Senior Pharmacy Technician

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Walsall; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare NHS trust is seeking a Senior Pharmacy Technician to provide technical support for the Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration System (ePMA). The ideal candidate will implement the ePMA system, collaborate with IT on optimising medicines initiatives, and train staff across the Trust. This permanent, full-time role is key to the organisation’s ePMA journey.

Qualifications

• Experience with Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration Systems.
• Ability to support and train staff on new systems.
• Strong understanding of medicines optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical support for the ePMA implementation.
• Develop reports and dashboards to assess ePMA effectiveness.
• Provide training for staff on ePMA functionalities.

Skills

Technical support for ePMA

Configuration and testing expertise

Training provision

Job description

Senior Pharmacy Technician - ePMA | Walsall vergroten NHS Trust

Employer:

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

<ண்டும்Location:

Walsall, WS2 9PS

Pay:

Contract Type:

Permanent

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Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

13/02/2026

About this job

This is a key role within our organisation and exciting time to join Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust as we embark on our ePMA journey.

The post holder will act as a specialist Lead Technician, providing technical support, configuration and testing expertise, and superuser status for the Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration System(s) (ePMAs) utilised at WHT. This will include the development and maintenance of the ePMA system(s), meeting the current and future needs of the Trust and leading the change control processes around this.يزية

The post-holder will: Support the Lead Pharmacist

• ePMA and the Principal Pharmacist
• ePMA and Digital Medicines Management in implementing ePMA (including software and hardware). Work together with partners such as IT to ensure that the ePMA system is used to support medicines optimisation initiatives.

Support the Lead Pharmacist

• epMA and the Principal Pharmacist
• ePMA and Digital Medicines Management in developing reports and dashboards to maximise the benefits of the ePMA system and demonstrate its effectiveness in medicines optimisation.

Support and help provide training for ePMA for all staff groups across the Trust.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community.

Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services school's under one roof.

The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities.

A new Urgent Emergency Care Centre was opened in March 2023. The two-storey development has significantly improved emergency-care facilities and capacity and has provided almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.

We are committed to welcoming and making everyone feel valued at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and embody the Trust's values and behaviours.

We promote a culture based on fairness, respect, honesty and trust with both patients and staff being at the heart of all that we do.

To support the implementation, maintenance and future development of the ePMA system, working closely with the Pharmacy ePMA team and Trust ePMA project team.

To be a superuser for the ePMA system, developing routine housekeeping of the system to ensure optimal performance and contributing to the development of business continuity plans.

To ensure there are clear and transparent processes and timeframes for the completion of changes and developments to the EPMA system(s) that can be measured and reported upon.

To maintain and update drug template files for the ePMA system and implement the required medicine configuration workflows so they are reproducible through testing to provide clinical assurance.

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