Job summary
- Main area
- HIV
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 21.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7285892
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Free Hospital
- Town
- Hampstead, London
- Salary
- £61,927 - £68,676 per annum (pro-rata) inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

8a Senior Specialist Pharmacist – HIV/ID
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
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.
Main duties of the job
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
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience as a specialist clinical pharmacist
- Evidence of a comprehensive B6&7 rotation
- Experience of managing and analysing drug expenditure
- Evidence of multidisciplinary working
- Evidence of clinical audit/drug evaluation/practice research and the promotion of evidence-based practice
- Evidence of leading change management and service development projects
- Experience in education and training
- Evidence of writing/implementing clinical guidelines and government directives
- Experience of appraising staff and giving feedback
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Good negotiation skills and ability to influence key stakeholders
- Demonstration of advanced clinical knowledge and pharmaceutical skills with a high level of clinical reasoning and judgement
- Demonstrates a whole-system patient-focussed approach to work
- Ability to manage time, people and resources effectively to deliver timely outcomes
- Ability to identify and manage risks
- Ability to identify and implement best practice
- Ability to communicate with patient/carers and staff of all levels
- Ability to integrate within a multidisciplinary forum
- Ability to organise and prioritise work
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team
- Ability to take full responsibility for and be accountable for own actions
- Demonstrate initiative particularly in relation to problem solving
- Ability to work accurately under pressure
- Ability to carry out day to day responsibilities and deal effectively with unpredictable/acute demands.
- Ability to justify and reason any advice given should this be challenged
- Ability to manage difficult and ambiguous situations
- Ability to undertake clinical audit and own research
- Ability to evaluate quality of service provided
- Ability to contribute to business plans, policies and clinical protocols
- Understanding of current national standards and guidelines and service delivery issues within HIV and Infectious Diseases
- Understanding of NHS national and local priorities
- Understanding of clinical risk and clinical governance
- Computer literate with good presentation skills
- Ability to identify own training needs and maintains portfolio of practice
- Good teaching and training skills
- Ability to motivate and act as a role model
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane Akodu
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist - HIV
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02077940500
- Additional information
Extension 38621
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