Digital Lead Pharmacy Technician

Job overview

This role is to act as Lead Digital (ePMA) Pharmacy Technician implementing, developing, and supporting all elements of the Trusts Electronic Patient Records (EPR) relating to prescribing and medicines usage and to work closely with the Pharmacy Department, IT department, EPR team as well as other Trusts using the same EPR system.

Main duties of the job

Digital lead pharmacy technician implementing, developing, and supporting all elements of the Trusts Electronic Patient Record (EPR), under direction of the principal digital pharmacist, relating to prescribing and medicines usage and to work closely with the Pharmacy Department, IT department, EPR team as well as other Trusts using the same EPR system.

Assist with the implementation, maintenance and development of electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) across QVH.

Support back-end technical processes such as configuration, development and testing of the Trust’s current or future ePMA systems.

Train and support all staff involved with the ePMA process. This includes pharmacy staff, prescribers, nurses and floorwalkers.

Be a champion user of the ePMA system, applying extensive knowledge and understanding of how the system works and the workflow that staff need to follow to ensure safety

Act as pharmacy systems manager for the stock control system and all 3rd party decision support software

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key aspects of the role include:

• Support the Lead Pharmacist - ePMA in implementing ePMA (including software and hardware).
• Work together with partners such as IT to ensure that the ePMA system is used to support medicines optimisation initiatives.
• Support the Lead Pharmacist - ePMA in developing reports and dashboards to maximise the benefits of the ePMA system and demonstrate its effectiveness in medicines optimisation.
• Support and help provide training for ePMA for all staff groups across the Trust