Job overview

Are you ready to play a leading role in transforming the pharmacy profession for generations to come?

This is a unique opportunity to join Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) as Pharmacy Dean, a nationally significant leadership role at the heart of healthcare education and workforce transformation in Wales. With a focus on strategic innovation, system-wide collaboration, and measurable impact, this post offers the chance to shape the future of pharmacy education, policy, and practice—not just in Wales, but across the UK.

As Pharmacy Dean, you will lead the development of a world-class pharmacy workforce equipped to meet the evolving needs of patients, communities, and the NHS. You’ll provide visionary leadership for the Pharmacy Deanery, working alongside senior healthcare leaders and policymakers to implement sustainable and forward-thinking education strategies.

From shaping national policy and driving multi-professional working, to embedding digital innovation and championing quality in education, this is a role for a trailblazer—someone who can see the big picture and bring people together to deliver real and lasting change.

This is more than a job. It’s your opportunity to lead with purpose, influence the future, and make a meaningful impact on health outcomes across Wales.

Closing Date: 26^th May 2025

Assessment centre – week commencing 9^th June 2025

Interview date – 17^th June 2025

Main duties of the job

·       Leading the development and implementation of a high-impact pharmacy workforce strategy for Wales.

·       Overseeing the commissioning, quality assurance, and continuous improvement of pharmacy education and training.

·       Managing a team of approximately 50 staff and leading a group of senior professional pharmacy leaders.

·       Representing HEIW on national forums, shaping UK-wide pharmacy education and workforce policy.

·       Driving multi-professional collaboration and digital innovation in pharmacy education.

·       Ensuring alignment with the HEIW Integrated Medium-Term Plan and the national Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care.

·       Monitoring performance, budgets, and governance across a wide-ranging portfolio of education and workforce initiatives.

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

Working for our organisation

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers.  Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.

HEIW’s is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:

- Respect for All in every contact we have with others,

- Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,

- Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.

HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.

What you can expect:

- a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,

- compassionate leadership,

- a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,

- the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.

Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as “One HEIW Team”. Do you want to join that team?