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Location
Salary
£62,215 - £72,293 Per Annum
Profession
Pharmacist
Grade
Band 8
Deadline
29 Jun 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
06 Jun 2025

Job overview

This role is to act as Lead Principal Digital (ePMA) Pharmacist 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

Be an expert in their field and will be expected to make decisions about situations which may involve a number of complicated or highly complex components

Overall responsibility for all pharmacy related digital systems build, implementation and ongoing development, governance and maintenance. This includes the Trust ePMA system across QVH, in line with legislation, national priories and Trust objectives

Develop a strategy to inform the ongoing maintenance and post-implementation development of the ePMA system

Establish systems to identify key therapeutic changes relating to the use and/or safety of medicines e.g., medicines database, safety alerts, formulary changes, protocol and guideline changes etc; and ensure that these are built into the ePMA system and prescribing practice in a timely way

Main point of contact to provide highly specialist pharmaceutical knowledge and expertise around all future phases of build, roll-out, ongoing maintenance and future development of the Trust ePMA system.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Act as a team leader for the EPMA pharmacy team
  • EPMA system configuration, system development and testing
  • Training and supporting all staff involved with the EPMA process (pharmacy, prescribers, nurses and AHPs) encouraging adoption of digital working.
  • Contribute toward strategic planning for Trust Digital strategy and ensure medicines optimisation focus within the digital programme.
  • Provide clinical governance leadership for the EPMA system, primary point of contact for risk management of the EPMA system, managing incidents, issues and clinical concerns.
  • Act as an ambassador and clinical representative for the EPR and a champion for EPMA, engaging staff and promoting the benefits