Highly Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an innovative, self-motivated pharmacist, with experience working within mental health & learning disabilities, to join our friendly and progressive pharmacy team at Cefn Coed Hospital.

The role will include provision of specialist clinical pharmacy services to inpatient wards as well as clinical sessions in community based mental health, and primary care teams. We provide services to a wide range of mental health and learning disabilities inpatient wards both on and off site. These include adult, older peoples, rehabilitation, medium and low secure forensic and Learning Disabilities wards. We work closely with community mental health teams, and primary care, offering patient facing clinics and utilising clinical and prescribing skills.

Main duties of the job

We have an exciting opportunity for an innovative, self-motivated pharmacist, with experience working within mental health & learning disabilities, to join the pharmacy service at Cefn Coed Hospital.

The post holder will work with members of the pharmacy team to ensure a high quality, progressive clinical pharmacy service is provided wards and community based mental health and primary care teams. They will also participate in dispensary duties and provide clinical leadership to junior pharmacists and trainees.

In addition, the role will require the ongoing completion of core directorate activities such as reporting and analysis of medicines expenditure, clinical governance and risk management.

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

About us

We believe staff are our best asset and we want 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 or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placements and 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 that our 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