Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Digital Systems

Barts Health Nhs Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking an experienced pharmacist to join the Pharmacy Informatics Team for 12 months in a full‑time Band 8a role based at the Royal London Hospital, east London.

You will contribute to the Trust-wide optimisation of clinical systems, support digital medicines initiatives, and help develop, validate and maintain the pharmacy's digital platforms, ensuring patient safety and data accuracy.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacist with GPhC registration.
• Experience with clinical/pharmacy information systems.
• Experience in NHS or similar health system environments.

Responsibilities

• Assist with development and optimisation of electronic prescribing within the Trust.
• Support implementation of digital medicines initiatives and maintain digital systems.
• Ensure patient safety, system availability and data accuracy.
• Drive efficiency and innovation in Pharmacy Informatics.

Skills

Pharmacy informatics

Clinical systems

Data validation

Patient safety

Education

GPhC registered Pharmacist

Tools

Electronic prescribing systems

NHS IT systems

Job description

The postholder 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.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

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. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

We are seeking an experienced pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Informatics Team for 12 months while the current post holder is on a career break. This is a full‑time Band 8a role based at the Royal London Hospital. The successful candidate will play a key role in the Trust‑wide optimisation of clinical systems, helping to drive efficiency, innovation, and excellence in patient care.