Digital Pharmacy Technician - Electronic Patient Record
Job summary
Digital Pharmacy Technician - EPR
37.5 hours per week (rotational late night, weekends and bank holiday working)
Fixed Term for 18 Months during EPR Implementation
Salary: £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Closing Date: 4th February 2026
Interview Date: TBC
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The Specialist Digital Pharmacist will work as part of the Digital Pharmacy Team supporting the Joint Lead Pharmacy Information Officer in a multidisciplinary team tasked with implementing the Joint Oracle EPR (JEPR) system and supporting its implementation across the JEPR network that will exist between University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW), George Eliot NHS Trust (GEH) and South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT).
Main duties of the job
- To support the implementation team in the EPMA component of roll out of JEPR.
- To deliver when needed specialist training and teaching sessions to the ward-based team, checking understanding and adapting training methods where necessary.
- The post holder will support staff who are distressed or who challenge the changes to service as a result of JEPR.
- To utilise observational and verbal communication skills with all stakeholders, to contribute to the benefits measurement process and to design best practice.
- To participate in process mapping days and use professional experience and knowledge of medicines management standards to support the design of clinical practice in all aspects of medicines management to inform configuration of the software and ways of working.
- To plan training sessions for ward staff within specified time frames and to deadlines.
- To undertake routine duties within the dispensary as required, supervising the work of junior pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and (senior) ATOs.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' taking centre stage. An ever evolving clinically- led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive health services delivered by inspiring and compassionate staff who share our corporate values:
Effective open communication
Excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To carry out pharmaceutical technical duties in specified areas of the pharmacy department under the overall direction of the Lead Pharmacy Technician and the Chief Pharmacist.
- To provide a safe, efficient and comprehensive high quality pharmaceutical service, under the direction of Lead Pharmacy Technician, to patients and staff of George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
- To undertake training and accreditation in technical skills and knowledge as identified and agreed with Lead Pharmacy Technician and the Chief Pharmacist.
- To manage work of junior Technicians and others, when deputing for Lead Pharmacy Technicians.
- To contribute to the late night, weekend, Bank Holiday and Statutory Day working rota.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
- Broad experience of delivery of pharmaceutical care in hospital pharmacy
- Fluent IT user and use of databases
- Problem solving
- Training of staff
- Triage of errors and faults in IT hardware and software
- Involvement in service development
- Using data sources to produce reports for a variety of requestors
- Writing and validation of adhoc reports using various reporting tools (e.g. Crystal/SQL/PowerBI)
Qualifications and Training
- NVQ 3 or equivalent registered Pharmacy Technician or knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures acquired through training in equivalent pharmaceutical science and recent relevant work experience
- Accredited Checking Technician Qualification
- Demonstrate continuing professional developments to meet statutory requirements
- Professional registration with the GPhC and minimum of 1 year's post qualification experience
- Formal mentoring, coaching or preceptorship training
Skills and Abilities
- Understanding of how Hospital Pharmacy IT systems operate
- Familiarity with Pharmacy stock control software using Pharmacy systems management software, ideally CMM (JAC / Wellsky)
- Familiarity with EPMA / EPR
- Implementing and developing clinical pharmacy services within an EPR / EPMA system
- Pharmacy Robotics including electronic drug storage solutions
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
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Address
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
College Street
Nuneaton
CV10 7DJ
Employer's website
http://www.geh.nhs.uk/