Pharmacy Informatics Officer

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To support the implementation, maintenance and future development of the clinical pharmacy systems, working closely with the Pharmacy and Trust digital project teams.
2. To be a superuser for the clinical pharmacy systems, developing routine housekeeping of the systems to ensure optimal performance and contributing to the development of business continuity plans.
3. To maintain and update drug template files for the clinical pharmacy systems and implement the required medicine configuration workflows so they are reproducible through testing to provide clinical assurance.
4. Contribute to troubleshooting issues identified by users with clinical pharmacy systems , facilitating training where required.
5. To help facilitate improvements in digital literacy for pharmacy staff in conjunction with the training team in readiness for clinical pharmacy system implementation.
6. Liaise with medical, nursing, midwifery, allied health professionals and support staff to ensure effective use of clinical pharmacy systems.
7. Test business continuity plans.
8. Produce routine reports to capture and communicate prescribing and administration information of patients to healthcare professionals.
9. Produce ad hoc reports for auditing and other purposes

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent or experience in an IT service environment with evidence of relevant skills

• Microsoft Office Qualifications - MOS expert level or ECDL advanced
• Project management qualification

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of working in healthcare setting.
• Relevant experience in configuring and optimising clinical systems.
• Knowledge of data validation and change management processes
• Experience in developing business continuity plans.
• Relevant experience and knowledge of developing data processes and databases
• Knowledge of using data from multiple information systems
• Experience of writing standard operating procedures
• Experience of writing training materials
• Experience of providing training to wide range of staff groups

• Experience of working within hospital pharmacy

Skills and Aptitudes

• Able to work as part of a team.
• Ability to manage equipment resources within the Pharmacy Department.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to influence others, motivate staff and manage change.
• An ability to effectively communicate in difficult or emotionally challenging situations.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Able to multitask.
• Ability to work in a busy environment to deadlines.
• Ability to prioritise own work and that of the team.
• Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure whilst continuing to deliver key targets.

Competencies

• Able to use and configure a wide range of clinical informatics systems
• Able to present and explain results of analysis via written and verbal communication, appropriate to the audience.
• Working knowledge and experience of databases including database interrogation tools, e.g. t-SQL, SSIS, SSRS
• Able to produce dashboards with Power BI

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Moat Road

Walsall

WS2 9PS

Employer's website

https://walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk