Digital Medicines Specialist
Job summary
We are seeking an experienced, innovative, and forward-thinking registered health care professional to join our team in a role that integrates medicines and clinical knowledge with digital transformation. Positioned at the interface between clinical practice and digital services, this role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the development, implementation, and optimisation of digital medicines systems across the organisation.
The postholder will work collaboratively with clinical teams and multidisciplinary digital services colleagues, including Software Development, Project Delivery, Change Management, IT Training, and Clinical Safety teams, to support the safe, effective, and user-centred implementation of digital medicines solutions. The successful candidate will act as a digital medicines expert, championing best practice, driving service improvement, and ensuring digital systems enhance both patient care and clinical workflow.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide specialist expertise in the development, configuration, testing and optimisation of electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) systems.
The role will support the delivery of safe, effective and efficient digital medicines services by undertaking system configuration, validation, testing and user support activities, ensuring systems are aligned to clinical workflows, medicines policy and safety standards.
Working as part of the Digital Medicines Team, the post holder will contribute to system improvements, upgrades and deployments, supporting service development and ensuring compliance with clinical safety standards (DCB0129/DCB0160).
The post holder will act as a subject matter expert for digital medicines systems, providing advice, support and training to clinical and operational staff, and contributing to the continuous improvement of digital medicines services.
There will be a requirement to maintain a level of clinical practice within their area of professional registration
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Works as a specialist within the Digital Medicines Team supporting Trust-wide systemsContributes to configuration, testing and optimisation of ePMA systems used acrossmultiple clinical areasSupports delivery of system upgrades, enhancements and service improvementsWorks with clinicians, pharmacy, nursing and digital teams to support system use and developmentContributes to maintaining compliance with governance and safety standardsMaintain a level of clinical practice within their area of professional registration.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- o Registered healthcare professional (e.g. Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician, Nurse, AHP, Paramedic)
- o Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and experience
- o Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to role
- o Postgraduate qualification or working towards
- Training in clinical systems, informatics or digital health
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
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Seaton Delaval - Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Avenue Road
Seaton Delaval
NE25 0QJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/