Job Description

Job title - 8a Senior Specialist Pharmacist - HIV/ID

Job Share- 21.5 hours (Monday Tuesday & Wednesday).



An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and proactive band 8a Pharmacist to join the HIV pharmacy team at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust on a 21.5-hour job share basis (Monday to Wednesday)



Working as part of a well-established, respected and supportive team, you will play a key role in delivering specialist HIV pharmacy services across inpatient and outpatient settings. You will use your clinical expertise and independent prescribing skills within HIV pharmacy led outpatient clinics, contributing directly to patient care.



In addition to leading the clinical pharmacy service for HIV, you will also support ward-based pharmacy services for Infectious Diseases during activation of the High-Level Isolation Unit.



Potential candidates will have worked as a band 7 or 8a pharmacist with some experience working in the HIV/ID setting. They will have had some involvement in consultant ward rounds, contributing to policies/guidelines and supervision and training of staff.

Key responsibilities include :

Regularly attend and actively contribute to consultant ward rounds and multidisciplinary team (MDT) discussions for complex cases. Delivery of a high quality, specialist ward-based and outpatient pharmacy service including medicines reconciliation, review of complex medication regimens, medicines optimisation and adverse reaction and interaction monitoring Training and supervision of junior members of the pharmacy team Timely supply of medicines for in-patients, out-patients and discharge Development and implementation of clinical guidelines Effective control of drug expenditure and management of processes regarding high-cost drugs Using independent prescribing skills within HIV out-patient clinics Counselling HIV patients on their medicines to enhance compliance To participate in audits and practice research

To work with the clinical risk team to minimise the risk of medicines



The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.



Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.



Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.