Digital Services Pharmacist

The pharmacy Department at the Great Western Hospital is seeking a forward-thinking digital and informatics pharmacist to assist in the management of digital systems related to medicines use within the organisation.

Along with providing a clinical pharmacy service onsite to inpatients, you will be the organisation’s deputy lead for digital medicines management systems—providing governance and oversight of the electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA), pharmacy informatics, and other clinical and non clinical digital systems central to management of medicines.

Provide clinical input for the maintenance, optimisation, and deployment of digital medicines management systems (including EPMA and pharmacy stock control systems).
Comply with digital medicines safety requirements, ensuring compliance with national standards and supporting continuous quality improvement.
Act as the specialist pharmacist link between pharmacy, clinical teams, IT, and digital transformation programmes.
Oversee data quality and analytics relating to medicines use, supporting reporting, audit, and service improvement.
Act as deputy lead for the digital pharmacy team, providing mentorship, training, and performance management.
Ensure robust clinical risk assessments and contribute to governance processes such as safety testing, incident review, and change advisory boards.

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group – a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people. We are creating a heath and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

To ensure the provision of specialist pharmacy input to all clinical and non-clinical digital systems used to manage medicines. To contribute towards both operational and strategic development of digital systems.

To use specialist pharmacy experience and knowledge to contribute to the design of new operational ways of working utilising digital systems and designing new processes to ensure maximum levels of safety and quality.

Utilise clinical skills to provide a clinical pharmacy service in accordance with rotas to include on call, late and weekend working where required.