Clinical & Care Professional Lead for Antimicrobial Stewardship

Posting date:	31 March 2026
Salary:	£35,932.12 per year
Additional salary information:	£35932.12 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	30 April 2026
Location:	London, SE183RG
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	U0064-26-0006

Summary

The post holder will work with the AMS/R operational lead and other Medicines Optimisation and Long-Term Condition Care and Clinical Professional Leads (CCPLs), Community Pharmacy Neighbourhood Leads (CPNLs) and ICB commissioning leads across South East London to support general practice, community pharmacy and other relevant services across primary care, interface AMS challenges, championing and implementing NAP and prescribing initiatives to reduce infections and transmission and ensuring that effective coordinated actions are in place across the system. Duties and Responsibilities: Role specific objectives in providing leadership for AMS are broadly split into 3 key objective areas to deliver across 2 years: 1. Strategic Commissioning in AMS Dedicated support for AMS leadership as part of the strategic commissioning function in planning, purchasing, evaluation, integration and transformation of services. Secure a greater focus on prevention, personalised care and health inequalities in AMS, informed by clear intelligence and insights in relation to population and service provision, aligned to the NHS 10 Year Plan. Develop actionable plans and co-design of services which support antimicrobial stewardship in services such as PCN access hubs and primary care providers including pharmacy, optometry and dentistry, also point-of-care testing in urgent and acute respiratory infection hubs and community pharmacy. Support public health and IPC leads and providers in the co-design of targeted interventions to reduce unwarranted variation and inequalities, for example using the CORE20PLUS5 framework. Organisation of patient engagement events to strengthen cross-sector collaboration and patient participation. Be a member of the South East London Forum for Antimicrobial Stewardship (SELFAS) and relevant subgroups. 2. SEL Providers reducing variation and quality improvement cross sector Provide visible leadership for AMS within high priority PCNs and practices identified through prescribing data. Lead provider delivery change, management, and champion the implementation of evidence-based prescribing and good practice in primary care. Deliver data-driven peer reviews using the TARGET Antibiotic Audit Tool. Ensure consistent implementation of NICE and local antimicrobial prescribing guidelines. Promote shared decision-making consultations with patients, supported by decision aids and self-care strategies. Embed stewardship and IPC expertise across, community interfaces including local projects across care settings, focusing on culturally appropriate communication, self-care promotion. 3. Digital enhancement aligning to the NHS England Digital vision for antimicrobial stewardship Maximise the use of any existing tools within EMIS that supports appropriate AMS related prescribing, including where feasible to improve interoperability between digital systems for the seamless transfer of key information between care providers, including laboratory results, antimicrobial therapy, allergies (including de-labelling) and treatment plans. Reduce Alerts and alert fatigue with a review of AMS related OptimiseRx messages and adapting/retiring/adding messages relevant to SEL ICB and AMS strategy. Production of an AMS technical manual, hosted on EOLAS. As per programme aims, production of an AMS technical manual for EMIS, giving details on ways to use the system to optimise AMS, including instruction on indication-linked prescribing, use of shorter durations, reduction in use of broader-spectrum agents, and decision support on appropriate diagnostics. The main duties and responsibilities described above are not exhaustive and the post holder can expect to take on other responsibilities or specific tasks as required. Further, over time it is likely the remit and requirements of the role will evolve, and the post holder will be expected to adjust their working approach and style to accommodate these. It is expected that this job description would be reviewed regularly, by agreement, initially at 6 monthly intervals by the line manager. Communication, Relationships and Leadership Building a strong clinical leadership is key to the success of our ambitions at place and system. Postholders will be expected to engage in and support clinical networks, both within and across portfolios with aims of sharing ideas, learning and challenges as well as developing relationships. They will also engage and collaborate with SEL colleagues, partners, stakeholders and external agencies as needed. They will be expected to have excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate complex issues clearly to colleagues and stakeholders. Health Inequalities and Population Health Management All postholders will understand the challenges and priorities for addressing health inequalities in SEL, both within their portfolios as well as more broadly, and ensure that consideration of these is central to everything we do. The principles of population health management should be understood and applied to individual portfolios, drawing on support from the system as required. Financial and Physical Resource Postholders will be expected to support the ICSs ambitions of ensuring value for money in the delivery of health and care in SEL Policy and Service Development All postholders will understand the challenges and priorities for addressing health inequalities in SEL, both within their portfolios as well as more broadly, and ensure that consideration of these is central to everything we do. The principles of population health management should be understood and applied to individual portfolios, drawing on support from the system as required. They will work with clinical and operational leads to support service development and improvement, ensuring that any plans are clinically informed and conducive to the delivery of safe, effective, high-quality care. When improving or transforming services patients should be at the centre of the process with application of the principles of co-design and co-production wherever appropriate. Experience of service improvement and redesign is desirable and a willingness to develop capability in improvement methodology is important. Postholders should also be aware of and support local and system planning and strategic priorities and support boroughs and programmes in the delivery of these. They should encourage and test new ways of working, collaborating and learning from each other to achieve our collective ambition to improve the health and wellbeing of our population. They will seek out and embrace different ideas, perspectives and challenges and be able to adapt and change course by continually learning from others around them. An ability to take an innovative and creative approach to solving problems is essential. Analytical and Judgement Skills Postholders should understand the principles of population health management as applied to addressing health inequalities, identifying areas of need and targeting resources. They should have the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources, analyse and present in a clear and concise manner. Planning and Organisational skill Postholders will be expected to support the development of and delivery of operational and strategic priorities, including the definition of measurable outcomes against agreed objectives. They should also develop plans for the delivery of the roles responsibilities and deliverable objectives with their line manager. Research and Development Postholders will be expected to support innovation and research to identify, develop and promote best practice. In addition to this they will be encouraged to work with system partners to promote research and identify opportunities for academic collaboration. Autonomy/Freedom to act Potholders should work on their own initiative and organise their workload, delegating as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines. They should make decisions autonomously when required, on difficult issues. Information management/resources Postholders will support the development and maintenance of local data infrastructure and frameworks as appropriate.