# Advanced Pharmacist – Mental Health > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-pharmacist-mental-health/ff0b9bc4-4dcf-493d-bed4-f6830650aa0b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-pharmacist-mental-health/ff0b9bc4-4dcf-493d-bed4-f6830650aa0b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board - **Location:** Bridgend - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £58,379 - £65,723 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, (Full/part time)37.5 hours Monday-Friday 8:30-17:30 with Bank Holiday and Weekend working as required - **Closing date:** 2026-08-13T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-30T10:40:41.226Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merthyr_Tydfil/Bridgend/Cwm_Taf_Morgannwg_University_Health_Board/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8194646 - **Employer website:** https://ctmuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### 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) ## Documents - [sdmp cymraeg (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10499729) - [jdps english (pdf, 968.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10499727) - [oh form - ig ffurflen (pdf, 640.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10499728) - [welsh language guidance (pdf, 300.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2974) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2845) - [ctmuhb staff benefits guide 2026 (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3057) - [ctmuhb staff benefits guide 2026 (pdf, 529.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3058) - [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 404.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1634) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.