Pharmacy Technician - EPMA

Job summary

Pharmacy Technician EPMA (Band 6)

37.5 hours per week

Join our innovative Digital Pharmacy team at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, a digitally mature organisation. The EPMA team was shortlisted for two HSJ Digital Awards in 2025. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of electronic prescribing and medicines management across the Trust.

You will play a key role in developing and supporting our EPMA system, working closely with pharmacy, clinical and IT teams to improve digital workflows and enhance patient care. You will also work with a range of digital pharmacy technologies including the Prescription Tracking System (PTS), BD Robot, BD MedStation and CIISafe.

Alongside your digital responsibilities, you will maintain a strong presence in the dispensary and clinical pharmacy team, supporting safe and timely medicines supply while contributing to training, service improvements and SOP development.

We're looking for a motivated Pharmacy Technician with strong leadership qualities, excellent problem solving ability, and a solid core of pharmacy and clinical experience. If you are passionate about digital innovation and ready to make an impact, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Join our forward thinking EPMA team as a Pharmacy Technician and play a key role in shaping safe, modern, digital medicines management across the Trust. This role is ideal for a confident, motivated technician who enjoys problem solving, improving systems, and working collaboratively with clinical and digital teams. You will help drive continuous development of EPMA, support the rollout of new functionality, and ensure our systems work smoothly for staff and patients.

You will thrive here if you have a passion for accuracy, technology, and patient centred care, and enjoy influencing change across multidisciplinary teams. Strong communication skills, resilience, and the ability to manage complex issues are essential, as you will be working closely with clinicians, managers and IT colleagues to deliver high quality digital pharmacy services.

In return, you will join a supportive department that values innovation, professional growth, and teamwork. You will contribute to improving patient safety, shaping digital practice, and making a real impact across the organisation as we continue to advance our EPMA service.

About us

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as a place to work?, and were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall

But don't just take our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making

All of our colleagues are key to our journey, and we are continuing to improve our services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together. If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us on our journey to excellence

Certificates of Sponsorship

For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link below to check your eligibility. Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) band 2 and band 3 roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship.