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Salary Looking for an exciting opportunity to be part of an ambitious vision for pharmacy services across West Wales?
This is an exciting time to join our team as we embrace new clinical, technical and digital capabilities to professionally integrate pharmacy staff into front line patient care. If you can be part of a culture for doing things differently that will modernise the way that we provide care and the way that people access their care then we have the perfect opportunity for you to join the senior team.
If you are able to foster a culture of continuous improvement and can ensure pharmacy is at the forefront of innovation to deliver high quality patient care then Hywel Dda is the perfect place for you to take the next step in your career.
To provide leadership and governance oversight for Health Board wide provision of medicines to support, improve and advance standards of care.
Accountable for the continuous improvement of Pharmacy services, leading the transformational change of pharmacy and Directorate clinical services that allow for the adoption of new innovations and technologies that enable Prudent and Value Based healthcare.
Ensure the Health Board makes best use of technology and new pharmacological therapies so that innovation and therapeutic advancements deliver prudent and Value Based Healthcare ensuring efficient use of resource for maximising the benefit gain from medicines.
Lead the governance of the Pharmacy and Medicines Management Directorate and the core pharmacy functions of an Access to Medicines Hub across the Health Board, coordinating a regional approach, across secondary and primary care settings, for the prescribing, procurement, supply, administration, use, monitoring of medicines.
Develop and implement innovative strategies to ensure visibility of medicines data to ensure timely and efficient access to medications, regulatory and professional adherence; provide governance oversight as an enabler for high quality services across the Health Board.
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
48 general practices (six of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Interviews will be held on 17.04.2024
