Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 824-CORP-7312237
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Parsons Green Health Centre
- Town
- Fulham
- Salary
- £85,431 - £97,148 Per Annum, inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Chief Pharmacy Information Officer
Band 8c
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
We are seeking a visionary Chief Pharmacy Information Officer to drive the strategic integration of digital, data, and technology across medicines management and services within the trust.
This highly specialised role demands expert leadership in adopting cutting-edge digital solutions including EPMA, DMS, EPS, Closed Loop administration, and Robotics ward dispensing thus enhancing patient safety, efficiency, and clinical outcomes.
As a key influencer in healthcare innovation, the post holder will shape the long-term vision for digital pharmacy services, ensuring alignment with national and regional digital strategies while representing the Chief Pharmacist at Trust board and external strategic meetings. With advanced expertise in configuring and integrating Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems, they will optimise functionality, troubleshoot complex issues, and strengthen clinical leadership in digital transformation. If you're ready to position pharmacy at the forefront of healthcare innovation, we invite you to join us in shaping the future of medicines management.
The postholder will be based at Parsons Green and will be accountable to the Chief Pharmacist.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work alongside the EPMA project manager, medicines management team, clinical and digital teams within the trust as well as external stakeholders to deliver innovative projects.
The postholder will lead the development and implementation of digital pharmacy systems, including but not limited to: EPMA, DMS, EPS, Closed Loop administration, and Robotics ward dispensing. They will encourage clinical leadership of the digital and transformation agenda across the organisation, acting as an ambassador and influencing colleagues from all front-line professions to provide leadership to the digital pharmacy portfolio.
They will be a digital enthusiast with the vision to see how healthcare will be delivered in new and different ways in coming years, with a passion for transforming clinical services to realize available opportunities.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our service user’s wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the Trust and local induction to introduce you to the role 0-19 services.
- Bespoke housing is available for key workers within central London: https://www.sharetobuy.com/
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support, and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Persons Specification.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy.
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience.
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Clinical Safety Officer NHS England accreditation.
- Clinical Safety Officer NHS England accreditation.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable criteria
- IT or project management qualification.
- Non-Medical Prescribing qualification.
- Leadership or management qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Strategic digital leadership and experience in produce digital strategy.
- Experience managing large-scale healthcare projects, particularly in relation to digital systems or EPMA implementations.
- Extensive post-qualification experience in hospital clinical pharmacy or prescribing advice.
- Experience delivering training/coaching using computer systems.
- Experience in project management and quality improvement projects.
- Completion of clinical safety reports as per DCB0120 & DCB0169 standards.
- Familiarity with EPMA systems and the integration of pharmacy information systems into clinical workflows.
- Chairing high level committee board
- Recent leadership role
- Experience in managing a team or service
- Human Resource management and performance matters
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in community services.
- Participating in board level experience
Skills adn Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of digital systems in NHS healthcare delivery.
- Understanding of change management challenges.
- In-depth knowledge of medicines administration processes.
- Clinical governance/risk management expertise.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Be able to provide highly complex information and impart knowledge to all levels of healthcare professionals (up to and including senior consultants/professor/executive director level)
- Advanced clinical reasoning and attention to detail.
- Ability to work as part of a team and share skills.
- Project management experience.
- Ability to plan, set objectives, priorities and review performance against objectives
- Good inter-personal skills and ability to build relationships at all levels
- Able to formulate short and long term strategic plans for the effective development of a service despite uncertainties
- Participating in board level experience
Desirable criteria
- Ability to develop effective working relationships at all levels and to manage political pressure
- Ability to lead complex changes
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Krupa Dave
- Job title
- Associate Chief Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07810853291
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