Pharmacy Digital Systems Data specialist

Barts Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Pharmacy Digital Systems Data Specialist to enhance the Electronic Prescription Service. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to optimize digital systems and improve patient safety. Candidates should have significant clinical pharmacy experience and proficiency in digital systems. This role offers a unique chance to drive digital transformation in healthcare, contributing to safer prescribing practices.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a hospital-based post.
• Experience working with clinical IT systems.
• Ability to influence change within a team.

Responsibilities

• Support the deployment and management of Electronic Prescription Service (EPS).
• Contribute to the design and maintenance of formularies.
• Develop user-facing dashboards for clinical teams.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy expertise

Digital systems knowledge

Advanced use of Excel

Analytical skills

Effective communication

Teamwork

Teaching capability

Education

MPharm or equivalent

Registered with GPhC

Postgraduate qualification

Specialist training in clinical informatics

Tools

Business Objects

SQL

Job description

Pharmacy Digital Systems Data specialist

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Pharmacy Digital Systems Data Specialist to join our Pharmacy Informatics Team. This pivotal role supports the deployment and optimisation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) across the Trust, ensuring safe, effective, and compliant prescribing practices.The successful candidate will contribute to formulary development, digital systems integration, and the creation of analytical dashboards to enhance clinical decision-making and patient safety. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, the postholder will provide expert guidance on digital medicines initiatives and uphold data integrity and governance standards. Additionally, contributing to national digital medicines strategies.Applicants must possess substantial experience in clinical pharmacy and digital systems. This is an excellent opportunity to influence digital transformation within one of the UK's leading healthcare organisations.

Proposed Interview date 1 - Dec - 2025

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be part of the pharmacy informatics/digital team, supporting the Lead Pharmacist Informatics in the deployment, management, and assurance of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) across the Trust. They will use their clinical knowledge and knowledge of the Drug Tariff to ensure medications are prescribed safely and appropriately on FP10s.

Working closely with the pharmacy formulary team, the postholder will contribute to the design, build, and maintenance of formularies for the Trust and its system partners. They will also support the development of user-facing dashboards to help clinical teams interpret prescribing data and drive improvements in patient safety.

The role also includes supporting the implementation of digital medicines initiatives and contributing to the development, validation, and ongoing maintenance of wider pharmacy digital systems.

As part of the pharmacy digital team, the postholder will help provide assurance on the safe and effective use of electronic medicines management systems, in collaboration with the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) and Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO).

They will be responsible for promoting patient safety, ensuring secure and reliable system access, maintaining data integrity, and ensuring systems meet the clinical, regulatory and operational needs of the Trust, its staff, and patients.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Job responsibilities

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Experience

• Demonstrable significant experience post registration in a hospital-based post.
• Previous significant experience of working with clinical IT systems.
• Experience of working with clinicians and a proven track record for influencing change within a directorate or specialist role
• Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. pre-registration / foundation training pharmacists /pharmacy technicians
• Broad clinical pharmacy or medicines management expertise and experience.
• Experience of providing evaluated information on drug expenditure
• Experience interpreting and working with drug budgets and drug tariff.
• Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. trainees / junior pharmacists / pharmacy technicians / other HCPs
• Advanced use of Excel
• Experience of Business Objects
• Advanced use of SQL to extract data from large complex databases.
• Experience in Health Informatics ideally in a Business Analyst role

Skills

• Be able to provide highly complex digital systems information and impart knowledge to all levels of healthcare professionals (up to and including senior consultants)
• Able to analyse highly complex information relating to medicines and their uses.
• Able to make sound judgments and act as a specialist for Pharmacy Digital System issues in the Trust.
• Able to communicate effectively in both written and verbal formats with staff and patients.
• Demonstrates an ability to plan, prioritise and organise own workload, to work under pressure and act with autonomy whilst retaining a sense of own capabilities and escalate when necessary
• Demonstrates an ability to analyse and interpret data
• Demonstrates an understanding of risk management
• Assertive, diplomatic, persuasive with ability to negotiate.
• Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
• Demonstrates initiative.
• Demonstrates novel ways of working to enhance services
• Good team worker
• Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training

Knowledge

• Knowledge of regulations and legislation relevant to digital systems
• In depth knowledge of medicines administration processes and medicines management
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of safe pharmacy practice including Medicines legislation and professional code of ethics.
• Knowledge of national digital strategy for the NHS
• Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
• Understands the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation.
• Knowledge of Information Governance requirements
• Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives.

Qualifications

• MPharm (Pharmacist only) / BTEC level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent
• Registered as a pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Postgraduate/post-registration qualification in relevant area or equivalent experience.
• Specialist higher qualification (Diploma) in IT or Clinical Pharmacy or a related area or a portfolio demonstrating equivalent through experience at senior level and relevant short courses taught at postgraduate level.
• Specialist training in leadership
• Specialist training in clinical informatics

Other

• Enthusiastic, self-motivating, hardworking and conscientious
• Interest in expanding knowledge and self-development
• Reliable with a good attendance record
• Able to participate in late working, weekend and bank holiday rota
• Good organisational skills and ability to work to deadlines

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.