Lead Technician Electronic Prescribing & Medicines Admin (EPMA)

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a Lead Technician for Electronic Prescribing & Medicines Admin. This role involves overseeing the EPMA systems, requiring technical skills and pharmacy knowledge, in a dynamic healthcare environment. Candidates should have a strong educational background and experience in pharmacy services.

Benefits

Personal development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience and knowledge of hospital pharmacy services.
• Good interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage stress and conflict.

Responsibilities

• Support development, configuration, and maintenance of EPMA systems.
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams for project implementation.
• Conduct pharmacy training on EPMA system.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Education

BTEC, City and Guilds or NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services

Registered Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC

Qualified Accuracy Checker

Tools

EPMA system

Computer hardware (PCs, Servers, Printers)

Job description

Go back Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Lead Technician Electronic Prescribing & Medicines Admin (EPMA)

The closing date is 22 June 2025

We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and experienced pharmacy technician, to join our EPMA team at one of the largest and busiest tertiary referral teaching trusts in the country.

Under the direction of the Chief Technician and as part of the wider pharmacy and multidisciplinary team you will use your technical pharmacy knowledge in the configuration and on-going maintenance of this exciting technology, ensuring pharmacy and the wider hospital realise its full potential to improve medicines optimisation and patient safety.

The successful candidate will have an interest in IT systems, be able to work independently as well as part of a team, be conscientious, and be able to prioritise their own workload effectively while displaying excellent attention to detail. You will have good communication skills. A clinical background and experience of other IT prescribing systems or information manipulation would be an advantage.

Main duties of the job

Under the leadership and direction of the Chief Technician - Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA):

Support with the development, configuration, testing, implementation, on-going maintenance and management of the Trust's EPMA system and relevant digital medicines systems.

To work with the multi-disciplinary EPMA project and Digital Nurse teams in delivering the outputs required for project implementation and ongoing optimisation/support. Ensuring robust, safe, effective, auditable processes and systems are in place in line with national standards and local policy and procedures. This will involve assisting in and supporting with the maintenance and development of the EPMA and relevant digital medicines systems.

To support with the development and deliver any aspect of pharmacy education/training on how Pharmacy staff interact with the EPMA system to perform their duties.

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Job responsibilities

NUH has had a long standing and multi award winning partnership with Nervecentre our EPMA provider.

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

• BTEC, City and Guilds or NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services, or recognised equivalent
• Registered Pharmacy Technician the the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Qualified Accuracy Checker

Experience

• Experience and knowledge of hospital pharmacy services gained through relevant post registration experience.
• Working knowledge of computer hardware including PC's, Servers, Printers and portable devices.
• Previous experience of working with an EPMA system.
• Evidence of project management
• Teaching experience

Communication and Judgement skills

• Good interpersonal and presentation skills - written and verbal
• Able to tolerate interruptions and deal with stress, complaints and conflict
• Effective staff and performance management skills

Analytical and Judgment Skills

• Knows own limitations
• Demonstrate a systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to problem solving, both in data and information handling and technical (hardware) issues
• Accurate with good attention to detail
• Evidence of incorporating innovative and "best practice" into current practice

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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