Specialist Pharmacist – Electronic Prescribing And Administration

The Pharmacy EPMA team are looking for an enthusiastic pharmacist to join the team on a fixed term secondment until 31st March 2027 to support with the development, testing, implementation and evaluation of ePMA for outpatient and paediatric services at UHNM, following the successful roll out of ePMA across adult inpatient areas.
The role will provide specialist clinical pharmacy input into system configuration, drug file and protocol development, workflow design, safety review, training, clinical engagement, implementation planning and post-go-live optimisation. The post holder will work collaboratively with clinical, pharmacy, nursing, operational, ICT and supplier colleagues to ensure that outpatient and paediatric ePMA workflows are safe, practical, clinically appropriate and aligned with Trust medicines governance requirements.
The post holder will support benefits realisation, reporting, audit and issue resolution associated with the outpatient and paediatric ePMA roll out, while continuing to model the Trust values of Kind, Excellent and Together
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• Support the development, implementation, testing and evaluation of ePMA for outpatient and paediatric services at UHNM.
• Provide specialist clinical pharmacy input into drug file configuration, protocols, decision support tools, paediatric-specific prescribing requirements and outpatient prescribing workflows.
• Support the review and redesign of medicines-related processes required for outpatient and paediatric ePMA roll out, ensuring that processes are safe, efficient and operationally deliverable.
• Assist with the design, delivery and evaluation of training resources for prescribers, pharmacists, technicians, nurses and other ePMA system users.
• Contribute to benefits realisation, readiness assessment, risk review, audit, reporting and lessons learned activity linked to the roll out.
• Actively contribute ideas to improve ePMA functionality, user experience, medicines safety and pharmacy operational processes.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

UHNM has adopted a Lean-based improvement methodology, and building capability in our Improving Together approach is a key organisational priority. Delivery of outpatient and paediatric ePMA will provide an opportunity to apply this approach in practice. As a Specialist Pharmacist, ePMA working on a fixed-term secondment, the post holder will be expected to actively support the application of the Improving Together approach in delivering the outputs of the role.
For further details please see attached job description and person specification.

• Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
• Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
• Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma / MSc or equivalent qualification
  - Bnand 8A
• Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Certificate and working towards completion of the Diploma
  - Band 7

• Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Certificate and working towards completion of the Diploma
• Member of the RPS
• Member of UKCPA
• Pharmacist Independent Prescriber

• Must have extensive experience of using CMM EPMA in multiple areas within UHNM.
• Must be confident with digital systems and…