Job Overview 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. 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. 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. IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. 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