EPR Digital Pharmacist

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust; Warwick; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust is seeking an EPR Digital Pharmacist to enhance the implementation of its new electronic prescribing system. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in bridging pharmacy and healthcare technology, optimizing medication administration while collaborating within a multidisciplinary team. Qualified pharmacists with a passion for clinical informatics and medicines safety will find this opportunity impactful for patient care. The position is located in Warwick, UK, with a closing date for applications on January 7, 2026.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Working in a rated Outstanding Trust

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Experience in hospital pharmacy.
• Experience in medicines administration policy application.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of EPR systems in a multidisciplinary team.
• Conduct training for ward staff on new systems.
• Ensure compliance with clinical governance and patient safety.

Skills

Knowledge of NHS healthcare delivery benefits

Understanding change management challenges

In-depth knowledge of medicines administration processes

Project management principles knowledge

Knowledge of EPMA systems

Education

Master's Degree in Pharmacy

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

Professional registration as a Pharmacist in the UK

Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy certificate

Tools

Clinical IT systems

Job description

Go back South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

EPR Digital Pharmacist

The closing date is 07 January 2026

This is an exciting opportunity to join Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust and George Eliott NHS Trust to shape the implementation of its new EPR system (oracle millennium). We are seeking a hands‑on and passionate pharmacist to join the digital pharmacy team and help drive transformative change in pharmacy practice through innovative informatics.

Your insights will guide the development and implementation of the EPR systems, bridging the gap between pharmacy and healthcare technology. You'll leverage your expertise to optimise electronic prescribing and medication administration aspects of the EPR system, ensuring seamless integration within clinical workflows as part of a multidisciplinary team. Ultimately enhancing the safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of medication processes to improve patient outcomes.

If you are interested in clinical informatics, and have a passion for medicines safety, this is your opportunity to make a real impact on patient care and pharmacy services.

Main duties of the job

The Specialist Pharmacist Digital Medicines will work as part of the digital pharmacy team supporting the Joint lead Pharmacy Information Officer in a multidisciplinary team tasked with implementing the Joint Oracle EPR (JEPR) system and supporting its implementation across the JEPR network that will exist between University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW), George Eliott NHS Trust (GEH) and South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT).

The post holder will support the pharmaceutical aspects of the project; primarily the reviewing, configuring and testing of the JEPR systems across both GEH and SWFT NHS Trusts. Ultimately supporting the system rollout, as well as its ongoing maintenance and development across the JEPR network. This will involve application of the skills and knowledge of a specialist pharmacist to ensure that the systems development meets the broader needs of the pharmacy department and covers aspects of clinical governance, accountability and patient safety relating to medication administration and medicines management both in pharmacy and across the Trust.

Where required the post holder will support the integration, development and maintenance of the Trusts existing pharmacy digital systems such as the Prescription tracking and WellSky dispensing system in collaboration with digital pharmacy team and wider pharmacy services.

About us

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below:

https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2

We appreciate you completing the survey.

Job responsibilities

Key Relationships

Internal Relationships

• Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO)
• Deputy Director of Nursing SWFT/GEH
• Senior Nurses and Medical Staff in various Speciality Teams
• Digital Pharmacy team
• Deputy Head of Pharmacy
• Medicines safety officer
• Other senior pharmacists and Pharmacy operational staff within the Trust.
• Consultant medical staff and their teams.
• Clinical nurse specialists and specialist staff in other clinical disciplines.
• Clinical service management leads.

External Relationships:

• The Single Instance Governance group
• Oracle health
• Other regional providers and partners including suppliers, other healthcare divisions and local
• University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust digital pharmacy team

Post Specific duties and Responsibilities

Communication and Relationship Skills

To support the implementation team in the EPMA component of roll out of JEPR.

To deliver when needed specialist training and teaching sessions to the ward‑based team, checking understanding and adapting training methods where necessary.

The post holder will support staff who are distressed or who challenge the changes to service as a result of JEPR.

To convey information from experiences and complex clinical situations to the multi‑disciplinary implementation team, contributing in all its meetings and maintaining open communication.

Analytical and Judgmental Skills

To utilise observational and verbal communication skills with all stakeholder, to contribute to the benefits measurement process and to design best practice.

To remain vigilant at all times when designing/testing and using the JEPR system to identify faults, errors or risks to safety generated by the use of the system and to report these and ensure that all relevant governance issues around the digital medicines agenda are documented, risk assessed and minimised.

Support alignment of JEPR across multiple sites and the harmonisation of practice where appropriate.

Support the integration, development and maintenance of the Trusts existing pharmacy digital systems such the Prescription tracking and WellSky dispensing system in collaboration with digital pharmacy team and wider pharmacy services.

Knowledge, Training & Experience

To participate in process mapping days and use professional experience and knowledge of medicines management standards to support the design of clinical practice in all aspects of medicines management to inform configuration of the software and ways of working.

Apply clinical pharmacy and practical digitally related and professional knowledge acquired through clinical‑digital training and previous experience to the development of digital solutions to the development of JEPR system.

Planning and Organisational Skills

To plan training sessions for ward staff within specified timeframes and to deadlines.

To evaluate changes in clinical and administrative working practices as a result of moving to electronic medicines management processes.

To work with the ward management staff to identify champions who will be coached to provide local support.

To effectively utilise and partake in incident/issue recording during the implementation phase to enable the project to confidently report on change impact.

To support updates of the electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems through assessment and testing before system go lives and to advise the Joint lead Pharmacy Information Officer on the potential impacts of updates on the medicines management processes.

To support the EPMA component of JEPR system to provide ongoing design and development of processes and reports to establish the effectiveness of the implementation and ongoing use of the system.

To provide clinical pharmacy training for undergraduate pharmacy students, vacation students, foundation trainee pharmacists (hospital and community‑based) and hospital clinical pharmacists.

Physical Skills

To use informatics, general computing and keyboard skills as part of the digital and pharmacy teams to ensure clinical and pharmacy systems are accurate, and developed, in line with Information governance, legal and NHS standards.

To produce appropriate and accurate records for system development, testing and updating.

To provide pharmacy services to a dedicated set of patients to maintain clinical competence.

To support the enhancement of patient care through the optimisation of the electronic system functionality; particularly around information on medications and the clinical checking of prescribed medication.

As part of the pharmacy digital team ensure that patient safety and service delivery are maintained in the event of failure of the electronic prescribing system and facilitate system recovery.

Act as a subject matter expert on the clinical pharmacy related to the digital medicines agenda.

Policy/Service Development

To contribute to and/ or undertake audit projects in the specialty areas particularly those concerned with the clinical and cost‑effective use of drugs, compliance with safer prescribing and drug administration policies, procedures and guidelines, and implementation of pharmacy service developments. To provide reports and present the audit findings.

To provide specialist clinical input to the development of medicine management policies, protocols and standard operational procedures to ensure all practice is compliant Trust and National standards for medicines management.

Where applicable proposes and implement changes the EPMA component of JEPR and the Trusts existing pharmacy digital systems in collaboration with the digital pharmacy team.

Responsibilities for Finance

Support the optimisation of reporting and systems to ensure data is captured and supports Trust and Pharmacy needs.

To use and manage resources in a cost‑effective way.

Responsibilities for HR

Responsible for own interactions with staff who are going through a major change process within the sphere of responsibilities, i.e. training and adjustment.

To provide motivation to staff as well as reassurance and positive influencing skills to ensure agreement and co‑operation in change.

Supervises junior pharmacy staff, technicians and students.

To help with the design and generation of training materials such as training guides, manuals, crib sheets working with the IT Training Lead to ensure version control.

Pharmacy duties and Responsibilities

To provide a high level, responsive, and developing clinical pharmacy service to individual patients on allocated wards, and assist junior pharmacists in such roles, and ward based Medicines Management technicians in their duties.

To be actively involved in efficient discharge planning on the allocated wards by reviewing and transcribing patients discharge treatment (as appropriate) facilitating timely dispensing of discharge medication and, where necessary, liaising and communicating with relevant healthcare practitioners in intermediate or primary care to ensure safe transfer and continuity of care.

If agreed, to undertake prescribing as a Pharmacist independent Prescriber, in the clinical area for which Prescriber accreditation was gained, and in a wider sense within the limits of competency.

To lead the efficient organisation and smooth running of a dispensary, including assuring that the environment is ready and safe for the day's work.

From Main Dispensary provide cover and support to the Outpatients dispensary operated by SWFT Clinical Services Ltd. on demand.

To train and support staff to maintain formulary control, and adherence to prescribing and dispensing policies, and to collect prescription charges.

To assist the Lead and Senior Technician in policies, procedures and the framework for dispensing, and the planning and development of the service, including automation, and stock control.

To liaise with patients and answer their questions and concerns about their therapy, and to provide tailored counselling around complex regimes.

To advise and support ward and clinic staff, not least regarding controlled stationery, service hours, late prescribing, e‑prescribing, and use of the tracker to monitor prescription progress.

To undertake clinical checks of the treatment regimens in care pathways, and raise and resolve anomalies with prescribers.

To ensure that staff log errors and near misses and that the team and the individual learn from these.

To pick up issues arising during weekend service hours and address these on the next full working day.

To contribute to the Emergency Duty Commitment of pharmacists providing an out‑of‑hours emergency Pharmacy service. To undertake routine duties within the dispensary as required, supervising the work of junior pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and (senior) ATOs.

To contribute to the late night, weekend, Bank Holiday and Statutory Day working rota.

If requested, to be an authorised signatory for drug purchase orders and for drug invoice payments.

To demonstrate and maintain a commitment to continuing professional development and encourage other members of the team to do likewise.

Research and Development

The post holder will use academic enquiry and audit skills, to plan, implement and evaluate concepts and strategies leading to improvements in medicines management processes using electronic solutions.

Freedom to Act

The post-holder will be expected use their own judgement, experience and clinical expertise in achieving work to predefined results. They will be guided by principles and organisation policies but in the system development phase they will be expected to establish the way in which these should be interpreted and implemented.

Other

Keep updated of advances in relevant technologies, new techniques and developments that occur undertaking any additional training and attending national and local conference events.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy practice or equivalent or relevant experience.
• Professional registration as a Pharmacist in the UK, through practitioner Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council
• Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy diploma OR postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Certificate completed and working towards postgraduate Clinical Diploma (to be completed within 12 months of appointment) OR at least 12 months of appointment) OR at least 2 years post qualification experience with at least 6 months of those within specialist area

Experience

• Sufficient hospital pharmacy experience (as a registered pharmacist) to have acquired the competencies needed for the job
• Experience of prioritising work and setting deadlines
• Recent experience of practical application of medicines administration policy and procedure in complex regimes
• Experience of delivering on the job training/coaching using computer systems
• Experience of troubleshooting and problem solving
• Previous experience of working with clinical IT systems
• Experience of working to deliver discrete pieces of work to deadlines

Skills

• Knowledge of the benefits of computer programs in NHS healthcare delivery
• Understanding change management challenges and how change can impact on staff and performance
• In depth knowledge of medicines administration processes and medicines management issues
• Knowledge of the principles of project management
• Knowledge of EPMA systems.

Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication skills including presentation of facts and negotiating skills
• Ability to work as part of a team, sharing skills and abilities
• Ability to understand different learning styles and attitudes to change in the workplace
• Computer literate with clinical systems
• Advanced level of clinical reasoning and strict attention to detail
• Remain calm under pressure
• Ability to realise when to escalate issues within the appropriate management structure
• Able to meet deadlines
• High standards of work presentation
• Familiarity with Pharmacy IT solutions and EPMA solutions.
• Able to deal with concerned/anxious patients or relatives particularly in relation to their drug treatment

Other

• Flexibility and willingness to work outside of office hours to deliver ad hoc training sessions
• Projection of a positive and professional image
• Demonstration of enthusiasm for service change and improvements
• Satisfactory computer keyboard skills
• Use of motorised transport and insured for business use (or willingness to stay on site at own expense whilst on call)

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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