly specialised professionalpharmaceutical advice to ICB, localities, GP member practices, providers and patients, and effectively input to decisions that relate to medicines optimisation. To promote and improve medicines optimisation across a spectrum of
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures for specialist area to degree or equivalent level acquired though training. Qualified Technician registered with the GPhC Technician with NVQ3 or BTEC National Diploma in Pharmaceutical Services/Sciences, or equivalent qualification Demonstration of Continued Professional development
Desirable
Full driving licence with access to a vehicle
Experience Essential
Significant experience of working in pharmacy or medicines optimisation Significant experience of communicating and engaging effectively with external agencies/stakeholder Experience of using performance management/improvement systems. Knowledge and experience of programme or project management.
Desirable
Experience of working in a primary care organisation. Experience of delivering training Experience of working with existing IT systems and tools including EmisWeb, OptimiseRx and RAIDR Experience of leading and managing staff Experience of leading and implementing medium and long term strategy in own service 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 North East & North Cumbria ICB
Address Pemberton House
Colima Avenue
Sunderland
SR5 3XB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)