Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 9 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Per annum) Job ref 130-PST079-1225
Employer Swansea Bay University Health Board Employer type NHS Site Swansea Bay University Health Board Town Swansea Salary £110,818 - £127,523 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/12/2025 23:59
Director of Pharmacy
Band 9
Welcome toSwansea BayUniversity Health Board. We welcome applications from people who share our values: caring for each other, working together and always improving.
Swansea BayUniversity Health Board reserve the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff currently awaiting redeployment and we therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Job overview
The post holder will have significant corporate and professional accountability and responsibility for all pharmacy, medicines management and prescribing matters within the Health Board. Responsible for providing visible transformational and strategic leadership for the division; ensuring service development, improvement and modernisation aligns with and is responsive to national strategies, professional agendas and the strategic/ operational objectives of the Health Board. Provide expert pharmaceutical advice to the Board and other statutory bodies, in accordance with legislation and best practice in developing medicines management and therapeutics across the Health Board.
Main duties of the job
Accountable for ensuring compliance with pharmaceutical legislation, including the Human Medicines Regulations 2012, Controlled Drugs Regulations, and General Pharmaceutical Council standards.
Ensure appropriate licensing arrangements are in place with the MHRA under the Human Medicines Regulations. Lead the development and implementation of strategies, policies, and procedures to support the safe, effective, and efficient use of medicines across the Health Board, translating national policy into local delivery. Oversee audit and research activities aligned with NHS objectives for medicines management, and actively contribute to pharmacy service development across Wales through participation in relevant professional groups. Develop long-term strategic plans for clinically and cost-effective medicines use within Health Board pathways, fostering partnerships with NHS and external organisations. Hold operational accountability for pharmacy and medicines management teams, associated budgets, and staffing to ensure safe and effective service delivery.
Working for our organisation
We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.
There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed outline of the job requirements
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome
Person specification
Qualifications
* Master’s degree in Pharmacy, Advanced practical and theoretical knowledge of a range of clinical and technical pharmacy practice areas. Expert knowledge of and experience in implementing strategies and plans for the delivery of services and policy directives.
* Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society/ General Pharmaceutical Council.
* Postgraduate Clinical or Technical Pharmacy qualification, Postgraduate management qualification relevant to the NHS – or demonstrable equivalent experience.
* Advanced knowledge of medicines management issues across a range of settings, of strategic and service developments and relevant regulatory frameworks underpinning medicines management within the NHS.
Experience
* Demonstrable at a senior management level within NHS (acute, primary care or community) pharmacy services, of leading and effectively managing complex change.
* A proven track record of dealing with highly complicated situations and the delivery of challenging corporate objectives. Evidence of working within a highly complex and politically sensitive organisation.
* Advanced experience of financial and human resource management.
* Experience of working with clinicians to deliver challenging cost reduction programmes whilst maintaining service quality of successfully influencing senior management and other professionals.
* Evidence of commitment to Continuing Professional Development.
* Experience of a teaching/tutoring role.
* Evidence of research.
Aptitude and abilities
* Adhere to and can demonstrate SBU Values & Behaviours.
* Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and present to large groups and facilitation workshops.
* Negotiates and influences effectively with internal and external contacts. Financial acumen, able to manage budgets and deliver against stretching organisational targets.
* Ability to interpret large amounts of complex information and make appropriate strategic and operational decisions, to work on multiple complex tasks simultaneously and produce high quality work within tight deadlines and within resource constraints.
* Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.
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.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and applications are welcomed from persons with disabilities. A disability will not prejudice your application. If you are unable to submit your application in the requested format because of a disability please contact the Recruitment Team, who will agree a more suitable way for you to apply. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification will be invited to interview.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Ceri Gimblett Job title SERVICE GROUP DIRECTOR NPTS Email address ceri.gimblett@wales.nhs.uk Telephone number 01792 285263
Richard Evans- Executive Medical Director - richard.evans9@wales.nhs.uk
or
Deb Lewis - Chief Operating Officer - Deb.lewis@wales.nhs.uk
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