Advanced Pharmacist

NHS; Aberystwyth; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job description

An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for an innovative and inspirational advanced clinical pharmacist to lead on education and training for the pharmacy department working closely with the chief technician. You will co-ordinate the supervision and training of undergraduate pharmacy students, foundation and post foundation Pharmacists as well as being given the opportunity to specialise in another clinical area.

Bronglais hospital is a District General Hospital with around 130 beds, located in the seaside town of Aberystwyth. The pharmacy department employs approximately 30 staff. It provides a range of medical specialties including an acute coronary care unit, respiratory, oncology, haematology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, acute stroke and paediatrics, maternity, general surgery and orthopaedics, as well as a busy clinical decisions unit and emergency department.

You must hold a Master of Pharmacy degree or equivalent and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and will have completed a post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience or qualifications.

You will be expected to undertake Emergency Duty Commitment (on-call), work weekends and bank holidays as part of a rota.

The post is full time, but part time and job share applications will be considered.

Main duties of the job

As an advanced Pharmacist you will be responsible for the co-ordination and delivery of a patient focused clinical pharmacy service, working within a specialism to develop the pharmacist role e.g. in pharmacist led clinics as an IP, working with the multidisciplinary team, monitoring financial expenditure, undertaking research and service improvement projects. The successful candidate will also provide dispensary cover and undertake clinical checking of haematology and oncology prescription.

You will be part of our friendly and passionate pharmacy team and contribute to the implementation of medicines optimisation, striving for excellence. You will provide a specialist and professional service to enable us to meet high standards of patient case and safety.

You will need to be reliable, efficient, responsive and demonstrate a flexible approach to the needs of this challenging and growing service. The successful post holder will also require excellent communication skills, be self-motivated, innovative and committed to providing high quality care to patients.

Job responsibilities

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Interviews will be held on 22/05/2025.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Postgraduate MSc or Diploma in area of practice or equivalent experience or qualifications
• Accredited supervisor for foundation or post foundation Pharmacists
• Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines (Leeds University) or equivalent if role includes aseptics
• Registered as QC if role includes aseptics
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Experience

• Specialist knowledge of medicines management systems and process in an integrated NHS
• Knowledge and experience of healthcare
• Specialist knowledge of own field of practice gained through diploma level training and experience
• Demonstrate specialist knowledge in more than one field
• Practice Research Experience
• Training and education of pharmacy staff and other HCPs
• Experience of managing change
• Experience of service improvement

Other

• Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner
• Flexible approach to needs of the service to undertake on call work, weekend and evening opening

Language Requirements

• Welsh Speaker (Level 1)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

£54,550 to £61,412 a year per annum (pro rata if part time)