Lead Pharmacist, EPMA
| Posting date: | 19 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £55,877.00 to £62,626.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55877.00 - £62626.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 July 2025 |
| Location: | Chertsey, KT16 0PZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9384-25-0525 |
Summary
Lead Pharmacist for the system build and ongoing development of the Oracle Health Electronic Prescribing & Medicines Administration (EPMA) system across Ashford & St Peters NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH) and Royal Surrey Foundation NHS Trust (RSFT) . The Oracle Health EPMA system is part of the wider electronic patient record (ePR) programme. The post holder will provide highly specialist pharmaceutical knowledge and expertise to lead and support the ongoing maintenance, development and evaluation of the EPMA system and deliver optimisation projects. Whilst this is a site-specific role at Ashford & St Peters Hospital, there will be interconnectivity with the Royal Surrey site.The post holder will be responsible for the management of the Senior Technician, and will also deputise for the Principal Pharmacist for EPMA as required. Management responsibilities may change as the team grows. They will provide site-specific leadership to ensure that the EPMA system is maintained with an appropriate focus on clinical risk management, quality assurance and medicines optimisation to facilitate the delivery of EPMA and programme objectives. The post holder will also be responsible for site-specific EPMA governance ensuring that quality management systems, policies and standard operating procedures are in place. They will lead the development of EPMA policies and education and training materials, taking responsibility for writing the clinical elements, supervising the Senior Technician with writing the technical elements and ensuring that all documents are tailored appropriately for the Trust.