Digital Medicines Programme Lead

Job overview

We are seeking an experienced, innovative and forward-thinking Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician to provide senior programme leadership for the organisation’s Digital Medicines agenda. This high-profile leadership role will drive the strategic development, governance, and delivery of digital medicines systems and services, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities, national policy, and the evolving needs of clinical services.

As Digital Medicines Programme Lead, the postholder will provide professional, operational, and strategic leadership across the Digital Medicines team. The role will be responsible for directing the delivery, optimisation, and continuous improvement of digital medicines solutions, ensuring systems are safe, effective, interoperable, and support excellence in patient care.

The postholder will act as expert lead for digital medicines programmes working closely with Chief Clinical Information Officers and Digital Medicines Lead. They will provide oversight and assurance across multiple complex projects and services, working closely with the wider digital and informatics teams to deliver transformational change at scale.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

• Accountable for delivery and performance of the Trust’s digital medicines services impacting all clinical areas
• Leads a multidisciplinary team including Digital Medicines Operational Lead, clinical informatics specialists and wider digital/clinical staff
• Responsible for organisation‑wide ePMA systems used by prescribers, nursing, pharmacy and AHP staff
• Manages complex programmes covering system optimisation, upgrades, integrations and transformation initiatives
• Accountable for quality assurance, governance, risk management and compliance with legislation and national standards
• Responsible for prioritisation and allocation of digital medicines resources and contributing to financial planning
• Provides organisation‑wide expert leadership on digital medicines safety and system design decisions
• Leads development of integrations with clinical and corporate systems
• Responsible for ensuring effective use of digital medicines data for performance, safety and decision-making

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The post holder will provide strategic leadership and management of the Trust’s Digital Medicines function, with responsibility for the development, delivery and optimisation of electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) services across the organisation.
• As the Trust’s Digital Medicines Programme Lead, the post holder will work in association with the trust CCIOs (Chief Clinical Information Officers) and Digital Medicines Lead to develop trust wide strategy around digital medicines and set the strategic direction for ePMA and clinical informatics, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities, national policy and regulatory frameworks.
• The role is accountable for the safe, effective and efficient design, implementation and governance of digital medicines systems, ensuring that services deliver improved patient safety, clinical outcomes and operational efficiency at organisational scale. The post holder will lead complex programmes of work spanning multiple clinical and corporate services, overseeing system lifecycle management, digital transformation, and continuous service improvement, while managing associated risks, resources and performance.
• Working in partnership with senior clinical, digital and operational leaders, the post holder will influence organisational strategy, investment decisions and innovation in digital medicines, ensuring delivery of high-quality, sustainable and future-focused services.
• The role provides professional and operational leadership to multidisciplinary teams, building organisational capability in digital medicines, and ensuring compliance with all statutory, governance and clinical safety requirements. There will be a requirement to maintain a level of clinical practice within their area of professional registration.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.