About this role
Job summary
The pharmacy Department at the Great Western Hospital is seeking a forward-thinking digital and informatics pharmacist to assist in the management of digital systems related to medicines use within the organisation.
Along with providing a clinical pharmacy service onsite to inpatients, you will be the organisation's deputy lead for digital medicines management systems--providing governance and oversight of the electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA), pharmacy informatics, and other clinical and non clinical digital systems central to management of medicines.
Main duties of the job
Provide clinical input for the maintenance, optimisation, and deployment of digital medicines management systems (including EPMA and pharmacy stock control systems). Comply with digital medicines safety requirements, ensuring compliance with national standards and supporting continuous quality improvement. Act as the specialist pharmacist link between pharmacy, clinical teams, IT, and digital transformation programmes. Oversee data quality and analytics relating to medicines use, supporting reporting, audit, and service improvement. Act as deputy lead for the digital pharmacy team, providing mentorship, training, and performance management. Ensure robust clinical risk assessments and contribute to governance processes such as safety testing, incident review, and change advisory boards.
About us
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people. We are creating a heath and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
Job description Job responsibilities
To ensure the provision of specialist pharmacy input to all clinical and non-clinical digital systems used to manage medicines. To contribute towards both operational and strategic development of digital systems.
To use specialist pharmacy experience and knowledge to contribute to the design of new operational ways of working utilising digital systems and designing new processes to ensure maximum levels of safety and quality.
Utilise clinical skills to provide a clinical pharmacy service in accordance with rotas to include on call, late and weekend working where required.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Masters Degree (or equivalent) in Pharmacy Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Willingness to undertake further training to further professional development Evidence of continued professional development Post-Graduate Certificate (or equivalent) in Clinical Pharmacy
Desirable
Member of the Royal College of Pharmacy Independent prescribing qualification (or willingness to undertake) Membership of professional digital network or similar
Experience Essential
Experience working with digital clinical and non clinical systems used to manage medicines Experience working with Automations and Clinical Informatics Experience delivering ward based clinical pharmacy services Evidence of leading on a project / audit Able to deliver clinical pharmacy services independently across a range of specialties Experience working effectively in multidisciplinary teams Evidence of contributing to quality improvement or service evaluation Evidence of using clinical reasoning and appropriate judgement to make decisions / problem solve Experience delivering training to pharmacy or multidisciplinary staff Experience in critical appraisal to answer Medicines Information queries
Desirable
Experience in project leadership Experience of project working and responsibility for delivering on project objectives, including benefits realisation Experience across a range of clinical specialties Experience of contributing to cost improvement programmes Experience contributing to guidelines, SOP's or pathway development Evidence of implementing audit findings into practice
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.
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UK Registration
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Employer details Employer name Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Great Western Hospitals
Marlborough Road
Swindon
SN3 6BB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)