Associate Clinical Director of Pharmacy and Medicines Management in TBC inTBC PUBLISHED WED 5 FEB 2025 Jump to job information section

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional, creative and dynamic leader with a proven track record of clinical services delivery and innovation. This is an exciting time for Hywel Dda UHB with the development and implementation of the Transforming Clinical Services Strategy that will change the way we deliver our services. Pharmacy is an expanding profession with new developments and many opportunities arising, including stronger relationships with local universities to bring research into practice.

The successful candidate will support the Clinical Director of Pharmacy and Medicines Management to provide strategic, clinical and professional leadership for the development of pharmacy services across Hywel Dda University Health Board. They will work in close collaboration with senior leaders to deliver the vision for pharmacy services across the sectors, developing and delivering innovative, high quality services to improve patient care.

They will be responsible for developing a confident and flexible workforce working seamlessly across the Health Board in partnership with the team and wider professions.

This postholder will:

• Be a key member of the Senior Pharmacy Leadership team and responsible for ensuring a high quality and effective Pharmacy and Medicines Management service is provided across the Health Board to our patients.
• Lead and develop medicines management services across hospital sites and primary care, developing integrated clinical service strategies to improve medicines management across the Health Board, delivering on the actions of the Clinical Pharmacy Service Review to align the service to meet current and future needs of the Health Board.
• Be responsible for the medicines management service improvement, business planning and financial management across the Health Board, taking a lead role to develop and implement strategy, policy and operational plans, including the provision of aseptic services and homecare services.
• Work in close collaboration with the Clinical Director to bring research and development into pharmacy practice and ensure that a programme of research and development activity is developed, including the identification of the resources required to support this programme.
• Lead on the Health Board's cost improvement plans for Pharmacy and Medicines Management to work collaboratively with the Senior Pharmacy Leadership team, prescribers and other healthcare staff to ensure that prescribing budgets are managed effectively, providing expert advice on all aspects of medicines management, including evidence-based and economic use of medicines.

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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.

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.

If successfully shortlisted you will be asked to complete psychometric assessments. Information regarding these and the stakeholder panels/interview will be sent to you following completion of shortlisting.

Stakeholder panels will be held on 27/03/2025.

Interviews will be held on 28/03/2025.