EPMA Pharmacist

Job overview

West London NHS Trust is looking for a highly skilled ePMA Pharmacist to support the implementation, development, and maintenance of our electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system. If you are passionate about clinical informatics, digital transformation, and medicines safety, this is your opportunity to make a real impact on patient care and pharmacy services.

Why Join Us?

Drive Innovation: Be at the forefront of ePMA development, ensuring safe and efficient medication use. Clinical & Digital Leadership: Shape prescribing processes, influence system design, and improve governance. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work alongside the Lead ePMA Pharmacist, Senior ePMA Pharmacists, Chief Pharmacists, Project Manager, CCIO, clinicians, and IM&T teams to enhance digital prescribing. Personal Growth: Access ongoing professional development, leadership training, and opportunities to contribute to national pharmacy informatics initiatives.

Main duties of the job

What You'll Do:

Support the design, roll-out, and maintenance of the Trust’s ePMA system, ensuring alignment with national standards. Provide specialist clinical and technical advice, supporting system configuration, risk management, and safety improvements. Develop training programmes for pharmacy, medical, and nursing staff to optimise system use. Support Information Governance Lead for the pharmacy department, ensuring compliance with data protection and patient safety regulations. Support system upgrades and go-lives, including ad-hoc weekend and overnight work as needed. Deliver medicines optimisation and clinical pharmacy services, including reviewing prescriptions and supporting medicines management. Collaborate with the Lead ePMA Pharmacist and Medication Safety Officer (MSO) on governance, medication error reduction, and audit initiatives.

What We're Looking For:

MPharm (or equivalent) and GPhC registration Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy practice Proven experience in ePMA implementation, pharmacy IT systems, and digital transformation Strong leadership, change management, and project delivery skills Excellent communication, training, and stakeholder engagement abilities Ability to analyse medication safety data, clinical risk, and prescribing patterns

Desirable: Experience at a strategic level, formal leadership training, MSc in Clinical Pharmacy, or coding/database management skills.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.