Job overview
Are you an experienced pharmacy technician who is has a strong desire to develop and promote the use of information technology (IT) and digital transformation Trust wide?
If you have enthusiasm and understanding of the benefits of what technology can deliver and want to be a crucial part of our team we would like to hear from you.
The post offers a pharmacy technician with IT and operational skills the opportunity to innovate and further develop the use of technology and informatics to deliver our expanding digital agenda and quality improvement opportunities.
We are committed to achieving a balance between high quality service delivery and professional development, we can offer you a supportive and training-focused environment within our friendly team.
Main duties of the job
You will lead the ongoing maintenance of the Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) system as the system administrator. You will be responsible for routine updates, installation of updated software and testing required for any current version of the system.
You will provide expert support in the technical aspects of the development, implementation and upgrading of the Trust-wide EPMA system, using your significant experience as a pharmacy technician with extensive experience of EPMA as a system user and administrator in order to lead and manage the daily operation and maintenance of the system.
The role will include the maintenance of other digital systems within pharmacy and participation in the implementation of new pharmacy digital systems, you will support staff training in the use of EPMA and other digital systems across the Trust.
Working for our organisation
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King's Lynn is West Norfolk has a superb unspoilt coastline with pretty villages, all with their own individual charm. The medieval port of King's Lynn has some very interesting architecture.
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist and general acute services to around 331,000 people across West and North Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers and approximately 500 beds on a single site. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech. We work in partnership with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services.
In February 2022 the QEH the Care Quality Commission rated the Trust as 'Good' in all of the core services they inspected, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).
We are delighted to have been added to the New Hospital Programme – and we look forward to bringing a new Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) to King’s Lynn and West Norfolk which is nothing less than our patients, local communities and staff deserve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about this post, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications/training and professional development
Essential criteria
1. BTEC or NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services
2. Current registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
3. Accredited Checking Technician for final checking of dispensed medicines
4. SQL Reporting training
Desirable criteria
5. IT qualification
6. Train the Trainer or equivalent qualification
7. Project management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
8. Significant experience in a hospital pharmacy environment
9. Significant experience of using and developing EPMA
10. Experience of pharmacy stock control systems
11. Experience of working in and with a Multidisciplinary Team and Digital Health
Desirable criteria
12. Experience of project implementation and/or change management processes
13. Able to develop and participate in audit
Skills, abilities, and knowledge
Essential criteria
14. Excellent working knowledge of SQL reporting
15. Able to use Microsoft Word and PowerPoint to produce high quality documents
16. Confident talking to groups of up to 20 people
17. Excellent communication skills – oral and written
18. Able to record information accurately
19. Ability to travel to other EPMA sites and meet requirements for out of hours working
20. Able to resolve conflict between parties and negotiate to a solution.
21. Able to prioritise conflicting demands on time from a variety of sources and manage time accordingly
Aptitude
Essential criteria
22. Able to take on a leadership role and act as a positive role model to colleagues
Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race ,ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).
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We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:
23. Flexible working opportunities
24. Free counselling service
25. NHS Pension scheme
26. Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access*
27. Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause
28. Free parking for all staff until March 2024
29. Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.
We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.
Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.
Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident.
Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to day- work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff shoulld be computer literate.
Team QEH are one of the most research-active organisations for our size in the UK, recruiting 2,188 in 20/21 and ranked 10/16 in the Eastern Region. We have a wide-ranging and diverse portfolio of clinical studies and also recognised as one of the fastest trusts in the country from set up to recruitment.