Job summary
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust are seeking a highly motivated individual to support the Trust's exciting Digital Transformation programme.
This is a key role within the Trust's multidisciplinary EPR Transformation Team that will report to the Lead Pharmacist for Clinical Informatics.
The postholder will support the optimisation and continued implementation of the Trust's Cerner Millennium Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system across two acute hospital sites, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich and University Hospital in Lewisham.
This is a unique opportunity for a dynamic individual to join the EPR Transformation Team and be involved in challenging but rewarding digital transformation that is radically changing the way that healthcare professionals work in all clinical areas.
Main duties of the job
1. To support the development, implementation and on-going management of the Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) system.2. To work with the Electronic Prescribing Lead and Senior Pharmacists and the project team in delivering the project outputs.3. To deliver EPMA training to pharmacy staff and to work with the training team to ensure doctors and nurses are trained appropriately.4. To support roll-out of the system across both sites at the Trust, including participation in an on-call support system during the implementation phase of the project.5. To develop super users to continue support after implementation.6. To take an active role in auditing incidents and risks and bringing these to the attention of the Electronic Prescribing Lead Pharmacist to review.7. To document and maintain accurate configuration records.8. To act as a role model and provide a consistently high level of pharmaceutical service in line with departmental and Trust objectives.9. To be an expert in the configuration of the EPMA system.10. To identify and resolve configuration errors and issues by liaising with technical IT colleagues.
About us
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
As an organisation, we've made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years. This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of "Good" in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of "Good" that we had already achieved in the Caring domain. Our staff culture change programme has been key to the Trust's improvement journey, as we've stabilised our workforce by reducing vacancy rates and improving staff retention. We've also significantly increased the representation of minority ethnic leaders across our clinical and corporate teams.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants should have a desire to promote new ways of working across the Trust and an interest in and enthusiasm for working with technology and digital systems.
The successful candidate will work closely with other multidisciplinary teams to improve the adoption and integration of technology in clinical practice. The postholder will be involved in ongoing optimisation and implementation of Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Admnistration functionality and the wider EPR system. Excellent communication skills are required as the successful applicant will become a Subject Matter Expert in the system and will be required to communicate complex technical information to a variety of healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses and pharmacy staff. Similarly, the postholder will need to clearly explain the clinical significance of changes in functionality to the Trust's technical team.
The Trust are currently working towards enabling electronic prescribing within paediatric areas therefore a candidate with clinical experience within this speciality would be desirable. Previous experience of working with electronic prescribing would be valuable but is not essential. However, applicants should have a good understanding of the benefits of using technology to deliver high quality healthcare.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants should have a desire to promote new ways of working across the Trust and an interest in and enthusiasm for working with technology and digital systems.
The successful candidate will work closely with other multidisciplinary teams to improve the adoption and integration of technology in clinical practice. The postholder will be involved in ongoing optimisation and implementation of Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Admnistration functionality and the wider EPR system. Excellent communication skills are required as the successful applicant will become a Subject Matter Expert in the system and will be required to communicate complex technical information to a variety of healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses and pharmacy staff. Similarly, the postholder will need to clearly explain the clinical significance of changes in functionality to the Trust's technical team.
The Trust are currently working towards enabling electronic prescribing within paediatric areas therefore a candidate with clinical experience within this speciality would be desirable. Previous experience of working with electronic prescribing would be valuable but is not essential. However, applicants should have a good understanding of the benefits of using technology to deliver high quality healthcare.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- B. Pharm / M. Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or equivalent
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy or Digital Health or working towards this
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice.
Desirable
- Other relevant postgraduate qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 18 months post registration experience in hospital clinical pharmacy or equivalent relevant area of practice.
- Experience in delivering education and training.
- Demonstrable experience in supervising others.
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of co-ordinating and leading on clinical audit.
- Demonstrable experience in guidelines/policies development.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrated ability to identify and prioritise developments in digital health.
- Demonstrated ability to work on own initiative and effectively as part of a team within a multidisciplinary environment.
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex clinical information to make sound judgements where there is a range of facts and options to be considered.
- Ability to prioritise and plan work effectively
- Demonstrated ability to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken
- English and overcome barriers to understanding.
- Ability to work positively and calmly under pressure.
- Problem-solving skills
- Proficient in all Microsoft Office software with proven computer literacy and IT skills including: o Email o Word processing o Spreadsheets o Databases o Use of search engines/medical databases to retrieve information
- Demonstrated accurate numeric skills.
Desirable
- Demonstrated ability and skills to critically evaluate evidence related to clinical systems and their application to patient care.
- Demonstrable experience of working with clinical systems such as EPR and/or EPMA systems.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- B. Pharm / M. Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or equivalent
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy or Digital Health or working towards this
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice.
Desirable
- Other relevant postgraduate qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 18 months post registration experience in hospital clinical pharmacy or equivalent relevant area of practice.
- Experience in delivering education and training.
- Demonstrable experience in supervising others.
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of co-ordinating and leading on clinical audit.
- Demonstrable experience in guidelines/policies development.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrated ability to identify and prioritise developments in digital health.
- Demonstrated ability to work on own initiative and effectively as part of a team within a multidisciplinary environment.
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex clinical information to make sound judgements where there is a range of facts and options to be considered.
- Ability to prioritise and plan work effectively
- Demonstrated ability to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken
- English and overcome barriers to understanding.
- Ability to work positively and calmly under pressure.
- Problem-solving skills
- Proficient in all Microsoft Office software with proven computer literacy and IT skills including: o Email o Word processing o Spreadsheets o Databases o Use of search engines/medical databases to retrieve information
- Demonstrated accurate numeric skills.
Desirable
- Demonstrated ability and skills to critically evaluate evidence related to clinical systems and their application to patient care.
- Demonstrable experience of working with clinical systems such as EPR and/or EPMA systems.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
