Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - HIV

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Site Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Town Blackpool Salary £57,528 - £64,750 £ 2400 per annum Emergency Duty Commitment Salary period Yearly Closing 19/10/2026 23:59

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.

We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year.

We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.

We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

An opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Specialist Pharmacist – HIV (Band 8a) to lead and deliver a highly specialist HIV pharmacy service within Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will provide expert pharmaceutical care for patients with HIV across outpatient and inpatient settings, working as a core member of the multidisciplinary HIV team. The role supports safe, effective and evidence‑based use of antiretroviral therapy in line with national guidance, including BHIVA standards, and contributes to service development, medicines optimisation, governance and prescribing activity (subject to qualification).

As part of maintaining broader clinical pharmacy services, the post holder will also spend approximately one day per week supporting general pharmacy clinical activities, including ward‑based clinical services and dispensary work.

This is a key role in ensuring the Trust meets service specification requirements and manages medicines‑related risk within HIV services.

• Lead and deliver a specialist clinical pharmacy service for patients with HIV.
• Provide expert advice on antiretroviral therapy, including complex regimens, drug interactions and resistance.
• Deliver clinic‑based pharmacy services, including adherence support and patient counselling.
• Contribute to outpatient and inpatient services within the specialist area.
• Work as a key member of the multidisciplinary HIV team, contributing to MDT discussions and treatment planning.
• Provide specialist HIV medicines advice to pharmacy colleagues, ward teams and external healthcare professionals.
• Support general pharmacy…