Chief Pharmacy Technician - ePMA & Digital Services

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust; Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Outer London HCAS allowance (pro-rata)

Job summary

The Chief Technician role sits within Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust's Pharmacy Digital and Informatics Team. You will maintain and optimise the Oracle Cerner Millennium EPMA, deliver training to multidisciplinary staff, and design prescribing protocols and order sets to support safe patient care.

Developing from Band 6 to Band 7 as competencies are met, you will work alongside digital medicines projects, with dispensary experience retained.

Qualifications

• BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
• NVQ Level 3 in pharmaceutical services or equivalent.
• GPhC registration is required.
• NHS hospital pharmacy experience.
• Health informatics experience.
• Experience with hospital electronic prescribing and administration systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and optimise the Trust's EPMA systems as part of the Pharmacy Digital Team.
• Provide expert training and support to multidisciplinary staff on the Oracle Cerner Millennium EPMA system.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to design and implement system changes that promote safe prescribing in line with Trust clinical guidelines.
• Collaborate with wider Trust Digital Teams on projects, system upgrades, configuration and regression testing.
• Design, build and implement prescribing protocols, order sets and clinical decision support tools.
• Contribute to medication safety initiatives through system design, audit and continuous quality improvement.
• Support and train colleagues and contribute to multidisciplinary discussions and digital projects.
• Help solve problems as they arise with digital systems.
• Retain operational pharmacy experience in the dispensary.

Skills

Medicines optimisation

Digital health literacy

Master new systems

Education

BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences

NVQ Level 3 in pharmaceutical services

Tools

Hospital electronic prescribing systems

Job description

This Chief Technician post sits within the Pharmacy Digital and Informatics Team at Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on maintaining and optimising the Trust's Oracle Cerner Millennium EPMA system, training multidisciplinary staff and designing prescribing protocols and order sets. Most of the time goes on digital medicines systems, though some dispensary work is retained, and the post is developmental, with progression from Band 6 to Band 7 once agreed competencies are met. Applicants need GPhC registration and proven health informatics experience.

What the job involves

• Maintain and optimise the Trust's EPMA systems as part of the Pharmacy Digital Team
• Provide expert training and support to multidisciplinary staff on the Oracle Cerner Millennium EPMA system
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to design and implement system changes that promote safe prescribing in line with Trust clinical guidelines
• Collaborate with wider Trust Digital Teams on projects, system upgrades, configuration and regression testing
• Design, build and implement prescribing protocols, order sets and clinical decision support tools
• Contribute to medication safety initiatives through system design, audit and continuous quality improvement
• Support and train colleagues and contribute to multidisciplinary discussions and digital projects
• Help solve problems as they arise with digital systems
• Retain operational pharmacy experience in the dispensary

Qualifications

• BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences
• NVQ Level 3 in pharmaceutical services or equivalent

Registration & licences

• Registered with the GPhC

Experience

• Previous NHS hospital pharmacy experience
• Proven experience in health informatics
• Support and technical expertise on hospital electronic prescribing and administration systems

Skills & knowledge

• Good understanding of medicines optimisation and the role of digital systems in patient safety
• Proven ability to master new systems rapidly
• Knowledge of the GPhC professional code of conduct and guidance

Nice to have

• ACPT qualification
• Additional qualifications or training in digital health or IT systems
• Knowledge of health informatics
• Experience with healthcare IT computer systems

What’s offered

• Outer London HCAS allowance (pro-rata)