Specialist Pharmacist/Pharmacy Tech (ePMA and Clinical Informatics)

NHS; Epsom; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job description

Specialist Pharmacist/Pharmacy Tech (ePMA and Clinical Informatics)

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

We are looking for a skilled and motivated Specialist Pharmacist/Pharmacy Technician - ePMA and Clinical Informatics to play a pivotal role in the implementation, development, and maintenance of our electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the future of digital healthcare and make a tangible impact on patient care and pharmacy services.

As an organisation, we are on the brink of a major transformation with the rollout of a new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system. This is your chance to be at the forefront of digital change, ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines through innovative technologies.

Main Duties of the Job

1. To maintain all clinical systems as directed by the relevant committees and the ePMA and Clinical Informatics Team Leader.
2. Collaborate with the IT department to develop, improve and maintain the prescribing and administration solutions of Cerner Millennium.
3. To develop, test and deliver basic developments in the ePMA software under the direction of the Highly Specialist Pharmacists/Pharmacy Technicians e.g., order sets.
4. To support all users of the ePMA modules, by providing advice on how to complete tasks in ePMA.
5. To be a champion user of the ePMA system, with an extensive knowledge and understanding of how the ePMA system works and understand the workflow that staff need to follow to ensure safety.
6. To positively identify issues with the system or issues with how a member of staff uses the system.
7. To troubleshoot arising issues and refer persistent or unsolvable problems to the Highly Specialist Pharmacists/Pharmacy Technicians.
8. To interrogate the Clinical Informatics system to ensure that it is safe for use, gaining an understanding of the risks involved in deploying the system, to proactively manage staff using the system.
9. To facilitate the management of downtime and uptime, including out of hours work as needed due to unplanned or planned service outage.
10. Create reports from any clinical informatics systems as directed by the Pharmacy Team Leader.

About Us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Masters in Pharmacy Degree - MPharm (Pharmacist) or BTEC National Certificate in Pharmaceutical Sciences, or NVQ Level 3 Pharmaceutical Sciences sufficient for registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• 1 year pre-registration training Professional registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (Pharmacist).
• Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Completed training course(s) for maintenance of clinical informatics systems.

Knowledge and Experience

• Minimum of 18 months experience, working as a qualified pharmacist in an NHS hospital (Pharmacist) or substantial post-registration experience as a Pharmacy Technician in a hospital setting.
• Relevant Hospital ePMA (electronic prescribing and administration) Systems experience.
• Understanding of electronic patient records.
• Understanding of Cerner Millennium or CMM/JAC system.
• Demonstrates an awareness of interface issues.

Skills

• Demonstrates an appropriate level of clinical reasoning and judgment.
• Experience of contributing to or leading on the writing of trust guidelines, policies and procedures.

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.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

£51,883 to £58,544 a year incl HCAS Outer pro rata