Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-PST063-0724
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Glamorgan Hospital
- Town
- RCT
- Salary
- £44,398 - £50,807 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist
Band 7
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
Are you looking for your next developmental opportunity to expand your clinical knowledge in a more senior role, or are you looking for the opportunity to apply your knowledge and experience in the secondary care setting? We are looking for an enthusiastic Pharmacist to join our Pharmacy team here at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital.
We are always looking to be more innovative, resourceful and to explore different ways for the Medicines Management team to provide an efficient and effective Pharmacy service.
In this stimulating role you will build on your previous experience, developing greater autonomy and responsibility. Our team based working model will allow you to work in collaboration with more senior and junior colleagues. This post will also provide you with the opportunity to both deputise and also lead a ward based Pharmacy team.
There is an exciting Health Board wide re-design of services underway. Plans include the addition of a new diagnostic and elective surgical hub next to the Royal Glamorgan hospital site and the forthcoming implementation of a Health Board wide Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) system.
Main duties of the job
Working closely with our teams of highly experienced Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians you will participate in the clinical ward and dispensary service, building on your clinical experience, developing greater autonomy and responsibility whilst providing a core clinical pharmacy service. You will work within the speciality of medicine and paediatrics, but there will also be potential opportunity to rotate through other clinical areas as we look to develop our Pharmacy services in line with the new clinical service model across Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
You will also have the opportunity to undertake a supportive role in the provision of education and training within the department.
You will possess excellent communication skills, a passion for improvement and patient focused care, and be able to work well as part of a multidisciplinary team.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our Organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered member of the general pharmaceutical council (GPhC)
- Good knowledge of Medicines Management
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical or Hospital Pharmacy, or equivalent clinical experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
Desirable criteria
- MSc clinical Pharmacy
- Other qualification (certificate/diploma)
- Evidence of RPS portfolio
- Independent Prescriber
Aptitude, abilities, skills
Essential criteria
- Mentoring and Appraisal skills
- Computer keyboard skills and software packages, including report writing skills
- Able to evaluate information and make decisions involving highly complex facts
- Ability to manage conflict and deal with difficult situations
- Skilled negotiator and facilitator
- Ability to present information to individuals and groups
- Effective organisational and prioritising skills
- Effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Financial modelling and forecasting skills
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Empathic, diplomatic, and professional response to emotional/confrontational situations
- Positive attitude to improvement and development (self and service)
- Approachable
- Reliable
- Responsible for own actions
- Conscientious
- Flexible approach to work and adaptable to changing demands and situations
- Enthusiastic and motivated
- Able to work as part of a team
- Able to work independently
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post reg Pharmacy experience
- Experience of working effectively within MDT
Desirable criteria
- Hospital Pharmacy
- Broad experience of clinical Pharmacy
- Experience in Primary Care Pharmacy
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- John Hickey
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Pharmacy, Clinical Services Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 443137
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