GP Practice Based Pharmacist

Job summary

Monmouthshire North GP Cluster (NCN) is looking to recruit an experienced Pharmacist who will join our NCN, as part ofan award-winning organisation and one of the largest Health Boards in Wales.

We are a cluster of 7 GP Practices across the North Monmouthshire area which serves a population of c.55,000.

Monmouthshire has it all - a mix of beautiful market towns and award-winning rural areas within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Not only are the GP Practices of Monmouthshire a great place to work, Monmouthshire is an amazing place to live with brilliant country primary and secondary schools, a fantastic welcoming community ethos and easy transport routes to Cardiff, Bristol, Bath and Gloucester to name but a few.

For some time, our practices have been diversifying their teams to include a range of Health Professionals of varying skills and expertise, and we are delighted to be able to further enhance that ethos by recruiting a Pharmacist. Our practices are used to training healthcare professionals and are keen to use this skill set to help support our campaign.

The Pharmacist will have the opportunity to develop and enhance their skill set with regular personal appraisals. To thrive in this challenging, exciting, and demanding role you will require commitment, resilience, and an eagerness to succeed. You will need to have confidence to communicate and influence groups and individuals at all levels while remaining committed to providing excellent patient care.

Main duties of the job

Rota/Working hours

As per Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, you are required to work 33.75 hours per week (excluding meal breaks). These hours are to be worked Monday to Friday and will not include weekends and bank holidays.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

Please read the attached job description and person specification for the full details of this post.

The post-holder will primarily be required to see patients registered with Usk Surgery and Wye Valley Practice. However, there will be a requirement for you to support other GP practice populations in North Monmouthshire NCN. The role will involve working in the main, out of GP practices, but as the important work around delivering care on a Place-Based basis, you will also be required to work from local Wellbeing Hubs

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

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.