Highly Specialist Pharmacist - HIV, Sexual and Gender Health inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 3 DEC 2023

Key working relationships Service users Pharmacy staff HIV, Sexual and Gender Health Directorate staff HIV, Sexual and Gender Health research staff Finance Department Staff Human Resources and other Trust staff External personnel working in the fields of HIV, Sexual and Gender Health External Personnel with whom the Trust has a service level agreement to provide services for the Trust

The post holder has expert knowledge on HIV and GU drug therapy and is able to advise on treatment at an advanced level, in line with the reputation of Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Trust being a leading treatment centre in the field

1.

Leadership

To support the Lead Directorate Pharmacist HIV, Sexual and Gender Health in the development and delivery of pharmaceutical services to the HIV, Sexual and Gender Health directorate:

Identify and promote best practice

Motivate and inspire others (both within pharmacy and the directorate) in order to create and maintain a good working environment and facilitate staff retention

Demonstrate innovation within the specialty

Ensure that issues related to pharmaceutical care are appropriately represented within the HIV, Sexual and Gender Health directorate

Work collaboratively with senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team, management and participate in the natural agenda for pharmacy services in accordance with the agreed objectives e.g. by being a member of the Directorate Drugs or Clinical Governance Subcommittees

Proactively develop the HIV, Sexual and Gender Health pharmacy service in response to the needs of the Directorate, in line with local and national objectives

Reconcile national priorities with local realities in terms of delivery of local services and within the constraints of the commissioned service

Deputise for the Lead Directorate Pharmacist HIV, Sexual And Gender Health at relevant external meetings in order to network and share knowledge with other HIV, Sexual and Gender Health specialists at a regional and national level

Ensure that prescribing issues in HIV, Sexual and Gender Health are managed within the development of Electronic Patient Records

Job title

Highly Speclialist Pharmacist - HIV, Sexual Health and Gender Health

Band

8a

Division

Clinical Support Services

Responsible to

Lead Pharmacist HIV, Sexual Health and Gender Health

Accountable to

Chief Pharmacist

Type of contract

Permanent

Hours per week

37.5 (inclusive of hours worked as part of early, late and weekend shifts on a rotational basis)

Location

Cross Site

1. To provide and develop clinical pharmacy services to meet the needs of the HIV, Sexual and Gender Health Directorate across a number of clinical sites; including at Chelsea & Westminster (CW), West Middlesex University Hospital (WMUH), 56 Dean Street (56DS) and 10 Hammersmith Broadway (10HB), Watford, Stevenage and Harlow HIV and sexual health clinics, in accordance with objectives set by the Lead Directorate Pharmacist - HIV, Sexual and Gender health, in conjunction with the other Highly Specialist Pharmacists. The post holder will be the lead pharmacist for Dean Street, West Middlesex and Sexual Health Services across the Trust

2. To lead by example in the specialisms of HIV and Sexual and Gender Health clinical pharmacy practice and ensure a consistently high quality clinical pharmacy service is delivered to the directorate in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.

3. In particular, to lead on a combination of dedicated areas of the pharmacy service alongside the other highly specialist pharmacists for the Specialist Care Directorate

MANAGES: Specialist Pharmacists HIV, Sexual and Gender Health (split between the Highly Specialist 8a posts)