Digital Medicines Programme Lead

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Seaton Delaval; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust seeks an experienced Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician to lead the Digital Medicines agenda, steering strategic development, governance and delivery of digital medicines systems across the Trust.

This senior programme lead will collaborate with Chief Clinical Information Officers and Digital Medicines Leads to enable safe, interoperable solutions that support excellent patient care.

Responsibilities

• Delivery and performance of the Trust's digital medicines services impacting all clinical areas
• Leads a multidisciplinary team including Digital Medicines Operational Lead, clinical informatics specialists and wider digital/clinical staff
• Responsible for organisation-wide ePMA systems used by prescribers, nursing, pharmacy and AHP staff
• Manages complex programmes covering system optimisation, upgrades, integrations and transformation initiatives
• Accountable for quality assurance, governance, risk management and compliance with legislation and national standards
• Responsible for prioritisation and allocation of digital medicines resources and contributing to financial planning
• Provides organisation-wide expert leadership on digital medicines safety and system design decisions
• Leads development of integrations with clinical and corporate systems
• Responsible for ensuring effective use of digital medicines data for performance, safety and decision-making

Job description

We are seeking an experienced, innovative and forward-thinking Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician to provide senior programme leadership for the organisation's Digital Medicines agenda. This high-profile leadership role will drive the strategic development, governance, and delivery of digital medicines systems and services, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities, national policy, and the evolving needs of clinical services.

As Digital Medicines Programme Lead, the postholder will provide professional, operational, and strategic leadership across the Digital Medicines team. The role will be responsible for directing the delivery, optimisation, and continuous improvement of digital medicines solutions, ensuring systems are safe, effective, interoperable, and support excellence in patient care.

The postholder will act as expert lead for digital medicines programmes working closely with Chief Clinical Information Officers and Digital Medicines Lead. They will provide oversight and assurance across multiple complex projects and services, working closely with the wider digital and informatics teams to deliver transformational change at scale.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

• Accountable for delivery and performance of the Trust's digital medicines services impacting all clinical areas
• Leads a multidisciplinary team including Digital Medicines Operational Lead, clinical informatics specialists and wider digital/clinical staff
• Responsible for organisation-wide ePMA systems used by prescribers, nursing, pharmacy and AHP staff
• Manages complex programmes covering system optimisation, upgrades, integrations and transformation initiatives
• Accountable for quality assurance, governance, risk management and compliance with legislation and national standards
• Responsible for prioritisation and allocation of digital medicines resources and contributing to financial planning
• Provides organisation-wide expert leadership on digital medicines safety and system design decisions
• Leads development of integrations with clinical and corporate systems
• Responsible for ensuring effective use of digital medicines data for performance, safety and decision-making

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Chandler Job title: Deputy Chief Pharmacist / Digital Medicines Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07500 783229