Band 7
Main area: Pharmacy
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 387-DT6818-LH
Site: Bristol Royal Infirmary
Town: Bristol
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pa
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/03/2025 23:59
As an organisation, we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
The post holder will be an integral member of the pharmacy clinical informatics team, utilising specialist pharmacy experience and knowledge to support development, optimisation, and ongoing maintenance of the CareFlow Medicines Management system (CMM), the Phillips ICCA IT system, and future EPMA systems used by the Trust.
We are implementing CareFlow Medicines Management across the Trust in mid-2025. You will gain experience in assisting in the implementation of this project as well as the ongoing maintenance, system optimisation, and improvement after the roll-out.
You will project-manage and drive change implementation, proactively address challenges, create robust standard operating procedures, and be a subject matter expert in electronic prescribing and stock control products as required.
Applicants who are currently working at a KSF band 5 will be considered. A subsequently required period of transition and competency assessment, starting at KSF Band 6, can be discussed at interview.
Main duties of the job
1. Work with the Lead EPMA Pharmacist and EPMA implementation team to deliver EPMA systems across all areas at UHBW.
2. Work with the Lead EPMA pharmacist to maintain and develop EPMA systems at UHBW.
3. Contribute to the management and allocation of tasks within pharmacy informatics to ensure a consistent service level agreement is met.
4. Provide operational day-to-day management of the electronic prescribing systems clinical configuration and pharmacy stock control systems.
5. Develop Pharmacy Informatics services as needed, including developing the skills and competencies of Pharmacy Informatics staff.
6. Support the performance monitoring of the Pharmacy Informatics service and develop optimisations within core competencies.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall, and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston, and beyond.
As a forward-thinking multi-award-winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
* Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
* Final accuracy-checking accreditation
* Knowledge of pharmaceutical services obtained through formal study in pharmaceutical science, as approved by the GPhC; plus theoretical study and practical experience of managing staff, resources, and additional knowledge to post-graduate diploma or equivalent level
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Management or leadership course completed
* Membership of the British Computer Society
Knowledge & experience
* Recent UK hospital pharmacy experience as a pharmacy technician in a range of roles within pharmacy
* Experience working with digital clinical systems
* Capability to identify risks within projects and existing IT systems, anticipate issues, and create solutions to prevent or mitigate the impact on the organisation
* Knowledge of the legal framework for the dispensing, prescribing, and administering of medicines
* Experience in project leadership
* In-depth understanding and experience applying audit or other quality improvement tools
* Relevant experience of project working and responsibility for delivering on project objectives
* Experience of successful delivery and management of projects within pharmacy and across departments
Skills & abilities
* Excellent oral and written communication skills
* Good interpersonal skills
* Problem identification and solving
* Ability to prioritise and manage workload of self and others
* Clinical and/or service audit
* Ability to plan, prioritise, and organise own and others’ work to meet agreed deadlines
* Highly computer literate e.g., advanced word processing, use of spreadsheets and presentations, report writing
* Understanding of medical and nursing practice, record keeping, and terminology
* Ability to work under pressure
* Ability to critically analyse different approaches to problem solving in a project environment
* Ability to manage own workload to maximise productivity when working remotely/home-based
* Able to work alone and as a member of a multidisciplinary team
* Self-motivated, takes initiative to drive own workload and explore new areas to advance
* Flexible and adaptive approach, willing to adapt to change and learn new systems or processes
* Ability to provide evidence of change management skills, including leading an operational/clinical change or development
* Organised and methodical approach
* Capable of making decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action and have the ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
* Ability to understand and summarise complex information and present this to a variety of audiences
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
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