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Job overview

In this role you will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement to GP/primary care network (PCN) pharmacy teams across the integrated care area (ICA). You will be engaging and dynamic in order to support integration with community pharmacy and provide clinical input for future commissioned community pharmacy services to the primary care team of the CIOSICB. A key aspect of this role is to ensure high-quality, cost-effective prescribing and medicines management across GP practices, prioritising the CIOSICB medicines optimisation agenda, the cost improvement programme and financial recovery plan. You will be adept at fostering positive relationships in order to work in partnership on various ICB and system functions including the population health management agenda and the national medicines optimisation opportunities and support integration with community pharmacy across the ICA and to collaborate with PCN community pharmacy clinical lead and community pharmacy Cornwall.

Main duties of the job

To take a lead in strategic and operational planning in order to deliver a high quality of pharmaceutical care and medicines optimisation to the CIOSICB population, taking account of local and national strategies.

To support the delivery of specific prescribing initiatives and strategies as part of the cost improvement programme and financial recovery plan and medicines optimisation agenda.

To ensure a consistent approach to medicines management across the system, to maximise benefit and minimise risk to patients from their medicines, through close liaison with other lead pharmacy colleagues.

To ensure high quality, evidence based, cost effective prescribing in line with the national institute for health and care excellence (NICE) and other national drivers.

To be responsible professional leadership to GP/PCN pharmacy teams across the integrated care area (ICA).

Working for our organisation

NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB) is a statutory NHS organisation responsible for developing a plan for meeting the health needs of our communities, managing the NHS budget, and arranging for the provision of joined up health services which improve the lives of people who live and work in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
By collaborating as an integrated care system (ICS) our health and care organisations can tackle complex challenges, including:
• improving the health of children and young people
• supporting people to stay well and independent
• acting sooner to help those with preventable conditions
• supporting those with long-term conditions or mental health issues
• caring for those with multiple needs as populations age
• getting the best from collective resources so people get care as quickly as 
possible.
Working with us
We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse work environment and are always keen to hear from people who would like to work with us. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, disability or long-term health condition, gender identity or expression, race or ethnicity, faith, sex, sexuality or veteran status.
We are looking for people whose personal values and behaviours align with the NHS values outlined in the NHS Constitution and our own values and behaviours. Find out more about NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly ICB in the ‘about us’ section of our
website.