About this role
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join UHDB in a newly created role. Are you an experienced clinical pharmacist passionate about improving care for people living with HIV and promoting the safe, effective use of antimicrobials? UHDB is seeking two Advanced Pharmacists - HIV and Antimicrobials to lead and develop our specialist HIV pharmacy service.
You will be an integral member of the multidisciplinary HIV team, working with consultants in genitourinary medicine, sexual health and microbiology, specialist nurses, pharmacists and wider clinical colleagues to provide high-quality, patient-centred care.
You will provide advanced clinical leadership for HIV medicines and support antimicrobial stewardship across the Trust. Responsibilities include medicines reconciliation, verification of antiretroviral therapy, and management of interactions, adverse effects and adherence concerns. You will undertake pharmacist-led reviews and independent prescribing within an agreed scope, using established multidisciplinary processes to strengthen treatment continuity and medicines safety.
This is an opportunity to shape HIV pharmacy provision at UHDB, improve transitions of care, build workforce capability and use NHS resources effectively. You will support readiness for national requirements, using audit, quality measures and financial reporting to demonstrate safety, compliance, patient benefit and value.
This full-time role is 37.5 hours per week and requires travel across UHDB sites.
Main duties of the job
Lead and develop the specialist clinical pharmacy service to the UHDB HIV team in line with local and national standards, service specifications and commissioning requirements. Undertake timely medicines reconciliation and verify ART regimens across inpatient and outpatient settings. Provide proactive review for people living with HIV who are admitted to hospital. Identify, assess and manage drug interactions, contraindications, dose adjustments and adverse effects, using recognised specialist resources and clearly documented escalation pathways. Clinically screen and verify HIV prescriptions before supply, ensuring compliance with formulary, funding, reimbursement and governance requirements; arrange MDT or senior review for complex, high-risk, non-standard or restricted prescribing decisions. Conduct autonomous pharmacist-led clinics and medication reviews, manage an appropriate caseload and independently prescribe within an agreed scope of practice. Participate actively in HIV MDT meetings, contribute to treatment decisions, document agreed outcomes and provide pharmaceutical assurance on the safe, effective and best-value use of ART. Undertake horizon scanning and lead gap analysis, action planning, implementation and assurance for new national HIV commissioning, prescribing and medicines frameworks. Please see the attached job description for a full list of job responsibilities.
Closing date of applications: 29 October 2026
Interview date: 12 November 2026
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond. Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes Key Facts:
We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day. We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week. An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country. Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily. Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres. We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres. We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day. UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Job description Job responsibilities
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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).
Person Specification
Education, Training & Qualifications Essential
Master's degree in pharmacy (or equivalent) plus statutory membership of GPhC PG Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience
Desirable
Membership of other organisations (e.g. Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, RPSGB etc) Specialist knowledge and experience in HIV medicines and/or antimicrobial stewardship, including ART optimisation, interaction management, adherence support and transitions of care.
Reasoning and Influencing Skills Essential
Demonstrates advanced clinical reasoning and judgement Ability to influence decision making across a range of professional groups including at senior levels
Desirable
Experience of project / change management processes
Experience Essential
Significant post-registration hospital practice experience including specialist pharmacy practice Willingness to undertake non-medical prescribing qualification if not already held
Desirable
Qualified non-medical prescriber
Leadership and Communication Essential
Ability to demonstrate effective leadership skills Demonstrates effective verbal / written communication across a range of professional groups Ability to work on own initiative or within a team
Desirable
Training in leadership skills
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
London Road
Derby
DE1 2QY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)