Associate Pharmacy Dean - Post-registration Pharmacy Pathways

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Essential

• Registered Pharmacist or Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), or able to demonstrate equivalent professional credibility and expertise in pharmacy education
• Master's level knowledge of pharmacy education, workforce transformation and professional development, acquired through postgraduate study and/or substantial senior-level experience.
• Extensive knowledge of:
• Post-registration pharmacy professional progression, capability development, credentialling and assurance at a national level
• NHS Wales workforce and service landscape.
• Enhanced, advanced, consultant and emerging equivalent levels of pharmacy practice, including application to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians as frameworks evolve.
• National policy, strategy and regulatory frameworks
• 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.

Essential

• Significant experience of leading pharmacy education, training or workforce initiatives at a national level.
• Significant senior leadership experience in pharmacy workforce, education or service development
• Track record of delivering complex, large-scale programmes or transformation initiatives
• Experience of influencing policy and working at a national/system level.
• Experience of budget management, commissioning, and financial accountability
• Extensive experience of stakeholder engagement across organisational boundaries

Essential

• Highly developed strategic thinking and leadership capability.
• Advanced negotiation and influencing skills, including managing complex and contentious issues
• Ability to interpret complex information and develop innovative, evidence-based solutions.
• Ability to build and sustain strategic partnerships and networks.
• Strong commitment to improving workforce capability and patient outcomes.