Job requirements
Essential
60 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Autonomy
Able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations, with the aim of improving deliverables.
- Autonomy
Ability to make decisions autonomously when required, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Mobility
Ability to travel to sites across the cluster as required.
- Experience
Significant relevant post registration experience.
- Experience
Involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
- Experience
Evidence of ability to make significant and successful contributions at a senior level
- Experience
Evidence of strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience
Experience of developing robust operational and strategic plans and strategies
- Experience
Clear and in-depth understanding of national NHS strategy and policy, and ability to translate this into strategic and operational outcomes.
- Experience
Experience in building and nurturing strong and positive relationships with a range of stakeholders.
- Experience
Knowledge of IT platforms relevant to the role
- Experience
Experience of managing potentially challenging, sensitive, or contentious situations and/or characters
- Experience
Experience of direct line management
- Experience
Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
- Experience
Experience of leading a group to achieve a common task or goal
- Experience
Experience of researching best practice, interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation)
- Qualifications
Pharmacy degree (currently 4 year masters course) + 1 year pre-registration.
- Qualifications
Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council as a pharmacist
- Qualifications
Evidence of continuing professional development
- Qualifications
Relevant clinical diploma/post graduate qualification or equivalent evidence of clinical experience.
- Qualifications
Evidence of professional and personal development at senior management level
- Personal Qualities
Openness and honesty
- Personal Qualities
Respectful of others with the ability to listen and provide feedback constructively, acknowledging individual contributions.
- Personal Qualities
An effective team player
- Personal Qualities
Caring and considerate in all environments
- Personal Qualities
Professionalism
- Personal Qualities
Good timekeeping
- Personal Qualities
Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
- Personal Qualities
Used to working in a busy environment
- Personal Qualities
Adaptability, flexibility, and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Personal Qualities
Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals, and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions.
- Personal Qualities
Ability to move between details and the bigger picture.
- Personal Qualities
Professional calm and efficient manner
- Personal Qualities
Effective organiser, influencer, and networker
- Personal Qualities
Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
- Personal Qualities
Putting the long-term health, social care, and well-being needs of the population first (system first)
- Personal Qualities
Working collaboratively with other leaders to achieve excellence in everything we do in BBCS.
- Personal Qualities
Holding yourself and others to account for delivering better outcomes
- Personal Qualities
Being inclusive, supportive, and empowering at all times
- Personal Qualities
Engaging and enabling those working towards the aims we have as a collective
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to manage a complex workload under pressure and to delegate appropriately in order to deliver deadlines.
- Skills and Abilities
Standard keyboard skills
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to engage and listen to others to inform professional practice.
- Skills and Abilities
Maintains emotional resilience and maturity.
- Skills and Abilities
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
- Skills and Abilities
Able to present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to influence and persuade others.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to lead, empower and motivate colleagues and stakeholders.
- Skills and Abilities
Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, clinical, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders/clinicians on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information.
- Skills and Abilities
Evidence of excellent written communication skills
- Skills and Abilities
Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to analyse highly complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
- Skills and Abilities
Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Skills and Abilities
Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
- Skills and Abilities
Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Skills and Abilities
Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
- Skills and Abilities
Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies.
- Skills and Abilities
Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy. Appreciate the implications and adaptations needed for ICB-adoption.
- Skills and Abilities
Understanding of QIPP MMO agenda, prescribing efficiencies, and medicines funding in the NHS. Utilises this to assist in prioritising workstreams
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
A demonstrable understanding of equality, diversity, and inclusion with evidence of personal impact in these areas
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects
- Experience
Specialist knowledge of clinical pharmacy practice in primary care, including relevant experience working in a primary care setting
- Experience
Experience of directly line managing a team
- Skills and Abilities
Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes.
Job summary
We are looking for an experienced pharmacist with a passion for medicines optimisation, clinical leadership and improving health outcomes join our Birmingham and Solihull Prescribing Support Team as a Senior Prescribing Advisor (Localities)
This is an exciting opportunity to lead medicines optimisation and prescribing improvement across one of our localities. While leading a skilled team of pharmacists and technician, you will work collaboratively with GPs, clinical pharmacists, community pharmacy, secondary care colleagues and system partners to deliver high-quality, safe and cost-effective prescribing services that improve care for our population.
As a senior leader within the team, you will influence strategic decision-making, lead complex programmes of work, drive medicines safety and antimicrobial stewardship initiatives, support delivery of QIPP and prescribing efficiency programmes, and develop innovative approaches to improve patient outcomes and reduce health inequalities.
If you have substantial post-registration experience, excellent leadership and stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to influence change across complex healthcare systems, we would love to hear from you.
Informal enquiries are welcomed from candidates interested in learning more about this role
Main duties of the job
The Senior Prescribing Advisor (Localities) will provide strategic and operational leadership for medicines optimisation, prescribing quality, and prescribing support services within an assigned locality across the ICB footprint.
The postholder will lead the delivery of the Medicines Commissioning and Clinical Policy strategy, working closely with GP practices, primary care networks, locality teams, community pharmacy, secondary care providers and wider system partners to improve patient outcomes, reduce health inequalities and ensure safe, clinically effective and cost-effective use of medicines.
You will work with other Locality Senior Prescribing Advisors to lead a team of pharmacists and technicians to deliver medicines optimisation projects within the ICB footprint.
They will monitor prescribing performance, lead implementation of formulary and prescribing guidance, support delivery of medicines safety and antimicrobial stewardship initiatives, and identify opportunities for service improvement and QIPP efficiencies. The role includes leading complex work programmes, developing policies and strategies, managing and developing pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, and providing expert pharmaceutical advice to clinicians, managers and senior leaders.
The postholder will also support organisational priorities including financial sustainability and digital transformation.
About us
Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB) brings together the NHS, local councils and voluntary sector partners to support 2.7 million people. Our vision is to make the area the healthiest place to live and work by improving life chances and reducing inequalities.
As an employee, you will demonstrate our system values, champion inclusion and help address health inequalities so everyone can thrive. In return, the ICB offers a supportive, ambitious and inclusive workplace, with opportunities to develop and work with partners to deliver meaningful change.
The ICB is committed to a workforce that reflects the population of Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull. We promote equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from everyone who meets the role criteria, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
The ICB is a registered Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and will shortlist suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria.
This vacancy is open only to employees of BBCS ICB. Successful internal applicants will remain employed by their current ICB
Details
- Date posted: 20 October 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 8b
- Salary: £66,582 to £77,368 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: D9118-26-0070
- Job locations: Black Country Integrated Care Board, Wolverhampton Civic Centre, St Peter's Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SH, United Kingdom, Birmingham & Solihull Integrated Care Board, Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street Queensway, Birmingham, B1 1TT, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the full job description and person specification attached.
The postholder will be responsible for strategic and operational management of the Prescribing Support team/workstream(s) including the related strategic plan for their area(s) of activity. You will work with partners across the sector and wider to ensure delivery of strategic objectives.
As a senior member of the team, you will be required to deputise for the Deputy Chief Pharmacist/ Associate Director for Medicines Commissioning as appropriate.
In carrying out your role, at least one of the agreed strategic anchors should be at the core of everything you do:
- Commissioning for Value and Outcomes
- Accelerating Neighbourhood Health at Pace
- Making the Best Use of Digital Solutions in our Pathways
- Financial Discipline / 2% Productivity
- Advancing Health Equity
- Integrated Partnership
The post holder will combine pharmaceutical expertise and technical skills to deliver of patient-centred medicines optimisation agenda within localities of BBCS ICB in particular through:
- Ensuring delivery of the MMO strategy and associated work plan within the designated locality
- Ensuring delivery of specific assigned responsibilities across the entire MMO team
- Engaging effectively with prescribers and other locality leaders
- Supporting the development of assigned locality, including MMO input into any locality- led projects and/or development of MMO projects within the locality.
- Ensuring high quality, safe, clinically- and cost- effective prescribing, use, and management of medicines, within appropriate governance frameworks.
- The post-holder will also contribute to the medicines agenda via agreed projects or ICB-wide responsibilities, in association with the senior lead for that portfolio (specialism)
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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This advert is for Senior Prescribing Adviser - Locality with NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board in Wolverhampton, England; Birmingham, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Advisor role. The advertised salary is £66,582 to £77,368 a year. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Nov 2026.
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