# Advanced Pharmacist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-pharmacist/96cb51ba-813e-48a3-b9e0-f568ab6722c0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-pharmacist/96cb51ba-813e-48a3-b9e0-f568ab6722c0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board - **Location:** LNR ICB - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-10T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-27T07:10:31.500Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Northamptonshire/Glenfield_Leicester/NHS_Northamptonshire_Integrated_Care_Board/Advanced_Pharmacist/Advanced_Pharmacist-v8258046 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8258046?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.icnorthamptonshire.org.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking experienced, innovative and highly motivated pharmacists to join the Medicines Optimisation Team within NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Boards (LNR ICB). These roles offer an exciting opportunity to lead strategic medicines optimisation programmes that improve patient outcomes, reduce unwarranted variation, support quality improvement and deliver value across the Integrated Care System. This recruitment includes the following specialist roles: - Advanced Pharmacist Population Health and Long-Term Conditions - Advanced Pharmacist Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) - Advanced Pharmacist Formulary and Interface - Advanced Pharmacist Community Pharmacy and Integration Applicants must clearly state within the Additional Information section of their application which role they wish to be considered for. Applicants applying for more than one role should indicate their order of preference. Candidates will be asked to confirm their preferred role(s) and ranking of preferences at interview. ### Main duties of the job Advanced Pharmacist Population Health and Long-Term Conditions Lead medicines optimisation programmes that improve outcomes for people with long-term conditions, frailty and health inequalities. Working with system partners, you will use population health approaches and data-driven insights to support pathway improvement and consistent, high-quality care. Advanced Pharmacist Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Lead antimicrobial stewardship and antimicrobial resistance programmes across the Integrated Care System. You will support improvements in antimicrobial prescribing, medicines governance, policy implementation and collaborative working to promote safe and effective antimicrobial use. Advanced Pharmacist Formulary and Interface Lead the development and implementation of formulary and interface medicines pathways across the system. You will support evidence-based decision-making, NICE implementation, shared care arrangements and the safe transfer of care between healthcare settings. Advanced Pharmacist Community Pharmacy and Integration Lead initiatives that strengthen the role of community pharmacy within integrated and neighbourhood-based care. You will support service development, improve access to medicines and urgent care services, and enhance collaboration across healthcare settings. Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the duties, responsibilities and person requirements for each role. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached job description and person specification for the full duties and responsibilities of this role ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Autonomy **Essential** - Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies - Ability to make decisions autonomously on difficult issues, when required, working to tight and often changing timescales - Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy ### Analytical **Essential** - 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 ### Planning Skills **Essential** - Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly ### Management Skills **Essential** - Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals - Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders ### Communication Skills **Essential** - 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. ### Knowledge, Training and Experience **Essential** - Extensive knowledge of and expertise in specialisms relevant to function and role - Proven and significant leadership experience. - Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement - Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations ## Documents - [band 8a person specification (pdf, 264.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10571402) - [lnr advanced pharmacist job descriptions (pdf, 355.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10571401) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.