Pharmacy Informaticist

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior Pharmacist to help support the Clinical Informatics Team & represent Pharmacy on a permanent contract in the EPR programme and digital strategy implementation. The term informaticist is relatively new to the NHS but incorporates digital nurse, midwife, AHP roles, EPMA Pharmacist. They work across different clinical & non-clinical areas to support a collaborative approach to improve how the Trust works digitally.

We are looking for a highly motivated, innovative & enthusiastic leader who is passionate about enabling safe patient care using digital technology, ensuring a proactive approach to quality of care & will play a key role in the implementation of the Trust's Digital Strategy. You will need to be passionate about technology use in the NHS, can see the big picture in relation to workflow and understand process analysis in support of the future EPR.

The role will be allocated a base of operations in Ipswich or Colchester however will also be expected to travel to accommodate stakeholder engagement across the Trust’s community areas. There will also be an expectation to meet face to face with the EPR team members on a regular basis while virtual meetings will also be prominent, working from home is an option, however will not always be possible.

You will be an educator in digital literacy, engaging with the clinical workforce to ensure they have the appropriate skills to carry out the everyday tasks of the professional roles within ESNEFT while promoting the digital strategy. You will be expected to support a shared governance process to enable a process of change management toward a standardised clinical process, ensuring a sustainable model of digital care is established.

You will build collaborative relationships acrossseveralareas, including IT,Clinical Systems team,EPR Programme Team,Business Informatics,Operations & of courseact asliaisonbetween Pharmacy & otherClinical& non-Clinical stakeholders. Be a mediator and translator infacilitatinganddesigningpharmacyprocesses to be supported through digital enablement.

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.