Advanced Pharmacist - HIV and Antimicrobials

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join UHDB in a newly created role. Are you an experienced clinical pharmacist passionate about improving care for people living with HIV and promoting the safe, effective use of antimicrobials? UHDB is seeking two Advanced Pharmacists – HIV and Antimicrobials to lead and develop our specialist HIV pharmacy service.

You will be an integral member of the multidisciplinary HIV team, working with consultants in genitourinary medicine, sexual health and microbiology, specialist nurses, pharmacists and wider clinical colleagues to provide high-quality, patient-centred care.

You will provide advanced clinical leadership for HIV medicines and support antimicrobial stewardship across the Trust. Responsibilities include medicines reconciliation, verification of antiretroviral therapy, and management of interactions, adverse effects and adherence concerns. You will undertake pharmacist-led reviews and independent prescribing within an agreed scope, using established multidisciplinary processes to strengthen treatment continuity and medicines safety.

This is an opportunity to shape HIV pharmacy provision at UHDB, improve transitions of care, build workforce capability and use NHS resources effectively. You will support readiness for national requirements, using audit, quality measures and financial reporting to demonstrate safety, compliance, patient benefit and value.

This full-time role is 37.5 hours per week and requires travel across UHDB sites.

Main duties of the job

• Lead and develop the specialist clinical pharmacy service to the UHDB HIV team in line with local and national standards, service specifications and commissioning requirements.
• Undertake timely medicines reconciliation and verify ART regimens across inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Provide proactive review for people living with HIV who are admitted to hospital.
• Identify, assess and manage drug interactions, contraindications, dose adjustments and adverse effects, using recognised specialist resources and clearly documented escalation pathways.
• Clinically screen and verify HIV prescriptions before supply, ensuring compliance with formulary, funding, reimbursement and governance requirements; arrange MDT or senior review for complex, high-risk, non-standard or restricted prescribing decisions.
• Conduct autonomous pharmacist-led clinics and medication reviews, manage an appropriate caseload and independently prescribe within an agreed scope of practice.
• Participate actively in HIV MDT meetings, contribute to treatment decisions, document agreed outcomes and provide pharmaceutical assurance on the safe, effective and best-value use of ART.
• Undertake horizon scanning and lead gap analysis, action planning, implementation and assurance for new national HIV commissioning, prescribing and medicines frameworks.

Please see the attached job description for a full list of job responsibilities.

Closing date of applications: 29 October 2026

Interview date: 12 November 2026

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).

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.