EPMA Pharmacist

Job summary

West London NHS Trust is looking for a highly skilled ePMA Pharmacist to support the implementation, development, and maintenance of our electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system. If you are passionate about clinical informatics, digital transformation, and medicines safety, this is your opportunity to make a real impact on patient care and pharmacy services.

Why Join Us?

Drive Innovation: Be at the forefront of ePMA development, ensuring safe and efficient medication use.Clinical & Digital Leadership: Shape prescribing processes, influence system design, and improve governance.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work alongside the Lead ePMA Pharmacist, Senior ePMA Pharmacists, Chief Pharmacists, Project Manager, CCIO, clinicians, and IM&T teams to enhance digital prescribing.Personal Growth: Access ongoing professional development, leadership training, and opportunities to contribute to national pharmacy informatics initiatives.

Main duties of the job

What You'll Do:

Support the design, roll-out, and maintenance of the Trust's ePMA system, ensuring alignment with national standards.Provide specialist clinical and technical advice, supporting system configuration, risk management, and safety improvements.Develop training programmes for pharmacy, medical, and nursing staff to optimise system use.Support Information Governance Lead for the pharmacy department, ensuring compliance with data protection and patient safety regulations.Support system upgrades and go-lives, including ad-hoc weekend and overnight work as needed.Deliver medicines optimisation and clinical pharmacy services, including reviewing prescriptions and supporting medicines management.Collaborate with the Lead ePMA Pharmacist and Medication Safety Officer (MSO) on governance, medication error reduction, and audit initiatives.

What We're Looking For:

MPharm (or equivalent) and GPhC registrationPostgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy practiceProven experience in ePMA implementation, pharmacy IT systems, and digital transformationStrong leadership, change management, and project delivery skillsExcellent communication, training, and stakeholder engagement abilitiesAbility to analyse medication safety data, clinical risk, and prescribing patterns

Desirable: Experience at a strategic level, formal leadership training, MSc in Clinical Pharmacy, or coding/database management skills.

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.