Clinical Pharmacist

Integrated Care System; Port Talbot; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a skilled pharmacist to join the pharmacy team at Neath Port Talbot Hospital. Focused on delivering clinical pharmacy services across various wards, candidates are encouraged to gain valuable experience and mentoring in a supportive healthcare environment. Opportunities for further professional training and an engaging workplace await in a vibrant community.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree MPharm required.
• Post Graduate MSc/Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent.
• Experience in hospital clinical pharmacy required.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacy services to wards.
• Mentor and train pre-registration pharmacists.
• Participate in auditing and monitoring of Medicines Management.

Skills

IT literate

Presentation skills

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Innovative

Education

Master's Degree MPharm

Post Graduate MSc/Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent

Current registration with GPhC

Job description

This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated and talented pharmacist to further their clinical experience and training by joining the pharmacy team at Neath Port Talbot Hospital. You will provide clinical pharmacy services to a variety of wards on a rotational basis, these will include, General Medicine, Care of the Elderly and Elective Surgery. You will also participate in our established pharmacist led clinics such as anticoagulation.

Main duties of the job

1. The provision of clinical pharmacy services to medical, care of the elderly and surgical patients, on a rotational basis. Providing specialist advice and expertise to clinicians and nursing staff, to ensure the safe, effective and economic use of medicines.

2. To act as mentor to and participate in the training of diploma, pre-registration and other pharmacists within these areas.

3. To be involved in the audit, monitoring and development of Medicines Management within Neath Port Talbot Hospital.

4. To contribute to the ongoing operational provision of the pharmacy service, in line with departmental rotas to meet the needs of the service, including on call, weekend and bank holiday rotas.

5. Provide clinical pharmacy support to the dispensary as part of the pharmacist's dispensary rota.

6. To communicate and work with locality teams to deliver an integrated service across the health community for patients.

About us

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.

Job responsibilities

Applicants should ideally be, or be prepared to work towards becoming, an independent prescribing practitioner. This would fulfil our commitments to current clinics and any future developments.

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.

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

Person Specification

Qualifications & Knowledge

• Master's Degree MPharm
• Post Graduate MSc/Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Current and continued registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Experience

• Relevant post-registration experience in hospital clinical pharmacy
• Experience of working in a range of clinical specialities
• Evidence of working with consultants and the multidisciplinary team at ward and pharmacy level
• IT literate. Able to use the relevant IT systems within the NHS, and to learn and use new systems as they become available
• Able to work autonomously, and work effectively as part of a team.
• Innovative and well organised
• Presentation skills. Able to present potentially complex data to a variety of audiences

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.