Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy EPMA
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- 24 months (Fixed term contract/Secondment end date 14th November 2027)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (on-call rota - occasional shift work required during upgrades)
- Job ref
- 292-7486708-CSS
- Employer
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
- Town
- Harlow
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 Per annum, plus 5% high cost area supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead EPMA and IT Development Pharmacy Tech / Senior EPMA
NHS AfC: Band 8a
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Our values
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.
Job overview
The Lead EPMA and IT Development Pharmacy Technician/Senior EPMA and IT Development Pharmacist will be responsible for supporting the lead EPMA pharmacist and the EPMA team in the implementation, maintenance and optimisation of the electronic prescribing systems in use at the Trust, i.e. Oracle Health Millenium and ChemoCare as well as any related software such as example PharmOutcomes.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be the technical lead for the EPMA team and Pharmacy in all matters concerning IT (integration, testing and infrastructure), Reporting (Crystal Reports and SQL) and new Digital functionality (e.g. closed loop administration of medicines).
They will also be responsible for supporting all healthcare professionals in order to enhance clinical medication safety practices through the use of digital IT solutions.
As the Lead EPMA Pharmacy Technician/Senior EPMA Pharmacist you will be part of the Trust’s digital workforce, actively contributing towards improving the digital maturity of the Trust.
Working for our organisation
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification. Available to download at anytime.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Pharmacist/pharmacy technician
- Degree (level 5) or demonstrable equivalent level of knowledge gained through post-registration training and experience in an acute hospital OR Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification
- Master’s level or demonstrable equivalent level of experience and knowledge gained through post-registration training and experience in an acute hospital managing EPMA systems
- Relevant clinical and digital leadership experience
- Minimum 3 years hospital experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in clinical IT projects
- Experience of ePrescribing systems configuration and maintenance
- Experience of configuring and maintaining drug databases
- Experience in reporting from electronic prescribing system databases through Crystal Reports and SQL
- Experience of implementing and leading change
- Experience in risk and incident management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hanna Deman
- Job title
- Lead EPMA Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01279 962470
- Additional information
Sunjalee Fernando - Lead EPMA Pharmacist
[email protected]
01279 978326
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