Job summary
Join our collaborative Medicines Optimisation function, working across the Thames Valley system to improve outcomes for a population of approximately 2.5 million people.

Medicines Optimisation is a core function of the health and care system and a key lever for improving population health, patient safety, quality and financial sustainability. It supports the safe, effective and equitable use of medicines, delivering maximum value for patients, communities and the NHS.

Within Thames Valley, the FHFT-hosted delegated Medicines Optimisation Function works with the Thames Valley ICB and partners across primary, secondary and tertiary care, community pharmacy, primary care networks and neighbourhoods. Together, we reduce unwarranted variation, promote evidence-based practice and NICE guidance, and support high-quality, integrated care pathways and seamless patient journeys.

Our work supports the ambitions of the NHS 10 Year Health Plan and is underpinned by a strong culture of collaboration, shared purpose and continuous improvement.

Main duties of the job
As a Medicines Optimisation Manager, you will support the delivery of agreed workstreams, projects and implementation activity within the FHFT-hosted delegated Medicines Optimisation Function. Working within the Thames Valley ICB medicines optimisation workplan and approved operational priorities, you will help translate evidence, guidance and prescribing intelligence into practical improvements.

You will coordinate project activity, support stakeholder engagement, analyse and present information and contribute to reporting on delivery, risks, prescribing variation, medicines safety, quality and impact. This role would suit someone with sound knowledge of primary care and medicines optimisation who is ready to contribute to complex, system-wide improvement programmes.

Please be advised this vacancy may be subject to closing before the stated date due to a high volume of applications.

Interviews will take place W/C 28th September 2026

About us
Visa Sponsorship: This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

Job responsibilities
This is an opportunity to contribute to system-wide improvement, helping drive greater cohesion, safer and higher-quality medicines use, better value for the NHS and seamless patient journeys across Thames Valley.

You will join a supportive, high-performing team with a strong culture of collaboration, shared purpose and continuous improvement, making a tangible difference to the communities we serve.

Qualifications
Essential

• Master's level qualification, healthcare professional registration or equivalent experience working in healthcare organisations.
• Has undertaken line management training or has experience of line management
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Experience
Essential

• Significant experience working in community pharmacy, general practice or primary care medicines optimisation
• Understanding of how primary care functions
• Good knowledge of NHS policy relating to prescribing and pharmacy services
• Knowledge of current medicines optimisation policies in the NHS
• Experience in implementing complex audits.
• Knowledge of prescribing data sources (e.g. ePACT2) and their use in improvement

Skills
Essential

• Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences
• Demonstrates ability to use skills to make decisions in complex situations where there are several factors that require analysis, interpretation and comparison
• Stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
• Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess verbal, written, numerical and draw appropriate conclusions.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.