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Clinical Pharmacist - Mental Health (Band 7)

We have an exciting opportunity for a suitably motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our Specialist Mental Health Pharmacy Team based at Hafan Y Coed Unit, Llandough Hospital.

We work closely with our multidisciplinary teams and we will support you to  achieve your Independent Prescribing qualification or further develop your prescribing career in this specialist area, from within a nurturing team environment. We have several advanced practice pharmacist roles and this post will add to that pool of highly skilled, specialist mental health, independent prescribers.

Delivery of the highest quality medicines optimisation and management service to all our mental health service users will fundamental.  Your  relevant hospital pharmacist experience, together with your excellent, demonstrable inter-personal skills and passion for mental health will equip you to develop this role.

We will support your career development by providing access to recognised training and other structured opportunities to challenge and enable you to enhance your clinical role.

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

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Core- Clinical Pharmacist Duties for Mental Health

Brief outline:

Provide clinical pharmacy services to identified wards or in pharmacy-led clinics, as specified in departmental procedures. This includes medication review/drug history; review of inpatient and discharge prescriptions for completeness, appropriateness and legality; problem identification and solving; monitoring and adjusting treatment; patient education and overseeing medication supply for inpatients, outpatients or discharge.

Provide information on drug-related questions of a therapeutic, legal or procedural nature to other health care professionals. Promote evidence-based prescribing within Mental Health clinical specialty through the development of prescribing guidelines and pharmaceutical care plans.

Contribute to the development and audit of standards . Provide comprehensive professional cover to the dispensary.

Supervise and support pharmacy staff assigned to the Mental Health wards and within the dispensary. When required, act as an accredited tutor to junior pharmacy staff. 

Contribute to the development of pharmacy services to inpatients and outpatients; implement service developments within Mental Health.

 Participate in weekend, bank holiday, and on-call rotas, as appropriate.

 Act as an independent prescriber within CAVUHB

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Caerdydd a’r Fro yw un o’r Byrddau Iechyd Integredig mwyaf yn y DU, yn cyflogi dros 15,000 o staff ac yn darparu dros 100 o wasanaethau arbenigol. Mae gennym amrywiaeth o yrfaoedd i’w cynnig ar draws 6 safle ysbyty. Gan wasanaethu tua 500,000 o bobl sy’n byw yng Nghaerdydd a’r Fro, ein ffocws yw anghenion iechyd a gofal ein poblogaeth leol a gwaith partneriaeth i ddatblygu gwasanaethau rhanbarthol.

Ein cenhadaeth yw “Gofalu am Bobl, Cadw Pobl yn Iach”, a’n gweledigaeth yw y dylai siawns pob unigolyn o fyw bywyd iach fod yn gyfartal. Fel sefydliad rydym yn ddiedifar uchelgeisiol dros iechyd ein poblogaeth, gan ymateb i heriau heddiw ac yfory drwy ein strategaeth 10 mlynedd, Llunio ein Llesiant i’r Dyfodol. Rydym yn cyfrannu at Gymru iachach, gyda phwyslais mawr ar arloesi a gwella, gan ddysgu oddi wrth eraill ledled y byd ac arwain y ffordd mewn ymchwil glinigol. Mae gwaith partneriaeth yn gadarn yng Nghaerdydd a’r Fro, ac rydym yn gweithio’n agos gyda’n staff a’n cymuned.

Mae Caerdydd, prifddinas ffyniannus Cymru, yn ddinas wych i fyw a gweithio ynddi sy’n cynnig llwyth o atyniadau chwaraeon, celfyddydau a diwylliannol. Wedi’i leoli i’r gorllewin o Gaerdydd, mae Bro Morgannwg yn cynnig cyfuniad o gefn gwlad hardd Cymru ac arfordir naturiol dramatig. P’un ai’n fywyd dinesig neu’n fywyd gwledig, mae Caerdydd a’r Fro yn cynnig y gorau o’r ddau fyd.