7390-AV Lead Pharmacy Digital Officer
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has become available for a role within the Pharmacy department. The Lead Pharmacy Digital Officer will drive the strategic integration of digital technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI) to transform medicines optimisation and pharmacy services across Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT).
Reporting to the Chief Pharmacy Information Officer (CPIO), the postholder will act as the key interface between Pharmacy, the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) programme, Barts Health NHS Trust (BHT) and wider Trust digital initiatives. This role is pivotal in shaping, aligning, and delivering intelligent digital solutions including Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) and pharmacy systems that enhance patient safety, clinical effectiveness, and operational efficiency.
Main duties of the job
Lead and support technology-enabled process change work to improve processes used in Pharmacy to support safety quality and efficiency of systems used to support patient care.
Support or lead on technological developments (including AI) to support service development and delivery and enable and improve processes related to medicines.
Work closely with Trust IT and IT Information officers' network to ensure services are aligned and complementary.
Provide the key link for IT developments to deliver EPR and EPMA technological solution.
Work closely with the relevant speciality pharmacists /pharmacy staff to guide and support changing patient pathways and effective utilisation of technology as appropriate.
Ensure Pharmacy informatics complies with medicines legislation, other legislation, guidance and carry out risk assessments and mitigations as appropriate
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and, in recognition of our progress, we've been shortlisted for Trust of the Year at the Health Service Journal Awards.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Amanda Vickers, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5926. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person Specification
Skills/Abilities
- Detailed knowledge of Clinical Pharmacy, Medicines Management, Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy Practice acquired through training and experience.
- Possess understanding of Pharmacy systems architecture, with the ability to configure and maintain the system and databases through personal involvement and oversight of a clinical informatics team
- Experience in IT and electronic patient record systems, preferably Cerner Millennium
- Demonstrable experience of service redesign.
Experience/Knowledge
- Previous experience of working with technology
- Able to identify a vision for the use of technology in Pharmacy processes
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Queen's Hospital
Romford
RM7 0AG
Employer's website
https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/
- Company
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Location
- Romford, United Kingdom RM7 0AG
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £70396.00 - £80837.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Location
- Romford, United Kingdom RM7 0AG
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £70396.00 - £80837.00 a year
- Posted