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Job overview

Clinical and Care Professional Leads support south east London-wide and borough programmes of work, therefore, there is an expectation that you currently work within south east London, and for borough based roles, within that borough.

Medicines Optimisation (MO) is an area of activity key to clinical, operational and financial effectiveness and efficiency of the Integrated Care System. Long Term Conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, heart failure, asthma, COPD drive a significant proportion of medicines use in our local population. Ensure we obtain best value from medicines, reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes for local people, we need to: identify disease earlier; support prevention and evidence-informed non-pharmacological interventions; reduce overprescribing and; promote adherence to medicines. 

Interviews between 28th May – 14th June ‘24

Main duties of the job

The primary responsibility of the role is to provide clinical input and strategic support to improve the quality and safety of prescribing in Lambeth as part of NHS South East London. The post holder will be expected to take a leadership role in advising how to improve, maintain and monitor standards of prescribing, medicines optimisation and long term condition optimisation across general practice, community pharmacy and key services (diabetes, cardiovascular and respiratory) commissioned locally. Focus will be on understanding the health inequality needs, ensuring accuracy of data and implementing solutions to improve service offering and measurable outcomes that have meaning for local people.

The post-holder will work with other medicines and Long Term Condition CCPLs in Lambeth to support general practice, community pharmacy and relevant local services to champion and implement MO and prescribing initiatives, as well as acting as a clinical champion for the delivery of effective and efficient service models.  Although the focus of the role is in Lambeth it will involve working with CCPLs across SE London.

Working for our organisation

From the Catford Cat to the Brixton Windmill and Chislehurst Caves, South East London is a vibrant, fun, unique and richly diverse place to live, grow, learn and work.

The South East London Integrated Care System (SELICS) brings together the organisations responsible for health and care services in south east London, making the greatest possible contribution to the health and wellbeing of people living in our six boroughs.

SELICS is made up of staff working in many different roles, in different settings, employed in different ways, by a wide range of partner organisations, and are at the centre of our collective ambition for greater integration and better care. Employing organisations include NHS Trusts, GP practices, Social Care and Voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises, dental surgeries, pharmacies and optometrists. We have an  ambitious People Strategy that brings these partners together to deliver the ‘one workforce’ ambition, making the health and care system a better place to work and live.