Hywel Dda University Health Board
About
Hywel Dda University Health Board provides healthcare services to a total population of around 372,320 throughout Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. It provides Acute, Primary, Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities services via General and Community Hospitals, Health Centres, GP's, Dentists, Pharmacists and Optometrists and other sites.
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Key details
Location
SiteTBCTownTBCPostcodeSA31 3BBMajor / Minor RegionCarmarthenshire
Contract type & working pattern
ContractPermanentHoursFull time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
Salary£89,491 - £103,203 per annumSalary periodYearlyGrade(NHS AfC: Band 8d)
Specialty
Main areaPharmacy
Our Hywel Dda values reflect who we are and how we behave. We continuously work together to be the best we can be as we strive to develop and deliver excellent services, putting people at the heart of everything we do. Throughout our recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you would demonstrate these values in the way that you work with us.
If you are registered Health Care professional considering relocating to the Hywel Dda area in West Wales please don’t hesitate to contact our recruitment campaigns team directly via[email protected]
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Hywel Dda University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional, creative and dynamic leader with a proven track record of clinical services delivery and innovation. This is an exciting time for Hywel Dda UHB with the development and implementation of the Transforming Clinical Services Strategy that will change the way we deliver our services. Pharmacy is an expanding profession with new developments and many opportunities arising, including stronger relationships with local universities to bring research into practice.
The successful candidate will support the Clinical Director of Pharmacy and Medicines Management to provide strategic, clinical and professional leadership for the development of pharmacy services across Hywel Dda University Health Board. They will work in close collaboration with senior leaders to deliver the vision for pharmacy services across the sectors, developing and delivering innovative, high quality services to improve patient care.
They will be responsible for developing a confident and flexible workforce working seamlessly across the Health Board in partnership with the team and wider professions.
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This postholder will:
* Be a key member of the Senior Pharmacy Leadership team and responsible for ensuring a high quality and effective Pharmacy and Medicines Management service is provided across the Health Board to our patients.
* Lead and develop medicines management services across hospital sites and primary care, developing integrated clinical service strategies to improve medicines management across the Health Board, delivering on the actions of the Clinical Pharmacy Service Review to align the service to meet current and future needs of the Health Board.
* Be responsible for the medicines management service improvement, business planning and financial management across the Health Board, taking a lead role to develop and implement strategy, policy and operational plans, including the provision of aseptic services and homecare services.
* Work in close collaboration with the Clinical Director to bring research and development into pharmacy practice and ensure that a programme of research and development activity is developed, including the identification of the resources required to support this programme.
* Lead on the Health Board’s cost improvement plans for Pharmacy and Medicines Management to work collaboratively with the Senior Pharmacy Leadership team, prescribers and other healthcare staff to ensure that prescribing budgets are managed effectively, providing expert advice on all aspects of medicines management, including evidence-based and economic use of medicines.
Working for our organisation
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 to almost 400,000 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.
Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.
Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion).
Community facilities, including:
48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Detailed job description and main 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.
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.
If successfully shortlisted you will be asked to complete psychometric assessments. Information regarding these and the stakeholder panels/interview will be sent to you following completion of shortlisting.
Stakeholder panels will be held on 27/03/2025.
Interviews will be held on 28/03/2025.
Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
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Applicant requirements
warning You must have appropriate UK professional registration. warning Welsh language skills are desirable
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Masters degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent degree)
* Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
* Evidence of commitment to Continuing Professional Development
* Postgraduate Clinical or Technical Pharmacy qualification – or demonstrable equivalent experience.
* Postgraduate management qualification relevant to the NHS – or demonstrable equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
* Faculty Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Experience
Essential criteria
* Significant experience at senior management level within NHS (hospital, primary care or community) pharmacy services
* Expert knowledge of and experience in implementing strategies and plans for the delivery of services and policy directives
* Evidence of leading and effectively managing complex organisational change
* Proven experience of project and programme management capability
* A proven track record of dealing with complex situations and the delivery of challenging corporate objectives
* Evidence of successfully influencing senior management and other professionals
* Experience of financial and human resource management
* Experience of working with clinicians to deliver challenging cost reduction programmes whilst maintaining service quality.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of a teaching/tutoring role
* Evidence of research
* Evidence of working within a highly complex and politically sensitive organisation.
Other
Essential criteria
* Ability to travel in a timely manner across Health Board sites and Wales
Desirable criteria
* Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Documents
* Job Description and Person Specification (, 179.8)PDFKB
* OHQ form (, 656.5)PDFKB
* Privacy Notice (, 696.3)PDFKB
* Guidance notes for Applicants (, 278.7)PDFKB
Further details / informal visits contact
NameOwain WilliamsJob titleClinical Director of Pharmacy and Meds ManagementEmail address [email protected]Telephone number01554 781151 #J-18808-Ljbffr