Pharmacist Specialist - Clinical Informatics

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative healthcare organization is looking for a skilled Clinical Pharmacist to enhance patient care through digital innovation. This role uniquely combines clinical practice with the implementation of advanced digital prescribing systems, particularly TPP SystmOne. You will work closely with pharmacy and clinical teams to ensure the effective use of these systems, while also maintaining direct patient care responsibilities. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact on medication safety and clinical governance in a leading healthcare environment, providing high-quality services across multiple locations.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical pharmacy with a focus on digital systems.
• Strong understanding of TPP SystmOne and its functionalities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to implement digital prescribing solutions.
• Participate in MDT ward rounds and contribute to clinical decisions.

Skills

Clinical Pharmacy

Digital Prescribing Systems

TPP SystmOne

Medication Safety

Clinical Decision-Making

Education

Master's in Pharmacy

PhD in Clinical Pharmacy

Tools

Electronic Prescription Service (EPS)

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Clinical Pharmacist to join our team in a dual role that combines clinical practice with digital innovation. This role sits at the intersection of pharmacy and digital services, providing a unique opportunity to influence the development, deployment, and optimisation of digital prescribing systems, particularly TPP SystmOne, including utilisation of Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) and inpatient prescribing functionality across the Urgent Treatment Centres.

The postholder will work collaboratively with pharmacy colleagues, clinicians, and digital services teams including Application Management, IT Training, and Information Governance to ensure the safe, effective, and user-friendly implementation of digital prescribing solutions. In addition to digital responsibilities, the role includes protected clinical time to maintain direct patient care activities and clinical pharmacy skills.

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.

Clinical Informatics

1. The utilisation and optimisation of TPP SystmOne across various clinical areas and specialties.
2. Provide input into the design, testing, and deployment of digital prescribing systems.
3. Support the rollout and configuration of EPS and prescribing functionality within SystmOne.
4. Collaborate in the development and delivery of training materials and user guides for prescribers, pharmacy teams, and wider clinical staff.
5. Participate in system upgrades, testing new functionalities, identifying bugs, and supporting issue resolution.
6. Act as a digital champion, promoting best practices in digital prescribing & medication safety through system use.
7. Ensure that clinical safety and medicines governance are at the forefront of all digital developments.
8. Represent pharmacy and clinical informatics in relevant working groups & stakeholder meetings.

Clinical Responsibilities

1. Work as an active member of the clinical pharmacy team to deliver high-quality clinical pharmacy services.
2. Participate in MDT ward rounds and contribute to clinical decision-making for safe and effective medicines use.

General Responsibilities

1. Participate in the pharmacy department’s weekend and bank holiday rota, providing clinical and/or dispensary services.
2. Participate in the pharmacy department’s on-call rota, providing remote or on-site support for urgent medicines-related queries and clinical advice.

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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High-quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do, and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

For further details / informal visits contact:

• Name: Emily Skinner
• Job title: Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Informatics
• Email: [e-mail]
• Telephone: [phone]