Lead Pharmacy Technician​/Senior Pharmacist – Digital Medicines

Band 7 Lead Pharmacy Technician / Senior Pharmacist - Digital Medicines

We are seeking a proactive and motivated Lead Pharmacy Technician or Senior Pharmacist to join our Digital Medicines and Clinical Informatics team.

Digital medicines systems are central to how medicines are prescribed, reviewed, administered and monitored across the Trust. This role offers the opportunity to develop specialist expertise in digital healthcare while helping ensure these systems support safe, effective and efficient patient care.

Working at the interface of Pharmacy, clinical services, DDaT and system suppliers, you will bring pharmacy insight to digital change and help translate clinical and operational needs into safe, usable digital solutions.

This post would suit someone who is curious, analytical and detail-focused, with a keen interest and commitment to improving medicines use through technology.

As a Band 7 Lead Pharmacy Technician / Senior Pharmacist, you will:

• Act as a key professional lead for digital medicines systems, including electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) and related clinical systems.
• Support the safe configuration, optimisation and maintenance of digital medicines workflows.
• Contribute to clinical safety assurance, risk management and governance in line with national standards (e.g. DCB
  0129 / DCB
  0160).
• Provide expert advice and support to pharmacy and clinical teams on the effective use of digital medicines systems.
• Support digital change, upgrades and new functionality, ensuring safe implementation and adoption.
• Use data, reporting and system intelligence to support medicines safety, service improvement and decision-making.
• Work collaboratively across pharmacy, DDaT and clinical services to resolve issues and drive continuous improvement.

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our "CARE" values:Com passionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Main Responsibilities:

• Configure, maintain and optimise digital medicines systems, including ePMA and associated prescribing platforms.
• Maintain system content and configuration in line with formulary, governance and clinical requirements.
• Investigate, troubleshoot and resolve system issues, escalating where appropriate.
• Analyse and interpret system requests, assessing the impact on clinical workflows, patient safety and system performance.
• Ensure systems operate reliably and support safe and effective medicines management processes.
• Support clinical safety activities, including system testing, validation, documentation and risk management.
• Provide specialist advice and guidance to system users and stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively with pharmacy, clinical, digital and supplier teams to support delivery of digital medicines services.
• Plan and manage workload effectively, adapting to changing priorities and service demands.
• Communicate complex system, clinical and technical information to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Provide specialist advice and guidance to users of digital medicines systems.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with pharmacy, clinical, digital teams and external suppliers.
• Represent pharmacy at operational meetings, user groups and forums relating to digital medicines systems.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.

• Registered Pharmacist (GPhC) or Registered Pharmacy Technician (GPhC)
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
• Evidence of training or experience in digital systems, clinical informatics or health IT (e.g. ePMA/EPR)
• Postgra…