Lead Pharmacist HIV and Sexual Health: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 66,582 to 77,368 £ / Year

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Lead Pharmacist – HIV & Sexual Health to provide strategic and operational leadership for our specialised pharmacy services across East Kent, East Sussex and Medway.

In this pivotal role, you will lead and develop pharmacy teams, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, safe and cost-effective pharmaceutical care within HIV and Sexual Health services. You will be responsible for service performance, workforce management, financial oversight and information governance, while supporting evidence-based prescribing and service excellence.

As the Trust’s expert pharmacy lead for HIV and Sexual Health, you will provide professional, legal and ethical guidance, drive service improvement initiatives, and play a key role in implementing new commissioned programmes and strategic action plans.

Main duties of the job

  • Professional responsibility to the Chief Pharmacist but will be a key part of the HIV and ISH clinical and leadership teams
  • Management of team
  • Work as a NMP within an agreed scope of practice
  • Locality Clinical specialist with management of a cohort of PLWH: prescription screening participation in MDTs care planning andprovision of medicines information
  • Develop policies, procedures and patient group directions which have pharmaceutical content
  • Clinical education, research, audit and training
  • You will be responsible for sharing information at Trust, health economy, regional and nation levels.
  • You will ensure systems and processes are developed to ensure high standards of governance and are delivered and evidenced, meeting regulators standards.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Member of General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Master’s level qualification (e.g., MSc in Pharmacy) with continued professional development or equivalent demonstrable experience

Desirable

  • Non-Medical Prescribing qualification, or near completion of the course

Knowledge and skills

Essential

  • Extensive post registration experience in area of practice,
  • Leadership/management/coaching qualification
  • Experience of leading and managing teams, developing policy and service development plans
  • You will be able to demonstrate highly specialist knowledge of National Policies relevant to HIV and Sexual Health
  • You will be able to demonstrate a clear vision of patient care and service delivery models and performance frameworks.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Closing Date: 30 August 2026

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