NHS North of England Care Systems Support (NECS) works across the UK to support health and social care customers in meeting strategic and operational challenges, to improve outcomes and increase efficiency. We are one of four commissioning support units (CSUs) that provide support services in the NHS.
Employing over 1400 experienced and skilled people, NECS has office bases across the UK and staff working the length and breadth of the country. Current customers include local authorities, a range of healthcare providers in the NHS that make up STPs including emerging Integrated Care Systems (ICS), third and private sector organisations.
We deliver a broad range of medicines optimisation services spanning primary care, integrated care systems, local authorities, care homes and national programmes of work in collaboration with NHS bodies and expertise from across NECS including business intelligence, communications and marketing, and other departments.
Because we’re part of the NHS, we have keen understanding of the issues faced by the NHS. In practice that means our solutions benefit from a system wide understanding as well as an extensive regional knowledge. Best of all, we always put the needs of the patient and the public first. We’re focused on making a difference rather than making a profit.
What we do
Our Medicines Optimisation Team is comprised of over 120 highly skilled pharmacists, technicians and specialist support staff, from a range of professional backgrounds, providing services across the North East, Cumbria, Yorkshire and The Humber, as well as working on national at scale projects.
Our services include:
- Practice-based clinical pharmacists and technicians: working as integral members of the primary healthcare team within practices and PCNs, we provide services including clinical medication review, medicines reconciliation, reviews of prescribing systems and processes, CQC and safety assurance, and other bespoke services tailored to local needs.
- Care homes and social care: we provide bespoke medicines support to commissioners and individual care homes and social care providers to support CQC requirements and improve medicines systems and processes, including staff training.
- Strategic medicines optimisation support: working across ICBs, we support development of medicines formularies, pathways and services for patients; support the monitoring of medicines expenditure, setting of prescribing budgets and horizon scanning; and work across systems and organisational boundaries to ensure high quality safe prescribing of medicines.
- Public health and local authorities: we engage with local authority public health teams across the North of England supporting the commissioning and management of clinical services within the local authority area including alcohol services, smoking cessation, sexual health and pharmaceutical needs assessments.
Working for us
We pride ourselves on having experienced, knowledgeable staff who combine their skills and expertise with a focus on giving the customer an experience second to none.
We look for innovators, communicators and problem solvers. Just as importantly our people understand, empathise and live our values, which drive everything we do.
Medicines optimisation roles in NECS offer a varied work agenda, a large network of colleagues and a range of training opportunities. We offer a friendly and supportive environment to develop your pharmacy career, we actively encourage all team members’ continuing professional development and have a passion for continuous improvement.
All our roles offer:
- Annual leave of between 27 to 33 days plus Bank Holidays
- Access to NHS pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), lease car scheme, access to NHS discounts, personal development opportunities
Whatever sector you’ve worked in before, and whatever stage you’re at in your career, if improving people’s lives and being part of something unique and exciting sounds like the challenge you can rise to we’d love to hear from you!
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Contact us
If you’d like to find out more about what we do, email us at necsu.moadmin@nhs.net