Advanced Pharmacist

4 days ago


Swansea, City and County of Swansea, United Kingdom Hywel Dda University Health Board Full time

Contract: 12 months (Fixed Term / Secondment until 01/09/2025)

Hours: Part time - 19 hours per week (To be determined on appointment)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative and inspirational pharmacist to join our expanding pharmacy team.

We are looking for a dedicated pharmacist that will provide clinical expertise and leadership within the pharmacy service to ensure a high level of pharmaceutical input and delivery of high quality antimicrobial stewardship service across the site. In post you will be an integral part of the MDT, promoting antimicrobial stewardship to a complex cohort of patients and play a vital role in the training of pharmacy, medical and nursing staff on antimicrobials use within the field. The post holder will have significant clinical experience and strong interpersonal skills and ideally with specialist level antimicrobial stewardship work experience.

You must hold a Master of Pharmacy degree or equivalent and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and will have completed a post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy.

Main duties of the job

As an Advanced Pharmacist you will have an ability to develop effective working relationships, to challenge and to prioritise your own work. You will need to be reliable, efficient, responsive and demonstrate a flexible approach to the needs of this challenging and growing service. The successful post holder will also require excellent communication skills, be self-motivated, innovative and committed to providing high quality care to patients.

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

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.



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