Post-Registration Foundation Pharmacist

Job summary

Are you a newly qualified pharmacist, due to qualify this summer or looking to move into the hospital sector? Then this could be the opportunity to launch your career as a hospital pharmacist.

Come and join the large pharmacy team at Cardiff & Vale UHB for an exciting chance to develop your skills and experience as a post-registration foundation pharmacist. If successful, you will have the opportunity to complete a structured training programme to support your development within the hospital environment and progress your career with us. We have an excellent history of developing pharmacists to advance to more senior roles both within Cardiff & Vale and further afield. We recognise that our profession's future leadership will come from pharmacists like you, with drive and ability. Join our highly motivated team and share in our values, caring for people, keeping them well.

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

This post is Fixed term/secondment for 24 months from start date, due to funding. 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

Main duties of the job

As a post-registration foundation pharmacist you will work in a variety of clinical areas, using your skills within the ward based multi-disciplinary team to ensure optimal and safe medicines are prescribed for your patients.

You will gain experience in a variety of ward specialities, dispensary services, technical services and medicines information.

You will undertake a structured training programme, with support from experienced practitioners, to build confidence and competence to provide pharmaceutical care to complex and specialist areas. Your structured training programme will be supplemented by local learning opportunities to address your own identified learning needs. Your development aim for the post will be to start your Royal Pharmaceutical Society credentialing journey to enable you to progress into advanced roles after this post.

The pharmacy team provides a 7-day service. This role will include ward and dispensary support over weekends, bank holidays and on-call on a rota basis.

About us

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.