Cluster Pharmacist - Cardiff South West Cluster

As a Cluster Pharmacist, based in the Integrated Care Hub, your role will be to ensure that a comprehensive service is delivered to both staff and patients., + To work in collaboration with the Cluster and wider multi-disciplinary team and with voluntary organisations, local authority and other appropriate health and social care sectors to negotiate care provision across the primary/secondary care interface.
+ To support hub staff with patients that have complex needs, using evidence based / client centred principles to assess the patients needs, that may include accompanying on home visits.
+ To maintain clinical records in accordance with legal requirements and professional standards
+ Proactive and contributes to the cluster & hub projects.
+ Demonstrates effective communication skills internal and external to the team and competently disseminates information to a wide-ranging audience.
+ Complete complex hospital discharges for patients within the cluster.
+ Carry out complex medication reviews for NOAC patients.
+ Attend cluster meetings, MDTs, hub meetings,
+ Answering telephone calls, answering emails, complete admin duties within the hub,
+ Maintain up to date standard operating procedures (SOPs)
+ Review bloods for creatinine clearance
+ Polypharmacy reviews
+ Care Home reviews
This post will require you to work as part of a team and will require you to have strong IT skills and be confident in undertaking a range of computer-based activities.
In addition to the job summary, you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
The working hours for this post are within the hours of Monday to Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm for 22.5 hours a week.
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.
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated. We aim to create a working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential no matter their disability, sex, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity or marriage and civil partnership status. We are keen to break down barriers in the UHB, and encourage applications from under-represented groups.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves 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.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
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.

We are looking for a professional, patient focused and hardworking individual, with a genuine passion for speaking to patients, eager to learn and keen to deliver in both performance and patient care. This is an excellent opportunity for a person with interpersonal and organisational skills to work as part of Cardiff South West Cluster team.
We are looking for a reliable person who must be able to work on their own initiative to support a team. You will be highly organised, proactive, professional and an excellent communicator and be an integral part of the team to provide a high standard of service to colleagues and patients.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health
and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone and to delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together". We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board's Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic
objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future. We have challenging times ahead, but we are confident that by tackling these challenges together, we can support people to live healthier lives and reduce the unfair differences in
the prevalence of illness and health outcomes we see in our communities today. We aspire to deliver outstanding care and treatment for people when they need it, where they need it; care that compares well with the best in the world, but to do so, we need to transform how we deliver services over the
next decade and beyond.
We are a values-driven organisation and out goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Created by colleagues, patients and their families and carers, our values are:
+ We are kind and caring
+ We are respectful
+ We have trust and integrity
+ We take personal responsibility
As an organisation we strongly believe that it is vital our leaders exhibit the behaviours and values that we expect from all our staff.
We are a teaching Health Board with close links to the university sector, and together we are training the next generation of healthcare professionals, while working on research that will hopefully unlock the cures for today's illnesses
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed, This is an exciting opportunity to join the Cardiff South West Cluster team delivering a range of health and social care services to the Cluster population. We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed, customer focused, individual to join on a part-time position.
Cardiff South West Cluster comprises of 9 GP practices, working closely with key partner organisations to provide for the health and wellbeing of the cluster population based in Ely, Caerau, Canton, Riverside, Pontcanna with approximately 75,000 patients.
Our Cluster Vision: 'Health and wellbeing for all who live and work in our community'
Our Purpose and Values are:
CARING - We respect and value everyone for their contribution and we aim to show compassion to our patients at all times.
POSITIVITY - We strive to be positive about primary care and its future and rise to the challenges facing us.
FAIRNESS - We are consistent and fair in the way that we deal with people.
INNOVATION - Bringing innovation approaches to our services and ways of working for the benefit of our patients.
COOPERATION - We work together for the mutual benefit of all members of the cluster., Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.