Workforce Lead (Pharmacy)

Job summary

This post is open to employees of South Yorkshire ICS and SYICB System partner organisations only. Please see attached list of organisations.

Part time - 15 hours per week

Fixed term or secondment opportunity until 31/8/2026

This is an exciting opportunity for with someone with experience in pharmacy to lead and support the pharmacy workforce development across South Yorkshire. The postholder will support the Integrated Care System (ICS) System Workforce Lead Pharmacist and work collaboratively with the South Yorkshire Medicines Optimisation pharmacy integration and development portfolio in delivering the workforce priorities and initiatives identified in the integrating pharmacy and medicines optimisation plan for South Yorkshire. Working with stakeholders from across the system, NHSE and other national/regional bodies, the workforce lead will contribute to the pharmacy workforce agenda and drive forward the changes needed to develop a strong and sustainable pharmacy workforce, trained and well equipped to deal with current and future demands to deliver a high quality of patient care to the population of SY.

Interview date: 20/09/2024

Base Location: Closest ICB base to candidate's home

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Main duties of the job

Thisrole will support lead a coordinated and collaborative approach to pharmacyworkforce and education for the South Yorkshire Integrated Partnership.

Thepost holder will scope and align existing areas of pharmacy workforce, andeducation and work collaboratively with the South Yorkshire MedicinesOptimisation pharmacy integration and development portfolio to support thedelivery of key workforce priorities including:

o Workforce intelligence and planning

o Future workforce

o Learning and development

The post holderwill support the ICS System Workforce Lead Pharmacist and work with the SY ICBmedicines optimisation project officer and the SY ICB Medicines Optimisationpharmacy integration and development portfolio to deliver the workforcepriorities and initiatives identified in the integrating pharmacy and medicinesoptimisation strategy for South Yorkshire.

About us

NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board oversees healthand social care for a population of people. Working through our 4 places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield, we are building on thestrengths, capacity and knowledge of all those directly involved with our localcommunities to deliver our four key aims of Improving outcomes inpopulation health and healthcare; Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experienceand access; Enhancing productivity and value for money; and Helping the NHSsupport broader social and economic development.

Our near 1,000 staff are committed to addressing the broaderhealth, public health, and social care needs of the population across SouthYorkshire through our values of One Team, Empowered and Innovative. We work as a key partner with theIntegrated Care Partnership (ICP) of health and care providers within the SouthYorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to collectively deliver health and careservices that meet the needs of the local population. In total there are 186 GPpractices in the region, 72,000 health and social care professionals workingacross seven NHS trusts and four local authorities, and a further 6,000voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations. We workalongside all these colleagues through local councils, our VCSEpartners and other partners to address health inequalities and widerdeterminants of health in South Yorkshire.

South Yorkshire ICB is a Disability Confident Employer

Job description

Job responsibilities

South Yorkshire ICB is a Disability Confident Employer

Communication and relationships

To work in partnership with existing colleagues from across all organisations in South Yorkshire in the local health and care system, local providers of education and colleagues and external partners such as NHSE Be highly influential across South Yorkshire at a strategic and programme level, working through networks and developing a highly agile approach Support, advise and deliver with colleagues on workforce matters in a context of complexity and strategic uncertainty, developing high levels of knowledge of the system and managing change in environments of complexity. Develop expert on workforce transformation, sharing good practice from regional, national and international systems Be visible, credible and accessible to members and partner organisations within the SY ICS Represent the South Yorkshire workforce and education on SY ICS forums Build strong relationships and networks across the SY ICS on Integrated

Planning which engages and facilitates discussions on workforce planning, career pathways and building capacity across SY

Analytical and judgement

Understand and be able to build, interrogate and analyse data and systems to inform workforce planning discussions and to monitor agreed actions Work with experts to develop meaningful analysis,demonstrating current and future supply and demand and help facilitate planning Develop capacity and demand tools across the health and care system to more accurately predict workforce requirements Present information and research clearly, curiously, and objectively, building rationale and evidence for actions and change. Ensure the approach is informed by best national and international research and practice Identify key issues, causal factors, and the interdependencies across the workforce

Planning and organisation

Work with organisational leaders (clinical and managerial) to support delivery of key workforce priorities within the agreed SY ICS pharmacy workforce strategy including Workforce intelligence and planning Future workforce Learning and development Develop a shared approach to: Engagement of the workforce Recruitment and retention New roles and ways of working Evaluation of impact and workforce implications Work with Health and Social Care partners to support the work with local schools and colleges to develop apprenticeships and similar training opportunities locally Report progress through existing reporting mechanisms for the SY pharmacy based programme of work Work with the SY ICS System Workforce Lead Pharmacist and SY MO project officer or lead to ensure effective systems are in place to identify, monitor, manage and mitigate risks to the programme.

Policy and Service Development

Work with key senior stakeholders to continually shape a roadmap and detailed plan of recommendations for the development of the pharmacy workforce strategy across SY Support the development of training, education, development and career pathways opportunities to support staff to acquire new skills within the changing pharmacy landscape Support the SY ICS System Workforce Lead Pharmacist in developing and shaping the strategic direction for the pharmacy workforce within the SY ICS, in liaison with the relevant stakeholders

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Significant experience of working in complex systems and working with collaborative decision-making groups or environment Expertly leading the production of key reports and papers to positively influence and support strategic decisions across whole systems Experience of delivering workforce transformation, whilst maintaining or improving quality, in a complex and emergent environment with increasing and changing demand. Experience of forging strong collaborative relationships, involving and empowering a range of professionals, including clinical and non-clinical, in change of health or local government services to improve quality, experience and cost effectiveness Experience of successful working across multiple organisational boundaries and whole systems, positively influencing to achieve common goals Experience of engaging with the public/patient groups, the voluntary sector and or local authority and using feedback to improve and influence change programmes and service redesign

Knowledge and Understanding

Essential

In-depth, expert knowledge and understanding or the ability to gain it quickly - of health and social care workforce, the current political and policy environment and an appreciation of the broader social, political and economic trends influencing it. Ability to learn quickly on areas such as corporate governance, financial governance, accountability, stewardship of public money and the principles of good scrutiny. Demonstrable understanding of the NHS principle values as set out in the NHS constitution. Financially literate with the ability to critically review, challenge and effectively utilise financial information for effective decision-making. Ability to both anticipate and understand the SYB Integrated Care System risk environment and respond effectively to it. Experience of using effective communication and engagement requirements with service users/customers, public, workforce and wider stakeholders (potentially gained through a wide range of backgrounds) as a crucial component of change management processes. Sufficient understanding of key statutory organisational issues including HR, finance and risk management to support the delivery of the Place based plan in an uncertain and changing legislative environment.

Desirable

Working knowledge of general employment law and current legal requirements and good practice in equality and discrimination.

Attributes

Essential

Ability to use critical reflection to develop understanding of self and others to improve performance and effectiveness. Ability to inspire and lead others and be a role model and work successfully as part of a wider team. Intellectual capacity and application to be able to think conceptually, to plan flexibly, to look for continual ways to improve, find solutions within an emerging and extremely ambiguous context to deliver results. Intellectual curiosity and the ability to learn quickly in areas outside ones own experience whether that be the provider environment, the strategic commissioning context, the policy environment, the future of primary care or developing landscape on integrated care. Sensitivity and organisational skills to operate expertly and effectively in senior forums and across whole systems, complex work cultures and environments. Strategic and politically astute and the ability to learn how to navigate six partner organisations, alongside the voluntary and voice sector, whilst building networks and relationships for influence.

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to degree level with a Masters or equivalent qualification or experience Other qualifications relevant to the role: workforce planning, education and training

Skills and Competencies

Essential

Demonstrate commitment to continuously improve outcomes, tackling health inequalities and delivering the best value for money for the tax payer. Ability to work successfully with others in collective forums, boards, networks, alliances, organisations and teams. Significant capability to understand and analyse multiple complex issues simultaneously, drawing on a breadth of knowledge, experience, understanding and data sources to inform judgment and decision-making and to see that information ethically to balance competing priorities and make difficult decisions. Demonstrate ability to exercise sound judgment and the confidence to question and challenge information from others (who may be experts in their field) to achieve objectives. Demonstrate the ability to gain the confidence of senior system leaders including CEOs, executive directors and local politicians. Ability to demonstrate insight to understand the limits of his or her own competence and the wisdom to seek advice from others when these are reached.