Clinical Pharmacist - Children & Women

Clinical Pharmacist - Children & Women

The closing date is 16 December 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist to join our patient-focused and progressive Children and Women Pharmacy Team. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in the Children's Hospital for Wales and provide a clinical pharmacy service to the various Tertiary Specialities as well as General Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology. This will allow the development of deeper knowledge, expertise, clinical and non-clinical skills under the direction of our experienced lead practitioners.

Our innovative services, underpinned by strong technical support, are highly respected and fully integrated with multidisciplinary teams. Your professional attributes, excellent inter-personal skills, and demonstrable enthusiasm, will equip you to be a valued contributor to our service and to develop to be a key member of our supportive clinical pharmacy team.

We have a clear strategy for supportive personal development, which includes integrating pharmacist prescribers into MDTs and developing future leaders of the service. Join our highly motivated team and share in our values, caring for people, keeping them well.

Main duties of the job

As a Clinical Pharmacist working in the Children & Women team, you will have an integral role in providing high-quality specialist pharmacy services to patients in Cardiff and Vale.

You will lead by example and will be responsible for the training and development of less experienced team members, as well as Medical and Nursing colleagues.

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

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Member of the GPhC
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Post-graduate clinical qualification or anticipated within 3 months

Experience

• Post registration hospital pharmacy experience

Skills

• Demonstrates understanding of essential skills needed for role (e.g. IT skills, knowledge of therapeutics)
• Demonstrates understanding of desirable skills needed (e.g. leadership, organization)

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.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board