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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 24 months (due to funding)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
110-PST006-0225
Employer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
CTMUHB- Site to be agreed
Town
Llantrisant
Salary
£37,898 - £45,637 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/02/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo

Clinical Pharmacist

Band 6

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000.  We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

 

Job overview

Would you like to be part of an innovative and motivated team whilst developing  your career portfolio? Do you share our health board values and passion for improving the care of patients in Wales?

We have a number of exciting opportunities for enthusiastic, passionate and committed pharmacists to support our pharmacy services across CTMUHB.

In these stimulating roles you will work closely with, and be supported by,  highly skilled and experienced pharmacy teams. Roles will follow a rotational programme across the CTMUHB footprint to build your clinical knowledge and experience different specialities. Successful candidates will be based at one site to contribute to on call rotas.

All posts come with formal development opportunities which may include the HEIW Post registration Foundation qualification or a distance learning diploma. Preferences can be discussed at interview.

We welcome applications from newly qualified pharmacists registering in Aug 2025 or experienced pharmacists ready for a new challenge.

Pharmacy in CTMUHB has a strong culture of learning and development with a focus on support and wellbeing. We work collaboratively across all sectors of pharmacy as ONE team.  All sites have established medicines management services and electronic discharge systems. Digital solutions for prescribing and managing medicines are due to be implemented. Pharmacists led clinics are well established and pharmacy staff are valued members of clinical multidisciplinary teams

Main duties of the job

  • The post holder will provide a safe and effective clinical pharmacy and ward-based medicines management service to clinical area(s) and advise medical staff and nurses on pharmacy matters.
  • Rotations are health board wide and could include, medicine, admissions, surgery, trauma & orthopaedics, frailty, palliative care, primary care and prison services.
  • The post holder must comply with current legislation and UHB policies. The recommendations contained within the Code of Ethics as issued by the General Pharmaceutical Council and the obligations in the Standards of Good Professional Practice will be upheld at all times.
  • The post holder will be expected to undertake post-graduation development as identified by service and post holder needs

     

    We want to build your network, so we expect all these posts to start together on the 1st August 2025. If you have prior commitments, please discuss this at interview.

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

Working for our organisation

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

Detailed job description and main 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

 

This is a  fixed term post for 24 months due to funding.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Vocational Master's Degree in Pharmacy
  • Registered with GPhC
  • Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
  • Member or RPS

Experience

Essential criteria
  • 1 year Trainee Pharmacist Program completion
  • Experience of Audit/Project work
Desirable criteria
  • Hospital Pharmacy Experience

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of Team Working and independent working
  • Positive attitude towards development (self and service)
  • Able to work independently
  • Enthusiastic and motivated
  • Flexible and adaptable to the service
  • Responsible for own actions
  • Positive attitude to improvement and development
  • Empathetic, diplomatic, professional

Aptitude and Abilites

Essential criteria
  • Effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
  • Computer, key board skills
  • Able to evaluate information and make decisions of highly complex facts
  • Effective organisational and prioritising skills
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to speak/learn Welsh
  • Effective time management and able to remain effective in a busy environment
  • Ability to manage self and others

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Age positiveDisability confident leaderStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.hyderus o ran anableddAccredited Living Wage EmployerWelsh logo for Armed Force Bronze Award for Cym Taf UHBAccredited Living Wage EmployerCore principlesPrentisiaethau Apprenticeships

Applicant requirements

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.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jane Hardwidge
Job title
Principal Pharmacist Workforce Development
Email address
[email protected]
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