Job requirements
Essential
15 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Significant experience of leading pharmacy education, training or workforce initiatives at a national level.
- Experience
Significant senior leadership experience in pharmacy workforce, education or service development
- Experience
Track record of delivering complex, large-scale programmes or transformation initiatives
- Experience
Experience of influencing policy and working at a national/system level.
- Experience
Experience of budget management, commissioning, and financial accountability
- Experience
Extensive experience of stakeholder engagement across organisational boundaries
- Skills and Attributes
Highly developed strategic thinking and leadership capability.
- Skills and Attributes
Advanced negotiation and influencing skills, including managing complex and contentious issues
- Skills and Attributes
Ability to interpret complex information and develop innovative, evidence-based solutions.
- Skills and Attributes
Ability to build and sustain strategic partnerships and networks.
- Skills and Attributes
Strong commitment to improving workforce capability and patient outcomes.
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Registered Pharmacist or Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), or able to demonstrate equivalent professional credibility and expertise in pharmacy education
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Master's level knowledge of pharmacy education, workforce transformation and professional development, acquired through postgraduate study and/or substantial senior-level experience.
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Extensive knowledge of: oPost-registration pharmacy professional progression, capability development, credentialling and assurance at a national level o NHS Wales workforce and service landscape. o Enhanced, advanced, consultant and emerging equivalent levels of pharmacy practice, including application to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians as frameworks evolve. oNational policy, strategy and regulatory frameworks
- Qualifications and Knowledge
A depth of profession knowledge and skills across a range of disciplines such as education management, financial management, performance management, information systems and staff management.
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Other
Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards.
Job overview
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is seeking an exceptional and visionary leader to join the Pharmacy Deanery as Associate Pharmacy Dean – Post-registration Pharmacy Pathways.
This is a unique opportunity to provide national strategic leadership for the development of post-registration pharmacy career pathways across Wales, supporting the advancement of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians throughout their professional careers.
Working at a senior system level, you will lead the development, implementation and assurance of nationally recognised professional progression and credentialling pathways, ensuring the pharmacy workforce has the capability, skills and recognition required to meet the changing needs of patients and services across NHS Wales.
We are looking for an experienced and inspirational leader who can demonstrate:
- Significant senior leadership experience within pharmacy education, workforce, professional development or service transformation.
- A strong track record of delivering complex programmes and influencing policy at a national or system level.
- Extensive knowledge of post-registration pharmacy education, professional progression and workforce development.
- Exceptional strategic thinking, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
- A passion for developing the pharmacy workforce and improving patient outcomes across Wales.
Main duties of the job
As Associate Pharmacy Dean, you will:
- Lead the strategic development of enhanced, advanced and consultant practice pathways across Wales.
- Drive the development of future professional progression pathways for pharmacy technicians.
- Provide national leadership for credentialling, professional recognition and workforce capability development.
- Ensure post-registration education and continuing professional development align with workforce priorities, Welsh Government policy and service transformation programmes.
- Influence and collaborate with senior stakeholders across Welsh Government, NHS Wales organisations, Higher Education Institutions, regulators and professional bodies.
- Provide leadership and line management for the Post-registration Pharmacy Pathway and CPD Team.
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
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Welsh language skills are desirable
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This advert is for Associate Pharmacy Dean - Post-registration Pharmacy Pathways with Health Education and Improvement Wales in Nantgarw, Wales. It is listed as a Band 8 Pharmacy role. The advertised salary is £80,698 - £92,984 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Nov 2026.
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