Rikki Smeeton

Name: Rikki Smeeton

Role: Principal Responsible Officer

Email: rikki@cpgm.org.uk
Contact Number: 0161 518 5794

About Rikki:

Rikki is registered Pharmacy Technician and qualified Accuracy Checking Technician having 17 years’ experience in both Community and Outpatient Pharmacy settings. Before joining CPGM, Rikki held a management position at Manchester Foundation Trust in both the adult and paediatric outpatient pharmacies where she still holds a part time position.

Rikki joined the CPGM team in September 2017 as the Project Implementation Lead where her main role involved facilitating and developing robust project implementation plans for service-based project work. She then took on a more strategic role as the Commissioned Services Manager where she was responsible for the day-to-day LPC support of advanced and locally commissioned services, creating and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders such as Greater Manchester Local Authorities, CCG’s and the local area NHS team – Greater Manchester Health & Social Care.

Rikki then moved into another strategic role – Senior Responsible Officer – Primary Care Network Engagement (PCNs). This role aimed to support and progress the development and integration of Community Pharmacy within the Greater Manchester PCNs, supporting and mentoring 58 Community Pharmacists in their PCN Lead representative leadership role to ensure effective and collaborative relationships with PCN Clinical Directors and other key stakeholders. It also involved developing effective support tools and resources for Community Pharmacy PCN leads and pharmacy teams that supported the attainment of national contract requirements and access to associated funding via the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) and Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS).

Rikki now holds the position of Principal Responsible Officer which provides professional leadership to the team.

Other relevant roles:

Board Member – Community Pharmacy Provider Board
Board Member – LGBT Pride in Practice Board
ACT – LloydsPharmacy Outpatients (MFT)