Job summary

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 andprovision 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 nation 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.

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Details

Date posted
14 August 2026

Pay scheme
Agenda for change

Band
Band 8b

Salary
£66,582 to £77,368 a year

pro rata, per annum

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Full-time

Reference number
846-8198370-TS

Job locations
Vicarage Lane Clinic
Ashford
TN23 1NJ
United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

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.

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.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address
Vicarage Lane Clinic
Ashford
TN23 1NJ
United Kingdom

Employer's website
https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address
Vicarage Lane Clinic
Ashford
TN23 1NJ
United Kingdom

Employer's website
https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:
lead Pharmacist HIV and Sexual health
Vanessa Burton
vanessaburton@nhs.net

Details

Date posted
14 August 2026

Pay scheme
Agenda for change

Band
Band 8b

Salary
£66,582 to £77,368 a year

pro rata, per annum

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Full-time

Reference number
846-8198370-TS

Job locations
Vicarage Lane Clinic
Ashford
TN23 1NJ
United Kingdom

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