Clinical Pharmacist

NHS; Carmarthen; Remote; GBP 41,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Hywel Dda University Health Board is seeking a Pharmacist for Glangwili General Hospital in Carmarthen. The role involves providing clinical pharmacy support, counselling patients on treatment adherence, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to optimise medicines use.

You will contribute to antimicrobial stewardship, participate in ward rounds, and support service development while developing your career within Hospital Pharmacy.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in pharmacy required.
• Registered pharmacist with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• English language qualification at GCSE grade C or IELTS score as specified.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacy support to patients.
• Counsel patients to optimise understanding and adherence to treatment.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe and effective medicines use.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Counselling patients

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Ward rounds participation

Antimicrobial stewardship

Medicines optimisation

Education & training supervision

Education

Masters degree in pharmacy

GPhC registration

English language qualification

Job description

Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 6 Contract 12 months (Fixed term / Secondment until 03.09.2027 due to maternity cover) Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Participation in on-call, weekend, Bank Holiday and late rotas) Job ref 100-PST118-1026

Employer Hywel Dda University Health Board Employer type NHS Site Glangwili General Hospital Town Carmarthen Salary £40,559 - £48,841 per annum (pro rata if part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 02/11/2026

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.

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.

Job overview

This is a fixed term/secondment until 03.09.2027 due to maternity cover. 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.

An opportunity is available for a newly qualified pharmacist or a pharmacist seeking a change of sector to join our dynamic Pharmacy team at Glangwili General Hospital.

You will have the opportunity to work across a variety of general medical and surgical wards and be a key member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to safe, effective and evidence-based use of medicines to improve patient outcomes.

We will support you in developing the skills and knowledge needed for the role in order to develop your career within Hospital Pharmacy.

Main duties of the job

As part of a dynamic and forward-thinking pharmacy team you will:

• Provide clinical pharmacy support.
• Counsel patients to optimise their understanding and adherence to treatment.
• Work closely with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure safe and effective medicines use
• Actively participate in board and ward rounds to promote safe prescribing practices and facilitate discharge planning
• Support antimicrobial stewardship and medicines optimisation initiatives
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement projects
• Provide education and training by supervising undergraduate pharmacists, pharmacy technicians as well as clinical ward staff

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.

We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.

We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.

Our services are provided in:

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
• Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
• Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
• Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

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.

Interviews will be held on 02.11.2026

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Masters degree in pharmacy (4 years or equivalent)
• Member of General Pharmaceutical Council (registered pharmacist or pre-registration pharmacy trainee during applications, must be registered pharmacist at time of start date)
• English language qualification - GCSE grade C or above or IELTS score of 6.5 in writing and 6.0 in all other components.
• Professional knowledge of medicines managements systems and process in an integrated NHS.

Experience

• Knowledge and experience of healthcare in a pharmacy
• Demonstrate achievement in more than one area of medicines management
• Hospital experience
• Technical Services
• Experience of teaching & supervision of preregistration pharmacists, technicians and assistants.
• Primary care experience

Language Skills

• Welsh Speaker (level 1)

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.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.