Start Date
Immediate
Expiry Date
19 Jul, 25
Salary
0.0
Posted On
19 Apr, 25
Experience
0 year(s) or above
Remote Job
Yes
Telecommute
Yes
Sponsor Visa
No
Skills
Good communication skills
Industry
Hospital/Health Care
This is a fixed term/secondment post until 30/07/2027 t o meet the needs of the service.
If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.
Hywel Dda are offering an exciting opportunity for a passionate, motivated, forward-thinking pharmacist to advance their clinical experience and training and provide high quality care to our patients.
This post provides a unique opportunity to rotate through services specialising in delivering oncology and haematology treatments to our patients.
You will be an integral member of the technical services team at Withybush hospital and work as part of the MDT on the inpatient cancer ward and support oncology/haematology clinics. You will be mentored by our established team of specialist oncology pharmacists who are fully integrated into the multidisciplinary team, each of them manage a pharmacist led oncology clinic utilising their non-medical prescriber skills in lung, breast and urological cancer.
This post offers the opportunity to enhance your knowledge and skills through a clinical diploma and the option to undertake and use a non-medical prescribing qualification.
To provide a clinical pharmacy service to patients and wards in accordance with clinical guidelines, specialising in oncology and haematology.
To participate in the pharmacy technical services rota.
To be involved in audit and service improvement activities within cancer services and pharmacy technical services.
To act as a role model and to train and supervise other pharmacy staff as allocated. This may include undergraduate pharmacy students and pre-registration pharmacists.
To undertake the role of responsible pharmacist, undertake Emergency Duty Commitment (on-call) and work weekends and Bank holidays as part of a rota.
The post includes formal development opportunities from either the structured HEIW Post-registration Foundation Training Programme or a distance learning clinical diploma. Both these qualifications provide the foundation for excellent career development and a platform for professional and personal development. To meet the criteria for the HEIW post-Foundation training programme you must be qualifying in July 2025 or have registered with the GPhC after July 2024.
Unsure what day to day life as a pharmacist at Withybush technical services may be like? See the contact details below to arrange an informal chat or visit.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 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.
Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.
Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion).
COMMUNITY FACILITIES, INCLUDING:
48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes.
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
This new and exciting opportunity will provide a pharmacist with the chance to fully immerse themselves in the oncology/haematology services in Hywel Dda University Health board, understanding and delivering oncology and haematology treatments to patients through the aseptic unit including the production but also at a patient facing level for a well rounded experience.
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Interviews will be held on 15.05.2
Please refer the Job description for details