We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Team at Singleton Hospital. The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day leadership and management of the pharmacy service to the Acute Oncology/Haematology wards., We are looking for a pharmacist to provide a pharmacy service to wards and dispensary. You will be involved with various new projects and initiatives to develop our service in a changing landscape whilst always ensuring safe and effective medicines management for our patients.

Singleton is the Centre of Excellence for Cancer for South West Wales, Women's and Children's Health including maternity services and NICU are also a large directorate on site with the addition of surgery, ophthalmology, dermatology, HIV & sexual health.

The post holder will provide the required clinical pharmacy and prescribing support to help manage oncology/haematology inpatients, and their subsequent discharge from the ward. They will work closely with pharmacy colleagues, nursing staff, and other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the delivery of high-quality pharmaceutical care.

There will be potential for future opportunities to develop and utilise independent prescribing as part of the ward MDT.

Main duties of the job

Working alongside clinical colleagues you will be integrated into the multidisciplinary team to support all the pharmaceutical needs at ward level, and be proactive in provision of timely evidence-based advice to prescribers to enhance patient care and promote cost-effective use of medicines.

The post-holder would participate in a rota to cover Clinical Pharmacy wards & dispensary duties.

Supervision, mentoring and training of junior colleagues will also be a major component of the job.

In addition, the role will require the ongoing completion of core directorate activities including analysis of medicines expenditure, clinical governance audits, service improvement projects and risk management.

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.

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