Associate Director - Medicines Commissioning and Population Health

Associate Director - Medicines Commissioning and Population Health

Closing date: 16 July 2026

We are seeking an experienced and strategic pharmacy leader to join our system as Associate Director of Medicines Commissioning and Population Health. This is a pivotal senior role with a primary care focus, shaping how medicines are commissioned, optimised and used across our Integrated Care System to deliver better outcomes, reduce inequalities and ensure value for money.

You will lead on the development and delivery of system‑wide medicines strategies, working collaboratively with senior clinicians, providers, primary care networks and system partners. This is an exciting opportunity to influence population health through innovation, evidence‑based decision making and transformational leadership.

This role requires a visible, collaborative leader with strong clinical and financial acumen, excellent stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to work within complex systems.

There is an expectation that the successful candidate will have significant on‑site presence across our office bases in Coventry, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire.

Interviews will be held Monday 27th July and will be at Kirkham House, Worcester.

You will provide strategic leadership for medicines commissioning and optimisation across the Integrated Care System, ensuring prescribing practices are safe, effective, evidence‑based and financially sustainable. You will lead programmes to improve outcomes, reduce unwarranted variation and address health inequalities through optimal medicines use.

The role requires oversight of significant prescribing budgets, delivery of efficiency programmes and providing expert advice on the financial and clinical impact of medicines decisions. You will work closely with clinical leaders, finance and contracting teams, and providers to implement national guidance and develop local pathways.

You will also lead system‑wide collaboration, building strong relationships with chief pharmacists, medical leaders, PCNs and community pharmacy, and will represent the ICB at regional and national forums.

Strong leadership, analytical capability, and the ability to influence across organisational boundaries are essential to succeed in this role.

The NHS is a world‑renowned institution and an exciting place to work full of challenges and opportunities. As part of the national health and care reforms, Integrated Care Boards are refocusing on the core role of strategic commissioners, enabling greater impact on population health, reducing health inequalities, improving productivity and supporting transformation across systems. As a result NHS Coventry & Warwickshire ICB and NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire ICB are working together as a cluster.

We are dynamic, forward‑looking organisations, passionate about working with health and social care partners to ensure services are integrated, and offer a high‑quality patient experience. We thrive on building strong relationships with patients, communities, partners and providers. We provide a supportive, collaborative environment, offering staff opportunities to reach their full potential and achieve a work‑life balance through a blend of collaborative workplace attendance and home working.

Joining our team comes with attractive benefits such as:

• Employee Assistance programmes and access to a wealth of online wellbeing support
• Opportunities to learn new skills and develop your career
• Generous holiday entitlement, which increases in line with service. There is also the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
• Flexible working patterns to support individuals work‑life balance.

The Associate Director Medicines Commissioning is responsible for shaping, developing, and delivering the ICBs medicines commissioning and optimisation strategy across the Integrated Care System (ICS). The postholder ensures that medicines commissioning decisions are evidence‑based, clinically sound, financially sustainable, and aligned to the NHS Long Term Plan, NICE guidance, population health needs, and local ICs priorities.

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