Pharmacist Specialist

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Clinical Pharmacist to join our team in a dual role that combines clinical practice with digital innovation. This role sits at the intersection of pharmacy and digital services, providing a unique opportunity to influence the development, deployment, and optimisation of digital prescribing systems, particularly TPP SystmOne, including utilisation of Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) and inpatient prescribing functionality across the Urgent Treatment Centres.

The postholder will work collaboratively with pharmacy colleagues, clinicians and digital services teams including Application Management, IT Training and Information Governance to ensure the safe, effective, and user-friendly implementation of digital prescribing solutions. In addition to digital responsibilities, the role includes protected clinical time to maintain direct patient care activities and clinical pharmacy skills.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Informatics

The utilisation and optimisation of TPP SystmOne across various clinical areas and specialities

Provide input into the design, testing, and deployment of digital prescribing systems

Support the rollout and configuration of EPS and prescribing functionality within SystmOne

Collaborate in the development and delivery of training materials and user guides for prescribers, pharmacy teams, and wider clinical staff

Participate in system upgrades, testing new functionalities, identifying bugs, and supporting issue resolution

Act as a digital champion, promoting best practices in digital prescribing & medication safety through system use

Ensure that clinical safety and medicines governance are at the forefront of all digital developments

Represent pharmacy and clinical informatics in relevant working groups & stakeholder meetings

Clinical Responsibilities

Work as an active member of the clinical pharmacy team to deliver high-quality clinical pharmacy services

Participate in MDT ward rounds and contribute to clinical decision-making for safe and effective medicines use

General Responsibilities

participate in the pharmacy department's weekend and bank holiday rota, providing clinical and/or dispensary services

participate in the pharmacy department's on-call rota, providing remote or on-site support for urgent medicines-related queries and clinical advice

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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