Pharmacist – Team Leader, Surgery

Team Leader for pharmacy in the Surgical Directorate of IHC East at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, offered as a fixed-term secondment until February 2027. It centres on leading a clinical pharmacy service and its team, with a strategic remit for safe medicines use. It stands out for drugs and therapeutics committee representation, links to clinical networks across the health board, and a Welsh-language preference open to English speakers.

Applicants need their current line manager's permission before applying.

• Lead, develop and implement a high-quality clinical pharmacy service as part of the Surgical Directorate's multidisciplinary leadership team
• Develop a strategic vision and roadmap for pharmacy services in the directorate, drawing on the wider pharmacy team's skills
• Lead and manage the pharmacy clinical team in the division
• Ensure the safe and effective use of medicines within the Surgical Directorate
• Represent surgery on the drugs and therapeutics committee and policies and procedures group, and other groups as required
• Act as link pharmacist to relevant clinical networks across the health board
• Work with lead pharmacists across emergency care, medicine, community services, primary care, mental health and safe medication practice to deliver the clinical strategy

• Masters degree or equivalent in pharmacy
• Postgraduate diploma or MSc in a relevant pharmacy area, or equivalent documented experience in that area

• Registered pharmacist with the GPhC

• Substantive post-qualification experience in primary or secondary care
• Experience of providing specialist pharmacy services
• Responsibility for performance management within pharmacy
• Experience of success in service development
• Experience of working effectively in a multidisciplinary environment
• Experience of writing and implementing business plans

• Evidence of leadership skills, and of influencing and negotiating within the service and with external stakeholders
• Good communicator who is motivated and able to work as part of a team
• Ability to build excellent working relationships with individuals and partner organisations

• Participation in on-call as appropriate to the individual or service
• Participation in extended hours, weekend and public holiday pharmacy services

• Practising member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Management qualification or equivalent experience, including NHS pharmacy management of staff and budgets
• Teaching or assessing qualification
• Independent or supplementary prescriber
• MSc in advanced clinical practice or RPS credentialing at core advanced level
• Knowledge of mental health and community pharmacy services, and service development across primary and secondary care
• Experience of managing conflicting priorities within tight budgets or time constraints
• Ability to speak Welsh

• Support to develop clinical, leadership, managerial, research and strategic skills