Cluster Pharmacist - Cardiff South West Cluster inCardiff inCardiff PUBLISHED 3 DEC 2023

Band 8a: £51,706 to £58,210 a year per annum pro rata  PERMANENT 
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Cardiff South West Cluster team delivering a range of health and social care services to the Cluster population.

Main duties of the job

  • To work in collaboration with the Cluster and wider multi-disciplinary team and with voluntary organisations, local authority and other appropriate health and social care sectors to negotiate care provision across the primary/secondary care interface.
  • To support hub staff with patients that have complex needs, using evidence based / client centred principles to assess the patients needs, that may include accompanying on home visits.
  • To maintain clinical records in accordance with legal requirements and professional standards
  • Proactive and contributes to the cluster & hub projects.
  • Demonstrates effective communication skills internal and external to the team and competently disseminates information to a wide-ranging audience.
  • Complete complex hospital discharges for patients within the cluster.
  • Carry out complex medication reviews for NOAC patients.
  • Attend cluster meetings, MDTs, hub meetings,
  • Answering telephone calls, answering emails, complete admin duties within the hub,
  • Maintain up to date standard operating procedures (SOPs)
  • Review bloods for creatinine clearance
  • Polypharmacy reviews
  • Care Home reviews

This post will require you to work as part of a team and will require you to have strong IT skills and be confident in undertaking a range of computer-based activities.

In addition to the job summary, you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

The working hours for this post are within the hours of Monday to Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm for 22.5 hours a week.

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 an exciting opportunity to join the Cardiff South West Cluster team delivering a range of health and social care services to the Cluster population. We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed, customer focused, individual to join on a part-time position.

Cardiff South West Cluster comprises of 9 GP practices, working closely with key partner organisations to provide for the health and wellbeing of the cluster population based in Ely, Caerau, Canton, Riverside, Pontcanna with approximately 75,000 patients.


Our Cluster Vision
: 'Health and wellbeing for all who live and work in our community'

Our Purpose and Values are:


CARING
- We respect and value everyone for their contribution and we aim to show compassion to our patients at all times.


POSITIVITY
- We strive to be positive about primary care and its future and rise to the challenges facing us.


FAIRNESS
- We are consistent and fair in the way that we deal with people.


INNOVATION
- Bringing innovation approaches to our services and ways of working for the benefit of our patients.


COOPERATION
- We work together for the mutual benefit of all members of the cluster.

As a Cluster Pharmacist, based in the Integrated Care Hub, your role will be to ensure that a comprehensive service is delivered to both staff and patients.

We are looking for a professional, patient focused and hardworking individual, with a genuine passion for speaking to patients, eager to learn and keen to deliver in both performance and patient care. This is an excellent opportunity for a person with interpersonal and organisational skills to work as part of Cardiff South West Cluster team.

We are looking for a reliable person who must be able to work on their own initiative to support a team. You will be highly organised, proactive, professional and an excellent communicator and be an integral part of the team to provide a high standard of service to colleagues and patients.

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

Main duties of the job

  • To work in collaboration with the Cluster and wider multi-disciplinary team and with voluntary organisations, local authority and other appropriate health and social care sectors to negotiate care provision across the primary/secondary care interface.
  • To support hub staff with patients that have complex needs, using evidence based / client centred principles to assess the patients needs, that may include accompanying on home visits.
  • To maintain clinical records in accordance with legal requirements and professional standards
  • Proactive and contributes to the cluster & hub projects.
  • Demonstrates effective communication skills internal and external to the team and competently disseminates information to a wide-ranging audience.
  • Complete complex hospital discharges for patients within the cluster.
  • Carry out complex medication reviews for NOAC patients.
  • Attend cluster meetings, MDTs, hub meetings,
  • Answering telephone calls, answering emails, complete admin duties within the hub,
  • Maintain up to date standard operating procedures (SOPs)
  • Review bloods for creatinine clearance
  • Polypharmacy reviews
  • Care Home reviews

This post will require you to work as part of a team and will require you to have strong IT skills and be confident in undertaking a range of computer-based activities.

In addition to the job summary, you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

The working hours for this post are within the hours of Monday to Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm for 22.5 hours a week.

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 an exciting opportunity to join the Cardiff South West Cluster team delivering a range of health and social care services to the Cluster population. We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed, customer focused, individual to join on a part-time position.

Cardiff South West Cluster comprises of 9 GP practices, working closely with key partner organisations to provide for the health and wellbeing of the cluster population based in Ely, Caerau, Canton, Riverside, Pontcanna with approximately 75,000 patients.


Our Cluster Vision
: 'Health and wellbeing for all who live and work in our community'

Our Purpose and Values are:


CARING
- We respect and value everyone for their contribution and we aim to show compassion to our patients at all times.


POSITIVITY
- We strive to be positive about primary care and its future and rise to the challenges facing us.


FAIRNESS
- We are consistent and fair in the way that we deal with people.


INNOVATION
- Bringing innovation approaches to our services and ways of working for the benefit of our patients.


COOPERATION
- We work together for the mutual benefit of all members of the cluster.

As a Cluster Pharmacist, based in the Integrated Care Hub, your role will be to ensure that a comprehensive service is delivered to both staff and patients.

We are looking for a professional, patient focused and hardworking individual, with a genuine passion for speaking to patients, eager to learn and keen to deliver in both performance and patient care. This is an excellent opportunity for a person with interpersonal and organisational skills to work as part of Cardiff South West Cluster team.

We are looking for a reliable person who must be able to work on their own initiative to support a team. You will be highly organised, proactive, professional and an excellent communicator and be an integral part of the team to provide a high standard of service to colleagues and patients.

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



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