At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and develop pharmacy teams in HIV and Sexual Health services.
- Company: Join the outstanding Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, and a supportive environment.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace that values diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in community health and patient care.
- Qualifications: Must be a registered pharmacist with leadership experience.
The predicted salary is between 66582 - 77368 £ per year.
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 and provision 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 national levels. You will ensure systems and processes are developed to ensure high standards of governance and are delivered and evidenced, meeting regulators' standards.
About us: Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. Following integration and to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.
Rated 'Outstanding' by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent. We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.
We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.
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.
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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