Specialist EPMA Pharmacist | Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (BFT)
Are you a clinical pharmacist with an interest in digital healthcare, electronicprescribingand service improvement?
Southmead HospitalOperational Unit (SHOU),part of Bristol NHS Foundation Trust,has recently implementedanElectronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) systemmoving into the maintenance and optimisation stageof our journey.
We areseekinga motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join ourPharmacy EPMA teamand support the ongoing development,implementationand optimisation of ourEPMAsystem. This is an exciting opportunity to combine clinical pharmacy practice with digital transformation, helping to improve patient safety and medicines management across the Trust.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop specialist skills in digital medicines, informatics and clinical transformation while working within a supportive and forward-thinking pharmacyEPMAteam. You will play a key role in shaping how medicines are prescribed and administered acrossSHOU, helping to deliver safer and more efficient care for patients.
Join us and help transform digital medicines while building a rewarding career in clinical pharmacy and healthcare technology.
About the role
As a Specialist EPMA Pharmacist, you will work closely with the Lead EPMA Pharmacist, Pharmacy colleagues, Digital Servicesteamsand clinical staff to support the delivery of EPMA and other medicines-related digital initiatives. You will contribute to system development, testing,trainingand optimisation, while using your clinicalexpertiseto improve workflows, enhance patient safety and support service improvement. The role also includes a clinical pharmacycomponent, ensuring youmaintainand develop your clinical skills alongside digital responsibilities.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.
With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. 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 theSouth Westhas to offer.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit andretaina workforce whichrepresentsthe rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your applicationin order toensurewe’remeeting our pledge.
Main responsibilities
- Support the development,implementationand maintenance of theSHOU’s EPMA system.
- Contribute to digital transformation projects and medicines-related IT initiatives
- Analyse, test and improve digital prescribing workflows and processes.
- Deliver EPMA training and support to pharmacy,nursingand medical staff.
- Work collaboratively with clinicians, Digital Servicesteamsand system suppliers to deliver safe and effective change.
- Providespecialist advice on medicines, prescribing systems and patient safety.
- Support project management, systemtestingand implementation activities.
- Contribute to service development, qualityimprovementand innovation.
- Support the development and training of pharmacy staff and trainees.
- Maintain a clinical pharmacy role and contribute to direct patient care.
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