Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: Hybrid working between office and work from home
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Inclusion in out of hours on call rota)
- Job ref
- 229-COR-7175715
- Employer
- Wye Valley NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Franklin Barnes
- Town
- Hereford
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
EPMA System Manager
Band 8a
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Job overview
We are looking for an experienced pharmacist or pharmacy technician to fulfil a key role within the management of the Wye Valley EPMA solution. Having implemented EPMA across the Trust the team are looking to continue to move forward with Business As Usual (BAU) practices and further system optimisation. Key skills base in stakeholder engagement, IT system management or development cycles as well as system support are vital in the ever evolving digital systems environment. The post holders clinical knowledge will be utilised to support the system change management processes and further develop robust clinical governance routines.
The post holder will work closely with other system manager across the Clinical Systems Group (CSG) which covers the management of multiple systems including PAS, EPR, digital dictation and Community Services provisions.
Main duties of the job
Provide leadership and expertise to Digital Projects in areas of service improvement and change management relating to EPMA and digital medicines management.
Work collaboratively with Medical Staff, Nursing Staff, Senior Pharmacists and the Multidisciplinary Team and Operational Management, to facilitate the delivery of the national agenda for EPMA and digital medicines management in accordance with the agreed objectives, including optimisation of medicines.
Develop procedures to ensure that new systems and service changes are stable, maintainable, meet usability criteria, provide accurate information and meet the required specification.
Provide effective leadership, expertise, advice and support to all wards and departments involved in the use of clinical software applications.
Working for our organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description, person specification and structure chart for a full description of responsibilities assigned to this role.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Holds a professional registration in a healthcare discipline (e.g. registered pharmacy technician or nurse)
- Have significant post registration experience in an NHS hospital setting
- Educated to Master degree / postgraduate degree level OR evidence of equivalent experience
- Experience of working within an EPMA Programme or relevant healthcare change environment
Desirable criteria
- Has practical knowledge of Project Management skills (e.g. PRINCE 2) or Change management (e.g. LEAN/Six Sigma process) (or equivalent)
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and practical experience of change management and business re-design
- Knowledge of project planning, implementation and management using project planning tools and recognised project management methodology E
- Business Process mapping and workflow diagram techniques and applications
- Understanding of the potential applications, benefits and risks relating to EPMA solutions
- Detailed knowledge of Prescribing and administration processes, policies, legal frameworks and national agendas
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of NHS Policies and Strategies, including Data Protection & IG Toolkit requirements D
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a change environment with multiple stakeholders and securing their engagement to deliver change
- Experience in working within a project management environment delivering business process/change initiatives across an organisation
- Experience of managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines
- Experience of writing complex reports and business documents for a wide range of audiences
Desirable criteria
- Experience in managing budgets / effective resource management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Justin James
- Job title
- Head of Clinical Systems
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01432 803018
- Additional information
Please contact with any further questions that you may have about the role.
Due to current commitments and working patterns contact through email is appreciated.
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Franklin Barnes Building
1-3 Commercial Road
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR1 2AZ
- Telephone
- 01432 383384
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