Job requirements
Essential
59 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
- Autonomy
Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Mobility
Ability to travel to sites across the cluster as required
- Experience
Significant relevant post registration experience.
- Experience
Good understanding of the current national AMR & AMS agenda and how this influences the work in the ICB/ICS
- Experience
Relevant experience contributing to antimicrobial stewardship initiatives or antimicrobial prescribing improvement programmes.
- Experience
Evidence of strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience
Experience analysing prescribing data, audit results, or quality indicators to support service improvement.
- 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
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
- Qualifications
Pharmacy degree (currently 4-year masters course) + 1 year pre-registration.
- Qualifications
Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council [of Great Britain] 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
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
A demonstrable understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion with evidence of personal impact in these areas
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of working in the NHS in addition to another sector
- 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
- Experience
Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects
- Experience
Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes.
- Experience
Previous experience working as antimicrobial stewardship lead
Job summary
Help shape the future of antimicrobial stewardship at Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull ICB Cluster. We are recruiting to a newly created Senior Prescribing Advisor Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) role, leading initiatives to optimise AMS governance and tackle antimicrobial resistance.
The role will support the development of our cluster antimicrobial stewardship strategy and strengthen AMS governance throughout the organisation. The postholder will help shape antimicrobial stewardship activity within the ICB and drive collaboration across the local system.
Working closely with the Medicines Commissioning and Clinical Policy team and other AMS stakeholders (e.g. local microbiologists, infection prevention colleagues, diagnostics leads and primary care),you will lead stewardship initiatives, develop strategy to influence prescribing practice and support quality improvement to optimise antimicrobial use and patient outcomes.
We are looking for a pharmacist with knowledge of national AMS priorities and drivers alongside expertise, leadership skills and a passion for improving medicines use.
Informal enquiries are welcomed from candidates interested in learning more about this role.
This is a fixed term, part time role of 20.5 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will provide clinical leadership for antimicrobial stewardship, support organisational compliance with national antimicrobial policies and targets, and contribute to the development of antimicrobial stewardship governance and strategy within the ICB cluster.
The postholder will lead on developing a single cluster governance structure for AMS, with representation from key stakeholders across the system.
The role will support development of strategy to deliver national priorities relating to antimicrobial resistance and stewardship, including relevant UK antimicrobial resistance strategies and NHS England antimicrobial stewardship programmes. The strategy will consider services commissioned from General Practice, NHS trusts, urgent care, community pharmacy and other locally commissioned services.
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 and their work base will remain unchanged
Details
- Date posted: 15 October 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 8b
- Salary: £66,582 to £77,368 a year
- Contract: Fixed term
- Duration: 12 months
- Working pattern: Part-time
- Reference number: D9118-26-0063
- 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
This NHS E funded12 month fixed term post will deliver agreed outcomes in line with the MOU between NHS E and the Cluster ICBs, primarily to improve AMS governance across the organisations.
The postholder will be responsible for strategic and operational management of the Antimicrobial Stewardship workstream including the related strategic plan. 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 Deputy Chief Pharmacist/Associate Director of Commissioning & Clinical Policy and/or AMS Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) 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
You will be accountable for:
- Leading the operational delivery and development of the Cluster ICBs Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) programme, ensuring the safe, effective, and evidence-based use of antimicrobials across the organisation.
- Leading on the development and operationalisation of the BBCS Cluster AMS governance structure and AMS strategy
- Ensuring delivery of local, regional and national AMS reporting as required
- Monitor AMS risks and ensure inclusion on the appropriate risk registers
- Oversight of delivery of the Cluster ICBs AMS priorities, including progress monitoring.
- Development of the Cluster ICBs programme of work to support AMS within general practice and other providers in primary care
- Co-ordinating and aligning system wide priorities to support delivery of the National Action Plan 2024-2029 targets related to human health.
- The role includes responsibility for antimicrobial governance, clinical leadership of Antimicrobial Stewardship initiatives, development of antimicrobial prescribing policy, and education of healthcare professionals.
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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