Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced Pharmacist to join the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB)  Pharmacy team within Medicine.  The post holder will be based at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, and will be responsible for leading the provision of medicines and medicine optimisation to medical specialities bases on experience/interests (including admission, endocrinology, care of the elderly, acute medicine, etc).  The successful candidate will work in close partnership with the Divisional Pharmacist for Medicine to lead the pharmacy service and will be assigned a directorate to support upon appointment. 

The successful candidate will possess influencing and negotiating skills, as well as being an excellent communicator and will work as part of a cluster team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. As a clinical leader in your speciality, you will support the pharmacy senior management team in areas such as clinical audit, implementation of medicines optimisation strategies, and service improvements aimed at enhancing the benefits that the pharmacy team bring to our medical patients.

This post is fixed term/secondment for 24 months to 31/03/2028 to meet the needs of the service.  If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.    

Main duties of the job

Key areas of responsibility will include:  

• The planning and delivery of the pharmacy service to medicine at RGH.  
• Management of condition specific therapy, including high-cost medicines within assigned directorate area within medicine. 
• Education and training of Pharmacist trainees, junior Pharmacists and multidisciplinary colleagues 
• Working to ensure adequate medicines safety, and financial governance associated with medicines use. 
• Working collaboratively with pharmacy colleagues across all sites to maintain continuity of care for patients and to unify working practices.  
• Formulating medicine policies and guidelines that promote rational and economical prescribing in conjunction with medical staff. 
• Attending and contributing to Directorate/Speciality meetings.
• Reporting of clinical incidents and responding to medication errors by helping review practice and decrease risks. 

This role will be challenging but immensely rewarding.  This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your engagement and networking skills, as well as hone your clinical pharmacy skills within medicine.

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

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.