Advanced Pharmacist - HIV and Antimicrobials

• Lead and develop the specialist clinical pharmacy service to the UHDB HIV team in line with local and national standards, service specifications and commissioning requirements.
• Undertake timely medicines reconciliation and verify ART regimens across inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Provide proactive review for people living with HIV who are admitted to hospital.
• Identify, assess and manage drug interactions, contraindications, dose adjustments and adverse effects, using recognised specialist resources and clearly documented escalation pathways.
• Clinically screen and verify HIV prescriptions before supply, ensuring compliance with formulary, funding, reimbursement and governance requirements; arrange MDT or senior review for complex, high-risk, non-standard or restricted prescribing decisions.
• Conduct autonomous pharmacist-led clinics and medication reviews, manage an appropriate caseload and independently prescribe within an agreed scope of practice.
• Participate actively in HIV MDT meetings, contribute to treatment decisions, document agreed outcomes and provide pharmaceutical assurance on the safe, effective and best-value use of ART.
• Undertake horizon scanning and lead gap analysis, action planning, implementation and assurance for new national HIV commissioning, prescribing and medicines frameworks.

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Desirable

• Membership of other organisations (e.g. Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, RPSGB etc)
• Specialist knowledge and experience in HIV medicines and/or antimicrobial stewardship, including ART optimisation, interaction management, adherence support and transitions of care.

Essential

• Demonstrates advanced clinical reasoning and judgement
• Ability to influence decision making across a range of professional groups including at senior levels

Essential

• Significant post-registration hospital practice experience including specialist pharmacy practice
• Willingness to undertake non-medical prescribing qualification if not already held

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate effective leadership skills
• Demonstrates effective verbal / written communication across a range of professional groups
• Ability to work on own initiative or within a team