Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Digital Systems

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond.

We are seeking an experienced pharmacist to join our Clinical Informatics Team in a job share capacity (2.5 days per week) as a Band 8a pharmacist on a permanent basis. The successful candidate will be based at the Royal London Hospital and will play a key role in the Trust-wide optimisation of clinical systems, ensuring efficiency and excellence in patient care.

• The post holder will assist the Lead Pharmacist, Informatics with the development and optimisation of electronic prescribing within the Trust, in conjunction with the Head of IT Projects and the EPR team.
• They will assist with the implementation of any new digital medicines’ initiatives and support the pharmacy team in developing, validating and maintaining the wider pharmacy digital systems operated by the department.
• They will ensure patient safety, security of access, system availability and that data accuracy is delivered by the system(s) and meets the requirements of the Trust, its patients and clinical staff.

Experience:

• Significant experience post registration in a hospital based post.
• Previous significant experience of working with clinical IT systems, including ePMA.
• Experience of working with clinicians and a proven track record for influencing change.
• Writing and presenting complex reports.
• Successful experience of managing & leading projects.
• Practical experience of setting up and configuring EPMA and associated functionality.
• Experience of successfully managing staff, performing appraisals and giving feedback.

Skills:

• Be able to provide highly complex ePMA information and impart knowledge to all levels of healthcare professionals.
• Able to communicate complex information effectively in both written and verbal formats with staff and patients.
• Demonstrates an ability to plan, prioritise and organise own workload, to work under pressure and act with autonomy.
• Demonstrates an ability to analyse and interpret data.
• Assertive, diplomatic, persuasive with ability to negotiate.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of regulations and legislation relevant to EPMA.
• In depth knowledge of medicines administration processes and medicines management.
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of safe pharmacy practice including Medicines legislation and professional code of ethics.
• Knowledge of national digital strategy for the NHS.
• Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice.

Qualifications:

• MPharm (Master’s Degree).

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so.