Advanced Pharmacist Emergency Department

Integrated Care System; Bridgend; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist for the Emergency Department at the Princess of Wales Hospital. The role focuses on leading medicines management, enhancing patient care, and collaborating within a multidisciplinary team, all while developing professionally in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Commitment to staff training and development

Integrated approach to primary and secondary care management

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical pharmacy within hospital settings.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Ability to train and supervise staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Pharmacy team in the Emergency Department.
• Manage medication related admissions and optimisations.
• Provide specialised pharmaceutical advice.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Conflict Management

Negotiation

Organisational Skills

Education

Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy

Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Postgraduate Qualification in Clinical or Hospital Pharmacy

Postgraduate Diploma in Therapeutics

Accredited practice supervisor for post-registration Foundation Pharmacist qualification

Job description

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Advanced Pharmacist Emergency Department

The closing date is 15 July 2025

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to develop and lead a Medicines Management service to the Emergency Department and Acute medical wards?

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, dynamic and experienced Clinical Pharmacist to join our team at the Princess of Wales Hospital.

If you appreciate diversity, thrive on new challenges, benefit from collaborative working with other healthcare professionals and want to make a difference to the patient's journey, this is the role for you.

Main duties of the job

You will be instrumental in preventing delays in patients receiving essential treatment and will contribute to improving patient experience and flow, expediting the safe discharge of patients from hospital, consequently increasing capacity in the acute care pathway. You will work across the emergency department and acute medical wards, managing a Pharmacy team to prioritise the delivery of patient care.

Your role will involve identifying and acting on medication related admissions and ensuring medicines reconciliation and optimisation is performed as close to admission as possible.

The Directorate is forward thinking and innovative, having an integrated approach to Primary and Secondary Care management of medicines. Pharmacy led clinics are well established and Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians are valued members of clinical multidisciplinary teams in both settings.

The hospital site has automated pharmacy systems, comprehensive medicines management services and a fully implemented electronic discharge system. This is an exciting time with the on-going implementation of hospital electronic prescribing and medicines administration across the Health Board.

We are fully committed to personal development, encouraging all staff to undertake relevant education and training to meet their needs. It is our goal for all Pharmacists in patient-facing roles to practice non-medical prescribing.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and well-being 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.

The Princess of Wales Hospital is ideally situated just off the M4, 20 miles outside Cardiff. The South Wales coast, including Porthcawl and Swansea Bay, lies to the West and the stunning scenery of the Brecon Beacons National Park to the North - all within a short commute.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be the Clinical Lead Pharmacist for the Emergency Department, providing highly specialised pharmaceutical advice and regular reports on clinical and financial drug issues, and be responsible for providing a safe and effective clinical pharmacy service to patients in Medicine and Emergency Department Clinical Service Group.

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.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesnt mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing candidates. This isnt fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.

Person Specification

Qualifications and/or knowledge

• Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Postgraduate Qualification in Clinical or Hospital Pharmacy, or equivalent clinical experience.
• Good knowledge of medicines management issues between primary and secondary care.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Non Medical Prescriber or willing to undertake training.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Therapeutics
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
• Member of the RPS Faculty or working towards Faculty membership
• Understanding of quality improvement and IQT methodology.
• Accredited practice supervisor for the post-registration Foundation Pharmacist qualification.

Experience

• Hospital/managed sector pharmacy experience including extensive experience in clinical pharmacy.
• Experience of monitoring financial expenditure.
• Experience of planning audit, quality improvement or research.
• Experience of working effectively within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to train/supervise other members of staff.
• Experience of implementing change.
• Effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to present information to individuals and groups.
• Skilled negotiator and facilitator.
• Ability to manage conflict and deal with difficult situations.
• Effective organisational and prioritising skills.
• Able to evaluate information and make decisions involving highly complex facts.
• Mentoring and Appraisal skills.
• Financial modelling and forecasting skills.
• Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above

Personal Qualities

• Working as part of a team
• Professional response to emotional/confrontational situations
• Conscientious and responsible for own actions

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.

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