Key Responsibilities
* Outpatients – screening prescriptions, managing patient and staff enquiries, triaging unwell patients presenting to pharmacy for escalation in care, liaising with the outsourced pharmacy, undertaking pharmacist‑led prescribing clinics to start/switch ART, monitor recent ART starts/switches, and stable patients.
* Inpatients – reviewing complex admissions, managing queries from nursing, medical and pharmacy teams of other specialties, attending HIV MDT ward rounds.
* MDT working – participating in research and audits, leading on and participating in quality improvement projects, chairing ART MDT review meetings.
Key Qualities
* Enthusiastic, driven, resilient, friendly.
* Patient‑focused and going the extra mile where necessary.
* Demonstrates behaviours associated with the Trust values.
* Passion for innovation, service redesign and quality improvement.
* Works collaboratively as well as autonomously (where appropriate) with the HIV Pharmacy team and the wider HIV MDT.
* Excellent time‑management and prioritisation skills.
* Promotes equality, diversity and inclusion.
Additional Information
The HIV department (Harrison Wing Department) is based at Guy's hospital in London Bridge opposite the Shard and the train station and provides a service to approximately 4,500 patients. The Harrison Wing Department hosts over 18 specialist HIV clinics, including neuro‑cognition and psychiatric, hepatitis, renal, living well (for ageing and metabolic conditions), young adults, VIP (vulnerable patients), and stigmatized patients (off‑site clinic). Adult inpatients can be on any site but are predominantly admitted to wards at St. Thomas' Hospital. Child/infant inpatients are cared for by Evelina Children's Hospital. The SRH department provides integrated sexual healthcare from three locations. The responsibilities focus on HIV services and support the SRH department as necessary.
Education and Experience: Experience of working in a HIV clinic is not a pre‑requisite; your application should demonstrate a passion for this specialist field. Training and support will be provided. The post will allow the individual to further enhance their HIV knowledge, skills and experience necessary to develop towards becoming a highly specialist pharmacist in HIV and SRH.
Key Competencies: Enthusiastic and dynamic pharmacist with a specialist interest in HIV, demonstrated competencies in hospital pharmacy practice, excellent communication skills and a commitment to holistic pharmaceutical care.
Equal Opportunities: Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership. Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
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