Clinical Informatics Pharmacy Technician - Willow Certified

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced Pharmacy Technician that is Willow certified to join our well-established Clinical Systems Team as a subject-matter expert in preparation for the introduction of Epic Electronic Patient (EPR) Record System in areas of Pharmacy and Chemotherapy pathways.

ESNEFT has identified Epic as their preferred supplier in delivering a new EPR system. The opportunity to develop our process and clinical pathways using the best-in-class EPR offers us the platform to strive for excellence in all areas of healthcare across all roles. The EPR will benefit all clinical & operational areas, aligning to our Trust strategy to support harmonisation of services and patient pathways across the Trust.

You will play a key role in providing day to day management of designated system modules for which you are responsible for, incorporating both inpatient and outpatient pharmacy systems, oncology treatment plans and medication administration support. You will be part of the team in managing the software performance reporting process, liaise with system suppliers, clinical informatics team and keep up to date with developments. You will provide specialist advice and guidance on system usage, proposed improvements and training.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge in Pharmacy related digital systems, then we are keen to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• You will support the Chief Pharmacy Information Office (CPIO) and Clinical Informatics Pharmacists in the development, configuration, testing, implementation, optimisation and maintenance of systems as part of the digital transformation of pharmacy services and their informatics.
• Work to ensure the digital pharmacy strategy is aligned with Trust and pharmacy business plans.
• Support the implementation and maintenance of the Electronic Prescribing and Medicine Administration functionality within the EPR.
• You will manage the automated dispensing cabinets project, ensuring their optimal use, informatics, benefits realisation, ongoing maintenance and the strategy for Automated Dispensing Cabinet adoption trust wide.
• Support the delivery of IT reporting systems including clinical informatics benefits realisation.
• Support the work of the wider clinical informatics team and associated workstreams
• Ensure effective management of pharmacy informatics resources, policy and strategy development as part of the EPR team.
• Act as an expert and super user trainer to ensure safe and appropriate use of all digital medicines system

You will be based at Ipswich or Colchester and will be expected to travel to all Trust sites as and when required.

Please note internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where 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.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

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

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich or Colchester

Ipswich / Colchester

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich or Colchester

Ipswich / Colchester

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

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

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