# Pharmacy Clinical Placement Facilitator > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Health Education and Improvement Wales. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacy-clinical-placement-facilitator/4a74cb77-cf60-428b-b9f0-246235014e4a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacy-clinical-placement-facilitator/4a74cb77-cf60-428b-b9f0-246235014e4a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Health Education and Improvement Wales - **Location:** North Wales Region - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £50,129 - £57,365 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 15 hours per week (An agile working model to allow flexibility between home and office-based working.) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-20T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-06T08:51:20.965Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cardiff/North_Wales_Region/Health_Education_Improvement_Wales/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8173214 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8173214?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://heiw.nhs.wales/ ## Job Content ### Job overview The HEIW Pharmacy Deanery is looking to appoint a Pharmacy Clinical Placement Facilitator based in North Wales to support the Funded Pharmacy Undergraduate Placement Programme for Wales. These opportunities are available at 0.4 FTE Now preparing to embark on its fourth cohort, the programme, developed collaboratively by Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) and the Schools of Pharmacy in Wales, provides every pharmacy undergraduate with additional days of supervised placements in hospitals, GP practices, and community pharmacies across their four-year undergraduate programme. The programme is designed around the use of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) to support undergraduate students in gaining the necessary clinical experience to meet the 'does' level on Miller's Triangle. The post holder will play a key role in managing the allocated region of this all-Wales programme and will use their pharmaceutical expertise and experience of the delivering Pharmacy Learning outcomes to deliver a quality assured programme. The role will require the post holder to build effective working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders including Higher Education Institutions and host training organisations within Local Health Boards and the community and primary care sectors. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a team that is currently delivering a significant programme of change to Pharmacist education and training in Wales ### Main duties of the job Support the Clinical Placement Lead in managing the all-Wales Funded Pharmacy Undergraduate Placement Programme. The successful candidate will be based in North Wales for this role, with a specific focus on supporting placement delivery in the region and the new School of Pharmacy at Bangor University. Coordinate recruitment events to promote the benefits of studying and working in Wales. Manage the quality management processes for the Funded Pharmacy Undergraduate Placement Programme. To provide training and ongoing support to Placement Supervisors of the Funded Pharmacy Placements Programme. Working with Higher Education Institutions and their students to support the delivery of the EPAs and the programme. Manage, co-ordinate and support colleagues, within their area of expertise (Acute Care / Primary Care / Community Pharmacy) and across NHS Wales, in developing the learning environment and ensuring education/training provision supports policy initiatives and are cognisant of existing educational framework. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply. ### 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 ## Person Specification ### Values **Essential** - Role model for pharmacy profession. **Desirable** - Ability to speak Welsh. ### Experience **Essential** - Reasonable postgraduate experience and will have held responsibility in an educational or healthcare post. - Evidence of stakeholder experience. - Experience of working in an educationally focused environment. - Experience of working within a multidisciplinary environment. - Experience and/or knowledge of audit, evaluation, research, and development. - Experience /understanding of the external political and social environment, including NHS policy issues and priorities, and the wider agenda of public policy impacting on other relevant agencies. - Experience in writing reports for a diverse audience including instances whereby interpretation of related policies is required. - Experience of planning and delivering education and training. - Experience in deploying improvement methodologies to develop services. **Desirable** - Experience of strategic planning, operational planning, policy development and implementation. ### Aptitude and Abilities **Essential** - Ability to think creatively and strategically and to manage change. - Excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills. - Excellent team player. - Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office package. - Ability to work autonomously to agreed objectives and timescales. - Effective time management skills, including prioritisation of conflicting tasks. - High level of self-motivation and initiative. - Ability to develop and maintain good communications and working relationships. with a wide range of staff and community groups. - Active interest in the training agenda. - Positive attitude to change. **Desirable** - Demonstrable leadership skills. ### Qualifications and/or Knowledge **Essential** - Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council. - Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degree or equivalent. - Post-registration experience. - Evidence of continuing professional development. ## Documents - [llyfryn heiw (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3002) - [heiw brochure (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3001) - [jdps english (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10475687) - [sdmp cymraeg (pdf, 280.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10475686) - [privacy notice (pdf, 404.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2352) - [oh form- ig ffurflen (pdf, 640.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10475663) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2847) ## 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. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.