Pharmacy Educational Resource Developer and Secondary Care Lead

An exciting opportunity for a suitably experienced registered Pharmacy professional has become available at Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW).
The post will provide operational and strategic planning support to the Head of Programme Development in formulating the HEIW educational resource programme to support the pharmacy team in secondary care in line with its commissions
The postholder will lead the implementation of agreed secondary care training priorities for clinical pharmacy practice, working with all health board secondary care educational pharmacy leads to benefit service improvement in the delivery of patient care.
If you are looking for an exciting new challenge to work within an organisation who is committed to innovation, improvement and high-quality education and training, then this job could be for you., Lead and build a network of local stakeholders to consult with regarding the specific learning needs of the secondary care workforce within the pharmacy team
To network and communicate, with a wide range of stakeholders within the pharmacy profession and the wider NHS at a strategic and operational level to gather complex information on areas of clinical and professional practice to inform secondary care development work
Lead the implementation of agreed secondary care training priorities for clinical pharmacy practice working autonomously with all health board secondary care educational pharmacy leads to benefit service improvement in the delivery of patient care
Recruit and collaborate with clinical experts to agree and design required content for educational resources where topics can be highly complex in nature, contain highly sensitive and contentious skill

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable.
It is essential that your application demonstrates how you meet the job description / person specification for this post.
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.

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers. Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.
HEIW's is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:
- Respect for All in every contact we have with others,
- Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,
- Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.
HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.
What you can expect:
- a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,
- compassionate leadership,
- a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,
- the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.
Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as "One HEIW Team". Do you want to join that team?