Pharmacy Digital Projects Coordinator
Job summary
Barts Health NHS Trust is recruiting a Band 6 Pharmacy Digital Project Coordinator to support the implementation, optimisation, and ongoing rollout of Electronic Prescribing Systems (EPS) across clinical areas.
Working within the Pharmacy Informatics Team and under the supervision of the Lead Pharmacist for Informatics and the Pharmacy Digital System Data Specialist, the postholder will support system deployment, configuration, testing, validation, and user training. The role includes providing hands-on support to clinical teams to ensure the safe and effective use of electronic medicines systems.
The postholder will work closely with pharmacy, ICT, and multidisciplinary clinical teams, supporting system monitoring, issue resolution, and continuous improvement in line with Trust governance and medicines safety standards.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will support the Pharmacy Digital System Data Specialist with the implementation, optimisation, and ongoing rollout of Electronic Prescribing Systems (EPS) across clinical areas within Barts Health NHS Trust. As a member of the Pharmacy Informatics Team and working under the supervision of the Lead Pharmacist for Informatics and the Pharmacy Digital System Data Specialist, the postholder will assist with the deployment of EPS to clinical areas and contribute to system configuration, testing, validation, and maintenance. The role will involve guiding clinical teams through system implementation, delivering training, and providing hands on support to healthcare professionals to ensure the safe and effective use of EPS.The postholder will play an active role in monitoring and continuously improving the system by identifying issues, supporting troubleshooting and problem resolution, and escalating risks to senior team members where appropriate. Close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams including pharmacy, ICT, and clinical staff will be essential to ensure the safe, efficient use of electronic medicines systems that underpin high quality patient care.Additionally, the role will support the development of training materials, assist with user support, contribute to system testing and governance activities, and help monitor system performance to ensure alignment with Trust policies and medicines safety standards.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledgerequired. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- BTEC level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent
- MPharm (Master's Degree)
- Registered as a Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice.
- Project management qualification e.g. Prince2 or equivalent
Experience
- Relevant hospital pharmacy / medicines management experience
- Experience of working in an MDT setting
- Experience of delivering audit
- Experience of delivering projects
- Experienced at developing effective working relationships with a wide range staff
- Experience supporting training and user support for staff.
- Experience with working with an EPS
Knowledge
- Knowledge of hospital medicines management processes, including prescribing, medicines administration and reconciliation.
- Knowledge of electronic prescribing systems, particularly CLEO, and their role in improving medicines safety.
- Understanding of medicines safety principles, governance and incident reporting processes.
- Knowledge of relevant medicines legislation, policies and standard operating procedures
- Technical knowledge of ICT systems
Skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills with all disciplines and colleagues
- Excellent written and presentation skills suitable to a wide range of audiences
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self and others
- Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines
- Ability to work unsupervised and under pressure
- Demonstrate initiative
- Good team worker
- IT literate; able to use Microsoft Office with intermediate IT skills, including accurate data entry
- Able to complete documentation accurately
- Able to work under pressure
- Able to identify when advice needs to be sought
- Able to instil confidence
- Able to problem solve.
Other
- Enthusiastic, self-motivating, hardworking and conscientious
- Interest in expanding knowledge and self-development
- Reliable with a good attendance record
- Able to participate in late working, weekend and bank holiday rota
- DBS - standard check with a check of the barred lists
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
Barts Health NHS Trust
Address
Royal London Hospital
London
E1 2ES
Employer's website
https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk