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Job overview
Do you have experience in HIV/Sexual Health? Are you looking to further develop your clinical skills and expertise in HIV? Would you like to start HIV advanced clinical practice journey? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, dynamic and forward thinking pharmacist, to join the Infection &Immunity team at Barts Health NHS Trust.
The post holder will be well integrated within the Infection & Immunity multidisciplinary team and work closely with the other members of the team to develop the service
The post holder will be involved in the following areas:
- Provide high quality, patient centered, pharmacy services to GUM/Sexual reproductive health &hepatitis C.
- Lead on projects and undertake service reviews
- Have the opportunity to develop leadership, governance, and research skills.
- Contribute to education & training for pharmacists and other health care professionals
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the Lead Pharmacist Infection and Immunity in leading a team of staff to deliver a high quality clinical pharmacy service to all aspects of the Infection and Immunity speciality. The role will include being the sitelead for Infection & Immunity at the Newham hospital site and the Sir Lutman Guttman Centre in Stratford. The role also has specialist cross site responsibilities for Infection & Immunity pharmacy services across the Trust.
The post holder will be responsible for promoting a responsive, high quality, safe and cost effective Pharmacy service within the Infection & Immunity speciality in order to optimise clinical outcomes, minimise adverse reactions and improve medicines safety.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, and others
- Able to communicate complex information effectively to all healthcare professionals, colleagues, patients and their loved ones
- Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to details.
- Able to work unsupervised, accurately follow written procedures and work under pressure
Desirable
- Experience investigating and managing medication-related incidents
Knowledge
Essential
- Able to communicate complex information effectively to all health and care professionals, colleagues, patients and their loved ones
- Knowledge of medical management and pharmaceutical care needs of HIV patients
- Understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk management
- Knowledge of medicines management systems at ward level
- Awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to HIV/sexual health
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience in a hospital based clinical post
- Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
- Experience of providing evaluated information on drug expenditure
- Experience of providing a hospital based service to HIV patients at band 7 level or equivalent
- Experience in supervising and organising staff and work
- Experience of undertaking research, quality improvement or audit projects
- To have been involved in bringing about change to a service/department.
Desirable
- Experience of managing staff and performing appraisals and giving feedback
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
- Post Graduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum Post graduate Diploma level)
- Independent Prescribing Qualification
Desirable
- Management qualification or equivalent experience
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This advert is for Highly Specialist Pharmacist – Infection & Immunity with Barts Health NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £66,274 - £73,496 per annum inc. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 27 Jul 2026.
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