Joint Digital Pharmacist / Pharmacy Technician

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a leadership role within digital medicines to maintain and optimise EPMA systems, provide professional and clinical oversight for patient safety and care, and support system-wide digital medicine priorities across Dorset County Hospital and Dorset Healthcare University Hospital.

The role involves line managing the Principal Pharmacy Technician for Pharmacy Systems, developing analytics for clinical prioritisation and dashboards, and

Responsibilities

• Line manages the Principal Pharmacy Technician for Pharmacy Systems (DCH) and provides managerial, professional and clinical oversight of Pharmacy Systems (JAC, EPMA, PTS, AerosScout)
• Optimises the existing EPMA system by developing analytical tools to support patient care such as clinical prioritisation and performance dashboards
• Supports the Medicines Optimisation work programme for the Medicines Committee
• Supports the pharmacy clinical audit programme
• Supports the System wide Digital Medicine Strategy and the development of a Single Medication Record for the system
• Participates in the provision of the clinical pharmacy service, inpatient and outpatient dispensing services
• DepDishar for the Joint Digital Lead Pharmacist

Job description

Working across both Dorset County Hospital and Dorset Healthcare University Hospital, this is a leadership role within digital medicines responsible for maintaining and optimising existing EPMA systems, delivering quality and capability improvement, and providing professional and clinical oversight to ensure high standards of patient safety and care. This role line manages the Principal Pharmacy Technician. This role supports works closely with the system/joint lead pharmacist digital medicines to support system-wide digital medicines priorities.

• To line manage the Principal Pharmacy Technician for Pharmacy Systems (DCH) and to provide managerial, professional and clinical oversight of Pharmacy Systems (JAC, EPMA, PTS, AerosScout)
• To optimise the existing EPMA system by developing analytical tools to support patient care such as clinical prioritisation and performance dashboards
• To support the Medicines Optimisation work programme for the Medicines Committee
• To support the pharmacy clinical audit programme
• To support the System wide Digital Medicine Strategy and the development of a Single Medication Record for the system
• To participate in the provision of the clinical pharmacy service, inpatient and outpatient dispensing services
• To deputise for the Joint Digital Lead Pharmacist

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.

Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.