Job summary
Are you a passionate pharmacist ready to take the clinical lead in transforming primary care and integrated services in West Wales?
We are seeking a dynamic Pharmacist to drive innovative services to deliver Prudent and Value-based healthcare by modernising the approach to traditional service delivery.
This is a unique opportunity to shape the future healthcare in our community by enhancing patient care, embedding research and teaching into primary care and driving forward clinical excellence.
We welcome applications from pharmacists who are already credentialed as a consultant pharmacist, or from those looking for a supportive environment to credential with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
If you are looking to make a difference for the people of West Wales then this is the role for you.
Main duties of the job
Through the four pillars of practice (clinical practice, leadership & management, education, research) you will lead the development and implementation of innovative services within general practice and primary care's interface with other parts of the health and social care system.
As a senior leader you will deliver on national and health board strategies, professionally integrating pharmacy into frontline services as a driver for system change. As a senior practitioner you will deliver frontline patient care, leading by example on the delivery of prudent and value-based healthcare.
Key duties include;
1. managing patient caseloads
2. designing and evaluating new professionally integrated services
3. collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to integrate pharmaceutical care for optimising medication management and better patient experience and outcomes.
You will lead on training and education initiatives for our current and future workforce. You will develop or adopt best practices by contributing to research and quality improvement, raising the expectation of what can be done to shift care from hospitals to the community, and from community to people's homes.
About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
47 general practices (6 of which are managed practices), 45 dental practices (including 4 orthodontic), 96 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Stakeholder panel will be held on 03/10/2024.
Interviews will be held on 04/10/2024.
Person Specification
Other
Essential
4. Essential Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner
Desirable
5. Welsh Speaker Level 1
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
6. Master's degree in Pharmacy
7. Registered pharmacist with GPhC
8. Post-graduate diploma/MSc in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience
9. Independent Prescriber Qualification
10. RPS (Royal Pharmaceutical Society) credentialed Consultant Pharmacist (or working towards this).
Desirable
11. Post-graduate studies in clinical specialty areas.
12. Teaching / assessing qualification
Experience
Essential
13. Significant evidence of autonomously clinically assessing and managing patients across a full spectrum of typical presentations in both acute and chronic disease.
14. Significant evidence of educating, mentoring and operating as a clinical supervisor across the healthcare system.
15. Significant evidence of developing, conducting and publishing pharmaceutical/pharmacy practice research.
16. Evidence of policy and strategy development and change management in complex situations
17. Demonstrable evidence of implementing service re-design and delivering transformational change.
18. Experience of working with Higher Education Institutes including course design and delivery of teaching.