Job summary
Do you have experience in HIV/Sexual Health? Are you looking to further develop your clinical expertise and leadership skills within Sexual Health? Are you passionate about addressing equity of access among minorized population? An exciting fixed term 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 Sexual Health 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 centred, pharmacy services to GUM/Sexual reproductive health & HIV.
Lead on projects and undertake service reviews
Have opportunity to develop leadership, governance and research skills.
Contribute to education & training for pharmacists and other health care professionals
Main duties of the job
o To lead the clinical pharmacy service to the Integrated Sexual Health speciality in providing responsible, safe and cost-effective prescribing within the networks to:
- Optimise patient clinical outcomes
- Minimise adverse reactions and errors
- Improve medicines safety
o The post will support the service development in the provision of HIV PrEP care across all the All East sites.
o The post will have a vital role in addressing equity of access and developing bespoke pathways to engage and optimise uptake amongst populations with current poor uptake of PrEP (including racially minoritized MSM, migrant MSM, women, transpeople, sexworkers)
o The post will be responsible for improving the pharmaceutical and therapeutics pathways for integrated sexual health care across all of the ALL East sites
o The post will help to deliver the broader Medicines Optimisation and Governance Strategy across the Trust. These outcomes will be achieved primarily through leadership of clinical staff, and the publication and implementation of guidelines and procedures to encourage best practice
About us
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. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
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.
Job description
Job 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.
Job description
Job 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
- Successful performance as a directorate/team leader HIV/Sexual health pharmacist in a previous post
- Experience of leading and supervising research, quality improvement or audit projects
- Planning and implementing significant service developments and organisational change
Skills
Essential
- Management of risk in the clinical use of medicines
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate with and influence senior medical staff and senior management
Knowledge
Essential
- Able to communicate complex information effectively to all health and care professionals, colleagues, patients and their loved ones
- Excellent clinical and managerial critical appraisal skills enabling effective decision making relating to the adoption of new therapies
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
- Post Graduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum Post graduate Diploma level)
- Independent Prescribing Qualification
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Successful performance as a directorate/team leader HIV/Sexual health pharmacist in a previous post
- Experience of leading and supervising research, quality improvement or audit projects
- Planning and implementing significant service developments and organisational change
Skills
Essential
- Management of risk in the clinical use of medicines
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate with and influence senior medical staff and senior management
Knowledge
Essential
- Able to communicate complex information effectively to all health and care professionals, colleagues, patients and their loved ones
- Excellent clinical and managerial critical appraisal skills enabling effective decision making relating to the adoption of new therapies
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
- Post Graduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum Post graduate Diploma level)
- Independent Prescribing Qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
