Advanced Pharmacist - Renal

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic, motivated, and dynamic clinical pharmacist looking to work within a well-respected Clinical Team in a role that offers opportunities to develop prescribing clinics within chronic kidney disease and kidney transplant follow up?

Based in our dialysis units, this role is ideal for a pharmacist looking to maximise existing renal clinical knowledge and prescribing skills, whilst also expanding clinical leadership experience. You will be supported by the North Wales Renal Teams and Clinical Network to contribute to audit and clinical governance developing guidelines and clinical pathways. There will be ample opportunity to expand the clinical aspect of the role and this is actively encouraged by the consultant nephrology team and specialist nurses.

As a team, we have a strong commitment to advancing pharmacy clinical practice and embedding effective medicines optimisation systems into patient care across the whole system. We are therefore looking for individuals with good organisational and communication skills who are keen to be involved in the further development of clinical services and can carefully challenge the status quo.

The successful candidate will play an influential role in the patients care pathway whilst building upon proven clinical skills through team leadership, multidisciplinary and collaborative working, both within primary and secondary care.

Main duties of the job

• Lead a safe and effective specialist clinical pharmacy service to allocated area
• Undertake professional and clinical pharmacist's duties
• Provides expert pharmaceutical advice and support within both primary and secondary care services as required.
• Develop, encourage and promote evidence-based, cost effective use of medicines.
• To be involved in the training of diploma, pre-registration and other pharmacists in area of speciality.
• Assist in providing clinical training and supervision of pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals.
• To be involved in the development and delivery of practice research, service and quality improvement
• Develop policies, protocols and guidelines within allocated area.
• Work in partnership with service users, other health and social care colleagues, to achieve the optimum health outcome for service users. work within the scope of practice

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

About us

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.