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Job summary

Main area
RLH SITE MANAGEMENT
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
259-8151168RLH
Employer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal London Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£66,274 - £73,496 per annum inc
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/07/2026 23:59
Interview date
11/08/2026

Employer heading

Barts Health NHS Trust logo

Highly Specialist Pharmacist – Infection & Immunity

Band 8a

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. 

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

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.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

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

Experience

Essential criteria
  • 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 criteria
  • Experience of managing staff and performing appraisals and giving feedback

Skills

Essential criteria
  • 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 criteria
  • Experience investigating and managing medication-related incidents

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • 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

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
  • Post Graduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum Post graduate Diploma level)
  • Independent Prescribing Qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Management qualification or equivalent experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Green@Barts HealthNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Pregnancy Loss PledgeDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible Working

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Funmi Awosusi
Job title
Network lead Pharmacist - Infection & Immunity
Email address
[email protected]
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