Associate Pharmacy Dean - Post-registration Pharmacy Pathways

Job summary

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.

About us

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers. Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.

HEIW's is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:

- Respect for All in every contact we have with others,

- Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,

- Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.

HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.

What you can expect:

- a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,

- compassionate leadership,

- a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,

- the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.

Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as "One HEIW Team". Do you want to join that team?