Pharmacist - Electronic Prescribing And Medicines Administration (Epma)

Imperial currently uses Cerner ePMA, which is shared with Chelsea and Westminster Foundation Trust, London Northwest Hospitals, and The Hillingdon Hospital, as part of North West London Acute Provider Group.

Are you an enthusiastic individual looking to learn more and contribute to the development of our ePMA system? Are you self-motivated, have good organisational skills as well as excellent communication skills and the ability to work alongside others? If so we have a post that may be just the thing for you.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacist to join our electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) team.

Main duties of the job:

• To assist with the medication catalogue re-build for electronic prescription service (EPS) project.
• To assist with implementation, maintenance, development of electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) across Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
• To support back-end technical processes such as configuration, development and testing of the Trust’s current or future ePMA systems.
• To train and support all staff involved with the ePMA process. This includes pharmacy staff, prescribers, nurses and floorwalkers.
• Working with the Senior Pharmacist on arising issues to ensure that ePMA system is fit for purpose and suitable for use across the Trust.
• To provide ePMA support services according to rota if necessary (including early, late, weekend working and on-call commitments).

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

Person specification:

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria:

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or Pharmacy Technician qualification or equivalent
• Member of the GPhC

Desirable criteria:

• Diploma in pharmacy practice

Experience

Essential criteria:

• Previous experience of using, maintaining and implementing Cerner electronic prescribing system and medication catalogue
• Experience in delivering training and education
• Practical Clinical experience minimum of 18 months

Desirable criteria:

• Planning and developing services
• Experience of developing or rolling out an ePMA system in secondary care

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

Essential criteria:

• Ability to communicate complex information
• Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management
• Demonstrate the ability to reconcile national priorities with local realities in the relevant specialist area
• Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement and is able to manage difficult and ambiguous problems in the relevant specialist area

Desirable criteria:

• Communicates best practice outside the organisation
• Demonstrated ability to identify training needs of others
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and improve service quality

Right to work:

If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on.

We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR).

Vacancy Closing Date:

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application. Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).