Job overview

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide medicines management support and education to patients in their homes, including after their discharge from hospital.  By assessing patients’ ability to manage their medication and supporting them with tailored care plans, the post holder will help maintain people safe and independent in their own homes.  Other duties will include liaising with GPs, community pharmacies, and care providers to ensure safe and effective medication use.  By collaborating with social care partners, including the delivery of medication training to care workers, the successful candidate will support the integration of health and social care.  Working independently but within a supportive team, the role will utilise clinical skills and evidence-based approaches to improve patient outcomes.

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.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family.  Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.