Job overview
The Mental Health Pharmacy Team has recently undergone a pharmacy service restructure, creating a number of exciting opportunities for service development and innovation. This role includes newly secured funding to support the delivery of pharmacy services to our Adolescent Mental Health Unit and Community Mental Health Teams.
The successful applicant will play a key role in shaping and developing these new services, demonstrating their value, and contributing to the ongoing improvement of patient care across mental health services.
Delivering a specialised clinical pharmacy service to promote and facilitate the safe, rational and cost-effective use of medicines within the Mental Health Care Group. The post holder will be expected to deliver clinical care directly to patients within specialist therapeutic areas, and to mentor and train post foundation, trainee and other pharmacists in this area of speciality. They will be expected to provide specialist clinical pharmacy advice at directorate, directorate speciality and other specialist meetings, developing policies and protocols with current evidence and best practices. They will be expected to undertake patient consultations and prescribe where appropriate.
Main duties of the job
To include providing clinical pharmacy services within the Outpatient Mental Health team including in Adult Community Mental Health Teams.
To include development, audit, monitoring and provision of clinical pharmacy services and directorate support services to the mental health directorate. This consists of providing specialist advice and expertise to clinicians, nursing staff, business and finance managers, to ensure the safe, effective and economic use of medicines.
To provide specialist clinical pharmacy advice at directorate, directorate speciality and other specialist meetings, developing policies and protocols with current evidence and best practices.
To deliver clinical care directly to patients within specialist therapeutic areas, and to mentor and train post foundation, trainee and other pharmacists in this area of speciality.
To take lead responsibility for the development and delivery of practice research within the area of specialism.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience as a clinical pharmacist
- Demonstrates knowledge and experience of working as Independent Prescribing in specialist area
Desirable
- Evidence of clinical audit, practice research
- Evidence of implementation of procedures/polcies/protocols
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrate advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement
- Able to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multi-disciplinary team and management
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role
- Positive attitude to change
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Master’s Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent e.g. BSc/BPharm/MPharm. Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Appropriate postgraduate qualification e.g. clinical diploma, or equivalent clinical experience
- Independent Prescriber
Desirable
- Member of RPS faculty or building portfolio for credentialling
- Member of Specialist professional group (RPS/CMHP)
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This advert is for Advanced Pharmacist – Mental Health with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board in Bridgend, Wales. It is listed as a Band 8 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £58,379 - £65,723 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 13 Aug 2026.
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