JOB OVERVIEW

We are looking for a skilled and motivated Specialist Pharmacist/Pharmacy Technician – ePMA and Clinical Informatics to play a pivotal role in the implementation, development, and maintenance of our electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the future of digital healthcare and make a tangible impact on patient care and pharmacy services.
As an organisation, we are on the brink of a major transformation with the rollout of a new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system. This is your chance to be at the forefront of digital change, ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines through innovative technologies.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Experience of contributing to or leading on the writing of trust guidelines, policies and procedures
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Disability Advice Line: SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

• To maintain all clinical systems as directed by the relevant committees and the ePMA and Clinical Informatics Team Leader.
• Collaborate with the IT department to develop, improve and maintain the prescribing and administration solutions of Cerner millennium
• To develop, test and deliver basic developments in the ePMA software under the direction of the Highly Specialist Pharmacists/Pharmacy Technicians e.g., order sets
• To support all users of the ePMA modules, by providing advice on how to complete tasks in ePMA.
• To be a champion user of the ePMA system, with an extensive knowledge and understanding of how the ePMA system works and understand the workflow that staff need to follow to ensure safety.
• To positively identify issues with the system or issues with how a member of staff uses the system.
• To troubleshoot arising issues and refer persistent or unsolvable problems to the Highly Specialist Pharmacists/Pharmacy Technicians
• To interrogate the Clinical Informatics system to ensure that it is safe for use, gaining an understanding of the risks involved in deploying the system, to proactively manage staff using the system
• To facilitate the management of downtime and uptime, including out of hours work as needed due to unplanned or planned service outage.
• Create Reports from any clinical informatics systems as directed by the Pharmacy Team Leader

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• To maintain all clinical systems as directed by the relevant committees and the ePMA and Clinical Informatics Team Leader.
• Collaborate with the IT department to develop, improve and maintain the prescribing and administration solutions of Cerner millennium
• To develop, test and deliver basic developments in the ePMA software under the direction of the Highly Specialist Pharmacists/Pharmacy Technicians e.g., order sets
• To support all users of the ePMA modules, by providing advice on how to complete tasks in ePMA.
• To be a champion user of the ePMA system, with an extensive knowledge and understanding of how the ePMA system works and understand the workflow that staff need to follow to ensure safety.
• To positively identify issues with the system or issues with how a member of staff uses the system.
• To troubleshoot arising issues and refer persistent or unsolvable problems to the Highly Specialist Pharmacists/Pharmacy Technicians
• To interrogate the Clinical Informatics system to ensure that it is safe for use, gaining an understanding of the risks involved in deploying the system, to proactively manage staff using the system
• Is an active member of the Cerner ePMA Special Interest Group or any other national group that is relevant to the role.
• To work with other parties to facilitate the development of the clinical informatics systems to deliver the trust vision.
• To facilitate the management of downtime and uptime, including out of hours work as needed due to unplanned or planned service outage.
• Create Reports from any clinical informatics systems as directed by the Pharmacy Team Leader