Chief Pharmaceutical Officer & Clinical Director

Represent the ICB at regional/national/international levels on issues in relation to pharmacy and medicines. Be responsible for providing and receiving the highest level of confidential, highly complex and highly sensitive information relating to drugs and patients. Lead on the development and implementation of the ICB Medicines and Pharmacy Transformation Plan (and/or any other related strategy or plan with a role for medicines required locally or by NHSE/I). Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin is a beautiful place to live and work, but there is more that we can do to improve peoples lives, tackle inequalities, and address the cause of loneliness, poverty and obesity. As a system we are committed to working together as one to seek opportunities to work differently to join services up, maximise the opportunities of innovation and digital technology and ensure our environments are fit for our staff to deliver world-class modern-day health and care services. We are working in partnership across

The post holder will need to build and maintain constructive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including but not limited to: Internal ICB staff including managers, colleagues, and senior management as appropriate National and regional colleagues at NHS England ICS partners, including portfolio leads, Local Authorities and Provider and Place Collaboratives Non-NHS organisations Members of the public and service users as appropriate Matrix work across all other teams to address interdependencies and ensure alignment of mutual objectives External consultancy, as required. They will need to provide expert specialist advice to the ICB and wider ICS partners on all matters relating to pharmacy and medicines (professional, clinical and programme) in accordance with national and regional policy, including the changing opportunities for pharmacy and medicines roles and responsibilities. Be responsible for the ICB medicines and pharmacy allocations and commissioning.