This post is a Fixed Term/ Secondment until 31/03/2026. If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the Pharmacy team in PPH and the multidisciplinary inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) team in Carmarthenshire.
This post is part time, 26.25 hours a week and temporary for one year to cover maternity leave (15 hours with the IBD team and 11.25 hours with pharmacy).
The successful candidate will work alongside the consultants and specialist IBD nurses to optimise treatments for IBD patients and will run Pharmacist led clinics including virtual clinics. It is desirable for the post holder to be a non-medical prescriber.
As an advanced Pharmacist you will be responsible for the co-ordination and delivery of a patient focused clinical pharmacy service. The successful candidate will work within general medicine developing their Pharmacist role e.g. working with the multidisciplinary team, monitoring financial expenditure, undertaking research and service improvement projects. The post holder will deliver educational sessions to medical and nursing staff at PPH, and support the development of the technician workforce.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will develop clinical skills in order to undertake patient assessment of disease activity and formulate clinical management plans.
The post holder will review patients on immunomodulatory and biological drugs to ensure optimum treatment and appropriate monitoring including switching and adjusting treatments where appropriate.
The post holder will monitor financial drug expenditure for the specialty and lead on the implementation of cost and service improvements programmes for the specialty.
The post holder will work with the multidisciplinary team and with the health board's homecare team and homecare providers. They will identify new prescribing trends, new products and national guidelines for the specialty, and monitor their implementation.
Professional development is of utmost importance and support and training will be provided. We are a patient-centred and progressive team who work closely with the multidisciplinary teams enhancing patient safety through professional advice to prescribers, discharge planning and attending consultant ward rounds.
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 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.
Job responsibilities
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 care and safety.
The innovative and friendly pharmacy team is well established within the health board. We are both ambitious and motivated, focusing our work around the best interests of our patients and continuously striving to improve the services we offer.
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents. For further information on the role, please contact:
Mari Treharne, Pharmacy site Manager, Prince Philip Hospital on 01554 783210 or mari.treharne@wales.nhs.uk or Dr B Davies, Consultant Gastroenterologist on 01554 783737 or Benjamin.davies@wales.nhs.uk
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.
Interviews will be held on 18/03/2025
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
* Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
* Postgraduate MSc or Diploma in area of practice or equivalent experience or qualifications
* Accredited supervisor for foundation or post foundation Pharmacists
* Independent prescriber
* Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines (Leeds University) or equivalent if role includes aseptics
* Registered as QC if role includes aseptics
* Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Experience
* Specialist knowledge of medicines management systems and process in an integrated NHS
* Knowledge and experience of healthcare
* Specialist knowledge of own field of practice gained through diploma level training and experience
* Demonstrate specialist knowledge in more than one field
* Practice Research Experience
* Training and education of pharmacy staff and other HCPs
* Experience of managing change
* Experience of service improvement
Language requirements
* Welsh speaker - level 1
Other
* Flexible approach to needs of the service to undertake on call work, weekend and evening opening.
* Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£54,550 to £61,412 a year pro rata
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