Job requirements
Essential
10 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Relevant post-registration experience in hospital clinical pharmacy.
- Experience
Experience of working in a range of clinical specialities.
- Experience
Professionally accountable for own actions.
- Aptitude & Abilities
Advanced pharmaceutical care knowledge and skills.
- Aptitude & Abilities
Evidence of working with consultants and the multidisciplinary team at ward and pharmacy level.
- Aptitude & Abilities
Able to use the relevant IT systems within the NHS, and to learn and use new systems as they become available.
- Aptitude & Abilities
Able to work autonomously, and work effectively as part of a team.
- Qualifications & Knowledge
Master’s Degree MPharm.
- Qualifications & Knowledge
Post Graduate MSc/Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent.
- Qualifications & Knowledge
Current and continued registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Accredited tutor for Cardiff University MSc in Clinical Pharmacy.
- Experience
Experience of working with electronic discharge systems.
- Experience
Experience of working with Patient’s Own Medication systems.
- Qualifications & Knowledge
Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).
- Qualifications & Knowledge
Independent Prescriber Status.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated pharmacist to join the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) pharmacy team at Morriston Hospital.
You will provide advanced clinical pharmacy services to one of the busiest and most complex ICU in Wales, working alongside consultants, nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team to optimise medicines use and improve outcomes for critically ill patients.
The role offers the opportunity to develop expertise across a wide range of specialist areas including critical care pharmacotherapy, antimicrobial stewardship, medicines optimisation, therapeutic drug monitoring and independent prescribing.
You will become an integral member of the ICU multidisciplinary team, supporting patients through expert clinical review, evidence-based prescribing advice and safe medicines management from admission through to discharge.
As a Clinical Pharmacist, you will contribute to service development, governance and quality improvement whilst supporting the education and development of junior pharmacy staff.
This post is ideal for pharmacists looking to further develop advanced clinical practice within a supportive and innovative specialist environment.
Main duties of the job
- Work collaboratively with pharmacy colleagues, consultants, nursing staff and the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality pharmaceutical care to critically ill patients.
- Participate in daily consultant-led ward rounds, providing specialist medicines optimisation, prescribing support and clinical review.
- Deliver a predominantly ward-based clinical pharmacy service, supporting patients from admission through to discharge through medicines reconciliation, therapeutic monitoring and discharge planning.
- Provide proactive, evidence-based medicines advice to prescribers, supporting safe, effective and cost-efficient prescribing practice.
- Deliver and support a range of medicines management services, ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines across ICU.
- Identify opportunities to improve pharmaceutical services and contribute to the development and implementation of service improvements, governance initiatives and audit activity.
- Provide clinical leadership and mentorship to rotational pharmacists, foundation trainees and pharmacy students through supervision, teaching and training.
- Participate in the pharmacy dispensary and weekend rota, contributing to the wider pharmacy service as required.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
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This advert is for Clinical Pharmacist with Swansea Bay University Health Board in Swansea, Wales. It is listed as a Band 7 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £50,129 - £57,365 per annum (pro rata if part time). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 28 Oct 2026.
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