Chief Technician - ePMA

Job summary

The Pharmacy Digital team at UHDB is a small, dedicated team, with a mission to improve patient care through appropriate use of data and technology. This includes management of Trust ePMA systems, Pharmacy specific systems, and automation solutions, including stock control, dispensing robots, and cabinets and tracking solutions. We also use the data that comes out the "back end" of these systems, supported by both our own, and Trust Business Intelligence analysts.

This post will support us in our goals by leading on configuration and optimisation of the Trust ePMA solution. Working with other Pharmacy professionals in the team, you will liaise with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders, and use your previous clinical and/or operational experience, to ensure that ePMA configuration is safe, effective, and provides an optimal experience for our clinical teams.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this role include:

• Supporting the Senior Pharmacist - Clinical Systems with management of the Trust ePMA solutions.
• Investigating, suggesting and building the case to implement new ideas for our systems.
• Working collaboratively with the Chief Pharmacy Technicians for Automation and Pharmacy Systems to ensure interoperability between systems wherever possible, and maximising the benefits of that interoperability.
• Leads Training to the UHDB Pharmacy team and acts as a point of reference for Pharmacy staff on the ePMA system.
• Supporting the Chief Pharmacy Technician for Pharmacy Systems with stock control processes across our sites.

In order to support this you will be someone who:

• Is a registered Pharmacy Technician in the UK who has already gained broad operational and/or clinical experience.
• Has used ePMA systems before either in a clinical or operational capacity.
• Can see a problem, work out the root cause, implement a solution and then measure the effectiveness of that solution.

Closing date of applications: TBCInterview date: TBC

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.