Clinical and Quality Portfolio Lead Pharmacist

Job Summary

The Clinical and Quality Portfolio Lead Pharmacist will provide strategic and professional leadership for the clinical and quality portfolio and wider medicines optimisation function. As a senior member of the ICB's medicines optimisation function, the postholder will lead the development and delivery of a system-wide approach to safe, effective, and evidence-based use of medicines. They will work across organisational boundaries and drive high-impact initiatives that improve patient outcomes, reduce unwarranted variation, and ensure best value from medicines.

The post holder will support the medicines optimisation function to meet the four core purposes of the IC: improve outcomes in population health and healthcare, tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access, enhance productivity and value for money, and help the NHS support broader social and economic development.

The post holder will be a key member of the pharmacy and medicines optimisation senior leadership team, supporting the development of the pharmacy and medicines optimisation shared system-wide strategy and operational plan. Linking with national policy, regional and local priorities, it delivers maximum value and outcomes for patients, the local population and the NHS.

They will lead the clinical & quality team to deliver key work-programmes including, but not limited to:

• Long-term conditions
• Medicines formulary
• Clinical guideline, policy and protocol development
• Shared Care Protocol development
• Quality Improvement & audit development
• Mental Health & LDo Antimicrobial Stewardship
• GIRFT
• Population Health Management

NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care (GMIC) is an Integrated Care System (ICS) that brings together health and care organisations to plan and deliver joined up services. Its purpose is to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare, tackle inequalities, enhance productivity and value for money, and support broader social and economic development in the area.

Our People Promise is a commitment to work together to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Working across NHS GM or a designated locality on joint work streams, this role will promote awareness of Medicines Optimisation issues and requires direct regular travel to GM & stakeholder locations.

• Date posted: 19 February 2026
• Pay scheme:
  Agenda for change
• Band: 8c
• Salary: £76,965 to £88,682 a year pa
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Working pattern:
  Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
• Reference number: 896-MED-1073
• Job locations: 1st Floor, Tootal Buildings, Broadhurst House entrance, Manchester, M1 6EU

• Lead assigned portfolios of work for the ICB.
• Through joint working with partners and place-based teams, develop and deliver the Integrating Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation (IPMO) agenda.
• Collaborate with partners including LTC programme leads, ICB contract, quality/performance, finance, medicines optimisation teams, NHS providers and other organisations to support integration of the clinical and quality programmes.
• Lead transformation work streams for pharmacy/medicines optimisation across the IC.
• Work with national, regional and GM teams to develop GM pharmacy/medicines optimisation work streams.
• Work with cluster lead pharmacists and place-based teams to ensure delivery of the Medicines Optimisation Strategy and Operational Plan.
• Support the GM Chief Pharmacist in quality and performance issues relating to pharmacy/medicines optimisation services.
• Provide specialist advice and prepare strategic reports and briefings for directors, regional teams and stakeholders.
• Perform in-depth analysis, interpretation and production of complex and multiple reports.
• Manage assigned members of the team and deputise for the Chief Pharmacist/Deputy Chief Pharmacist when required.

• Qualified Pharmacist, GPhC registered.

• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through postgraduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level…