Lead Pharmacist or Technician for EPMA
Job summary
Pharmacy Tech/Config Lead for EPMA - EPR - Fixed Term / Secondment till 30th June 2027
We are seeking an experienced Lead Pharmacist or senior Pharmacy Technician to take on the role of EPMA Clinical Workstream Lead within the BSW Shared EPR Programme. This is a pivotal leadership opportunity for a medicines-focused digital professional who is passionate about improving safety, efficiency and user experience through the transformation of electronic prescribing and medicines administration across GWH, RUH and SFT.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will provide senior clinical and professional leadership for the EPMA workstream, guiding the development of future-state workflows, system design and implementation plans that support safe and effective medicines use across BSW. You will drive continuous service and process improvement, identifying opportunities to enhance prescribing, administration and medicines-related workflows, and working with clinical, operational and digital teams to deliver meaningful change.
This role requires strong coordination and oversight, ensuring EPMA workstream activities progress to plan, interdependencies are understood and risks are managed. You will act as a key liaison between pharmacy teams, prescribers, operational leads, IT colleagues and suppliers--including Oracle Health and third-party partners--to ensure alignment of priorities and a consistent approach across all three Trusts.
About us
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.
We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder provides senior pharmaceutical, clinical safety, and digital leadership for the design, configuration, and implementation of the Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA)solution across the BSW Group, ensuring the delivery of a system that is clinically safe, aligned with national standards, and optimised to enhance patient care.
Please find attached a full job description and person specification
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Current GPhC registration as a practicing member
- Evidence of and commitment to continuing professional development
- Qualification in project management
- Registered with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- Registered Independent Non-Medical Prescriber
- Advanced specialist knowledge acquired through a postgraduate diploma in pharmacy practice or higher.
- Additional areas of training through short courses e.g. leadership, management etc
Experience
- Relevant and extensive post-registration hospital pharmacy experience in a hospital setting
- Extensive experience as a senior pharmacy leader providing mentorship, support and being a positive role model.
- Demonstrable experience of service development or service review and leading on successful implementation of change
- Experience of working as a member of a multidisciplinary team and ward pharmacy
- Experience of writing and implementing policies and SOP's, ideally relating to ePMA
- Documented evidence of completed audit work or research practice
- Demonstrable advanced experience of working with electronic medicines management systems
- Experience of developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating electronic medicines management systems
- Advanced, recent and demonstrable IT software experience
- Project management and report writing
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
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
GWH / RUH / SFT
Swindon/Bath/Salisbury
SN3 6BB
Employer's website
https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/