Senior Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist
| Posting date: | 19 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £55,690.00 to £62,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 March 2026 |
| Location: | Wigan, WN1 1NJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | I9236-26-0008 |
Summary
To negotiate changes in prescribing behaviour and influence opinions on prescribing issues to ensure delivery of the medicines optimisation strategy and QIPP plans. To influence and monitor prescribing costs, promote cost effective prescribing and minimise wastage of medicines, appliances, oral nutritional supplements etc. To demonstrate effective stakeholder management across different departments and at all levels. To develop, implement and monitor policies, guidelines and protocols to ensure the safe, evidence based, cost effective use of medicines in line with local priorities, national directives, medicines legislation and professional ethics. To lead on specific clinical issues or project areas, To provide advice on the clinical appropriateness of all prescribing including controlled drugs, shared care, interface issues (primary/secondary/social care). To review and analyse prescribing data and drug budget information at Practice, Locality and GM level to support the Head of Medicines Optimisation and Chief Pharmacist in the management of budgets relating to prescribing and the provision of pharmaceutical services. To work effectively independently and as a team leader organising own and others workload, ensuring all deadlines are met and being responsible for advising and supporting staff on medicines optimisation issues. To forge close positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, to support an effective matrix approach to achieve NHS GM medicines optimisation objectives on a range of business sensitive issues.