Job overview
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will support the delivery of education and training across the pharmacy team, including trainee pharmacists, technicians, undergraduates, and post-registrants. You will play an active part in creating a positive learning environment through mentoring, coaching, and supporting the professional development of others. The post includes a clinical component, allowing you to continue contributing to patient-facing services and medicines optimisation. This blend of responsibilities ensures you maintain clinical impact while supporting colleagues in their growth and progression. You will also be involved in training activities such as education sessions, supervision, and one-to-one support, as well as contributing to quality improvement and research initiatives. The post supports service resilience through participation in weekend and bank holiday rotas and plays a key role in improving the overall training experience within Morriston Hospital. You will work closely with senior colleagues and the wider education and training team to ensure site-level training needs are met. Your involvement will help strengthen the department’s capacity to deliver high-quality care and support a growing, dynamic workforce.
Working for our organisation
At Swansea Bay University Health Board, we believe that our staff are our greatest asset, and we are committed to ensuring that you feel supported as you begin your career with us.
As one of the largest healthcare providers in the UK, we offer extensive professional training and development opportunities in an innovative and forward-thinking environment. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and are an inclusive employer committed to equality and diversity.
If you're looking for an exciting career with excellent training opportunities, all while enjoying the stunning natural scenery and vibrant city life that Swansea has to offer, this role could be perfect for you!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Essential Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential criteria
1. Masters Degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
2. Post Graduate MSc/ Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience
3. Member of the GPhC
4. Commitment to continuing personal development (CPD).
Desirable criteria
5. Evidence of Leadership/ Management further learning e.g. qualification, course certificate.
Essential Aptitude and abilities
Essential criteria
6. Good communicator, motivated, able to work as part of a team. Innovative and well organised. Confident and calm.
7. Recognises need for sensitive and confidential handling of patient related information. Able to cope with emotional demands of patient involvement.
8. Ability to concentrate when frequently under pressure and subject to interruptions
9. Act as a role model, leadership and negotiating skills, assertive, Tactful, Persuasive good verbal/written communication negotiating and influencing skills skills
Essential Experience
Essential criteria
10. Experience as clinical pharmacist in specialist area.
11. Experience of contributing into the pharmaceutical care in specialist area.
12. Evidence of clinical audit, service improvement and implementation of procedures and protocols.
Desirable criteria
13. Teaching experience. Experience of being a preregistration pharmacist tutor. Represented pharmacy at national forum in specialist field.
Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable