Pharmacist - EPMA, London

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the role, please refer to the Job Description. This post offers a unique opportunity to work within a highly specialist EPMA team, supporting the ongoing development, optimisation and safe use of EPMA across the Trust and wider NWL APG. The role combines digital transformation with clinical practice, including responsibility for maintaining prescribing workflows, contributing to major system developments such as EPS, and providing ward-based clinical pharmacy services. The successful candidate will work closely with multidisciplinary teams to support safe, effective and innovative medicines management, contributing to service improvement, governance and high-quality patient care across multiple clinical settings.

Person specification

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy (Mpharm or equivalent)
• Registered Pharmacist with the GPhC
• Postgraduate Diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent demonstrable experience

Desirable criteria

• Formal training or qualification in EPMA / EPR / Clinical Informatics
• Project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2 Foundation, Agile) or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant post-registration clinical pharmacy experience in an NHS hospital setting
• Experience of working with an EPMA system in a live acute clinical environment
• Experience contributing to the build, optimisation, maintenance or governance of EPMA/EPR functionality
• Experience of multidisciplinary working with medical, nursing, pharmacy and digital teams
• Experience delivering or supporting digital change, transformation or system optimisation

Desirable criteria

• Experience of EPMA implementation, major upgrade, or system-wide change
• Experience working across multiple sites or organisations

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria

• Advanced clinical pharmacy knowledge appropriate to senior practice
• In-depth understanding of safe prescribing, medicines governance and medicines optimisation
• Strong understanding of EPMA functionality and its impact on clinical workflows
• Ability to identify risk and implement mitigation within digital medicines systems
• Ability to work autonomously and manage a specialist workload

Desirable criteria

• Experience contributing to Trust-level strategy or governance forums

Personal qualities

Essential criteria

• Enthusiasm for the position and a mature and positive approach to the out of hour's commitment
• Self-starter
• Methodical with attention to detail
• Friendly, empathetic and reliable team worker able to relate to all grades of staff
• Ability to cope well within a busy environment

Important

• The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.

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