Principal Pharmacist, Clinical Practice, Digital Innovation

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced pharmacist to join our team as Principal Pharmacist – Clinical Practice & Digital Innovation. This is a newly created role working jointly across the Information Technology Clinical Systems (ITCS) and King’s Pharmacy teams, supporting the continued optimisation of our Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR) and driving digital transformation across both King’s College Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trusts, with whom we share a single instance of Epic.

This is a unique opportunity to combine advanced clinical pharmacy practice with digital innovation, helping to shape the future of medicines optimisation and prescribing workflows across two of London’s largest and most digitally ambitious NHS Trusts.

We are looking for a forward-thinking, digitally minded pharmacist with a strong clinical background, excellent communication skills, and a passion for improving patient care through technology. You will work closely with clinical and digital teams to ensure that medication-related functionality within Epic is safe, effective, and aligned with best practice.

Main duties of the job

The Principal Pharmacist – Clinical Practice & Digital Innovation will:

• Act as a key link between clinical pharmacy services and the ITCS team, ensuring that medication build and prescribing workflows in Epic are optimised for clinical use.
• Lead on the coordination, risk assessment, and prioritisation of medication-related build requests within Epic.
• Support the development and implementation of digital solutions that enhance medicines safety, efficiency, and user experience.
• Co-chair relevant Workflow Optimisation Team (WOT) subgroups and contribute to governance processes.
• Work with digital champions across King’s Pharmacy to promote best practice, develop training materials, and support change management.
• Provide advanced clinical pharmacy input to ensure that digital systems reflect current clinical guidance and support safe prescribing.
• Lead on digital aspects of cost improvement initiatives related to medicines use.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Act as the clinical lead for digital medicines optimisation across both Trusts.
• Ensure that prescribing and medication workflows in Epic are clinically appropriate, safe, and aligned with national and local guidance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Pharmacy, ITCS, and clinical services to deliver high-quality digital solutions.
• Support the delivery of training, education, and change management to embed digital best practice.
• Lead on the development of policies and procedures that support digital pharmacy practice.
• Contribute to the delivery of the Trusts’ digital strategy and cost improvement programmes.