Pharmacist – Team Leader, Medicine - INTERNAL

Job Overview

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

This post is fixed term / secondment for 12 months from start date due to maternity cover. 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.

Are you a pharmacist ready to take the next step in clinical leadership as Team Leader for the Medical Directorate in IHC East? You’ll collaborate with Lead Pharmacists across Emergency Care, Surgery, Community Services, Primary Care, Mental Health, and Safe Medication Practice, alongside our senior pharmacy technician, to deliver our clinical strategy. Your role includes patient-facing sessions in your area of expertise, with full support to build on your clinical experience and progress your RPS credentialing journey. We are seeking a motivated, dynamic, and innovative pharmacist with significant clinical experience, strong interpersonal and communication skills, and a clear vision for the future. You should be confident in leading a team and representing pharmacy both internally and externally. Experience in quality improvement, service development, and staff management will be an advantage. This role is ideal for someone looking to develop or extend their clinical leadership, broaden their understanding of pharmacy operations, and demonstrate impact. You will be supported to enhance your clinical, leadership, managerial, research, and strategic skills.

Main duties of the job

To strategically lead, develop and implement a high-quality clinical pharmacy service as part of the multidisciplinary leadership team of the Medical Directorate.

To lead on developing a strategic vision and roadmap for pharmacy services within the directorate, taking into account the diverse skills of the wider pharmacy team.

To ensure the safe and effective use of medicines within the Medical directorate.

To lead and manage the pharmacy clinical team working in the division.

To act as a link pharmacist to the relevant clinical networks across BCUHB.

This post is a secondment for maternity leave to cover 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.

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

Working for our organisation

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework. Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme. Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form. Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered pharmacist with GPhC
• Masters Degree or equivalent in pharmacy
• Post-graduate diploma/MSc in relevant pharmacy area or equivalent documented experience in relevant area

Desirable criteria

• Practicing member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Management qualification or equivalent experience
• Teaching / assessing qualification
• Independent/supplementary prescriber
• MSc in advanced clinical practice or RPS credentialing at core advanced level

Experience

Essential criteria

• A substantive level of post qualification experience in primary care/secondary care.
• Able to demonstrate a suitable level of experience in providing specialist pharmacy services.
• Responsibility for performance management within pharmacy
• Experience of success in service development
• Experience of working effectively in a multi disciplinary environment
• Experience of writing and implementing business plans

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of pharmacy services to mental health and community services
• Experience of pharmacy management within the NHS including responsibility for staff and budgetary control.
• Development of services across the primary secondary care interface
• Demonstrable experience of managing conflicting priorities within tight budgets and/or time constraints

Personal Attributes (Demonstrable)

Essential Criteria

• Evidence of leadership skills and ability to influence and negotiate within the service, and external stakeholders.
• Good communicator, motivated and able to work as part of a team
• Ability to develop excellent working relationships with individuals and partner organisations

Other

Essential criteria

• Participate in the provision of on-call as appropriate to the individual or the service
• Participate in the provision of extended hours, weekend and public holiday Pharmacy services