Principal Pharmacist: EPMA

Job summary

Salisbury District Hospital is committed to outstanding healthcare. We are looking to recruit a dedicated Principal Pharmacist to a fixed term post (ending in December 2026) to lead the Pharmacy Digital Care team during the transition from Lorenzo to Cerner EPMA

Main duties of the job

To take on this varied and interesting role you must have strong digital and clinical skills, a proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and a track record of delivering change in healthcare. Subject matter expertise and familiarity with the administration of e-medicines management systems is highly desirable.

You will have a strong interest in how digital solutions can help provide safe and efficient patient care. Whilst experience in ward-based medicines management is an advantage, we are most interested in your specialist knowledge of e-medicines systems and how these skills can help us in our journey over the next two years from Lorenzo to Cerner EPMA, as part of the Shared EPR Programme.

As a member of the Pharmacy Senior Management Team, you will work strategically with the EPMA Central Workstream Lead for Shared EPR, other EPMA leads in the Acute Hospital Alliance and the Chief Pharmacist to ensure the digital medicines agenda for EPMA and the transition from Lorenzo to Cerner is planned and implemented safely

You will have to work collaboratively alongside medical, nursing and pharmacy peers, Trust IT and suppliers, ensuring alignment of priorities and co-ordination of activities during transition and implementation of the Shared EPR Programme. The ability to persuade and influence well are essential characteristics for the role.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

GPHC registration MPharm degree Post graduate qualification in relevant clinical or digital field

Desirable

Experience with administrating EPMA systems Project management record of delivering delivering change

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