HIV Specialist Pharmacist - Band 8a

Are you an experienced pharmacist with a passion for delivering high-quality care to patients with complex health needs? Coventry and Warwickshire Sexual Health Service is seeking a Specialist HIV Pharmacist to lead and deliver HIV pharmacy services across our four hubs!

You will join a dedicated multidisciplinary team, including Consultants, Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists, Health Advisors, and administrative staff, to provide expert pharmaceutical care and support patients with HIV.

We are looking for an experienced HIV Pharmacist with at least three years of Band 7 experience who can confidently lead HIV Pharmacy provision, including prescribing, regimen switching, and conducting autonomous patient reviews. You will play a key role in optimising antiretroviral therapy, managing a caseload of patients with diverse and complex needs, and contributing to the redesign and modernisation of HIV services. This role also involves mentoring clinicians, supporting service development, and collaborating with healthcare stakeholders to enhance patient outcomes.

If you're ready to make a real impact on HIV treatment and care, we'd love to hear from you!

This is a full-time position, working 37.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver patient-centred pharmaceutical care for HIV and Sexual Health outpatients, ensuring timely and accurate medication supply.
• Monitor patients for adverse effects, provide medication counselling, and support adherence to treatment regimens.
• Use specialist HIV pharmaceutical knowledge to develop and evaluate the service in line with national standards.
• Make appropriate referrals and communicate patients' pharmaceutical needs to other healthcare professionals.
• Conduct medication reviews, manage complex treatment regimens, and book follow-up appointments.
• Collaborate with primary and secondary care partners to optimise treatment plans.
• Provide specialist advice on drug interactions, high-cost and unlicensed medications, and cost-effective treatment options.

Job responsibilities

As a HIV Specialist Pharmacist, you'll be part of our valued team across Coventry and Warwickshire.

You will feel valued as a HIV Specialist Pharmacist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 8a salary of £53,755 - £60,504 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Free tea and coffee at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face-to-face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post-trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

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.