Clinical Pharmacist

Main duties of the job

• 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 and mentoring junior pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy students and clinical ward staff.

Job responsibilities

• The ability to speak Welsh is desirable; English speakers are also welcome to apply.
• Full job description and person specification are provided in supporting documents.

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Masters degree in pharmacy (4 years or equivalent).
• Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (registered pharmacist or pre registration trainee during application; must be a registered pharmacist at 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 management systems and processes in an integrated NHS.

Experience

• Knowledge and experience of pharmacy practice in healthcare settings.
• Demonstrated achievement in more than one area of medicines management.
• Hospital experience.
• Technical services experience.
• Experience of teaching and supervision of pre registration pharmacists, technicians, and assistants.
• Primary care experience.

Language Skills

• Welsh speaker (level 1).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires submission of a Disclosure and Barring Service check to assess any prior criminal convictions.