At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead antimicrobial stewardship and collaborate with healthcare teams to enhance patient safety.
- Company: Join Hywel Dda University Health Board, a progressive NHS provider in Wales.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and support for bilingualism.
- Other info: Flexible working hours with opportunities for career growth and training.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on antimicrobial resistance and improve patient care.
- Qualifications: Must be a registered pharmacist with a Master's degree and relevant experience.
The predicted salary is between 58379 - 65723 £ per year.
We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic pharmacist to lead the antimicrobial stewardship strategy within Bronglais Hospital, allowing the post holder to make a real difference to antimicrobial resistance. We are looking for a highly motivated Pharmacist with excellent communication, interpersonal and time management skills. Working closely with patients and the multidisciplinary team you will need to be enthusiastic, and have excellent problem solving skills. We are looking for an individual who can work independently with excellent prioritization skills and the ability to use their initiative. Applicants must be registered as pharmacists with the GPhC, and completed a Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent).
We are a patient-centred and progressive team who collaborate closely with the multidisciplinary teams enhancing patient safety through professional advice to prescribers, discharge planning and attending antimicrobial ward rounds.
Main duties of the job
Working with the Medicines Management Team, Consultant and specialist grade Microbiologists and other Health Board Antimicrobial Pharmacists, you will help to deliver antimicrobial stewardship throughout the hospital. You will help deliver these ambitions using several initiatives and interventions, including local and national audits and feedback; contributing to and implementing local and national antimicrobial prescribing guidelines; working towards achieving Welsh Government targets and supporting the education and training of health care workers in antimicrobial stewardship. Approximately half the time will be spent on antibiotic related duties and the other half on other clinical duties. You will work with the multidisciplinary team, monitoring financial expenditure, undertaking research and service improvement, alongside supporting the core pharmacy services in the dispensary and on wards. As an advanced Pharmacist you will be responsible for the co-ordination and delivery of a patient focused clinical pharmacy service. The successful candidate will work within general medical wards, developing their pharmacist role with potential to develop in pharmacist led clinics as an IP. Applicants will be required to take part in the weekend, bank holiday and on-call rota.
About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties. We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services. We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.
Person Specification
- Qualifications and Knowledge
- Essential: Masters degree in Pharmacy
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate MSc or Diploma in area of practice or equivalent experience or qualifications
- Desirable: Independent Prescriber
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Accredited supervisor for foundation or post foundation Pharmacists
- Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines (Leeds University) or equivalent if role includes aseptics
- Registered as QC if role includes aseptics
- Experience
- Essential: Specialist knowledge of medicines management systems and process in an integrated NHS
- Knowledge and experience of healthcare
- Specialist knowledge of own field of practice gained through diploma level training and experience
- Desirable: Demonstrate specialist knowledge in more than one field.
- Practice Research Experience
- Training and education of pharmacy staff and other HCPs
- Experience of managing change
- Experience of service improvement
- Language Requirements
- Desirable: Welsh speaker - level 1
- Other
- Essential: Flexible approach to needs of the service to undertake on call work, weekend and evening opening.
- Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner.
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