Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – Infection and Immunity in London

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist to develop specialist skills within our Infection & Immunity team, working across HIV, Sexual Health and Hepatitis C services. You will join a supportive multidisciplinary team and play a key role in delivering innovative, patient-centred care while contributing to the ongoing development of the service.

You will be responsible for:

• Delivering patient-centred clinical pharmacy services in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Providing clinical oversight of the HIV home delivery service.
• Supporting the provision of high quality, patient centred pharmacy services to GUM/Sexual reproductive health and Hepatitis C.
• Leading and contributing to audit, quality improvement projects and service reviews.
• Supporting the education and development of pharmacy staff.

The post holder will support the Highly Specialist Pharmacist in directorate work, audit and research. This role combines advanced clinical practice and leadership responsibilities, providing specialist advice to patients and the multidisciplinary team to optimise medicines use and support adherence.

We are seeking a self-motivated and experienced clinical pharmacist with excellent organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Main duties of the job:

The post holder will support the Network Lead Pharmacist and Highly Specialist Pharmacist for Infection and Immunity in promoting high quality, cost-effective and safe prescribing. The post holder will provide clinical pharmacy support to the Infection and Immunity departments across the Trust. The post holder will participate in education and training of Pharmacy staff rotating in the Infection and Immunity pharmacy team at Bart's Health, and will assist in the provision and development of clinical pharmacy services within the service.

The post holder will be responsible for providing patient-focused pharmaceutical care, defined as the responsible provision of medication to achieve definite outcomes that improve patients' quality of life. The post holder is to communicate effectively with patients and the wider MDT to optimise their pharmaceutical management through liaising with other healthcare professions to design, implement and monitor therapeutic plans to optimise clinical outcomes, minimise adverse reactions and improve medicines safety.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond.

Details:

• Date posted: 09 September 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 7
• Salary: £58,133 to £65,261 a year per annum inc
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 259-8275053RLH
• Job locations: Royal London Hospital, London, E1 1FR, United Kingdom

Person Specification:

Qualifications:

• Essential: MPharm or equivalent, Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC, Postgraduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy / Pharmacy Practice or equivalent, RCPharm Advanced Framework accreditation, or willing to work towards.
• Desirable: MSc in a suitable area, Advanced HIV module, Member of RCPharm, Independent prescribing Qualification.

Experience:

• Essential: Significant post-registration experience in a hospital based clinical post, Experience of providing a hospital based service to HIV patients at band 7 level or equivalent, Experience of undertaking research, quality improvement or audit projects, Demonstrate successful performance in a previous clinical post, To have been involved in bringing about change to a service/department, Experience in supervising and organising staff and work, Experience of evaluation or reviews of medicine, Experience of providing evaluated information on drug expenditure.
• Desirable: Evidence of service developments, outcomes and publications, Experience of successfully managing and leading projects, Experience of managing staff and performing appraisals and giving feedback.

Skills:

• Essential: Excellent interpersonal skills, Effective verbal and written communication skills, Assertive, diplomatic, persuasive with ability to negotiate, Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail, Able to work unsupervised, accurately follow written procedures and work under pressure, Demonstrates numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations, Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, and others, Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines, IT literate; able to use Microsoft Office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programs, Effective problem solving skills, Able to communicate complex information effectively to all healthcare professionals, colleagues, patients and their loved ones, Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training.
• Desirable: Experience investigating and managing medication-related incidents.

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.