The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist – Digital Medicine

The closing date is 12 April 2026

Job summary

This is an opportunity to join a developing Digital Medicines team at a pivotal stage in the Trusts Electronic Patient Record programme. The role sits at the interface of clinical practice, medicines optimisation, and digital transformation, providing clinical leadership to support the implementation and ongoing development of Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) and wider Digital Medicines functionality.

You will lead defined elements of Digital Medicines workstreams, supporting the design, configuration, and optimisation of systems to ensure they are clinically safe, effective, and aligned with real-world workflows. Working closely with pharmacy, medical, nursing, and digital colleagues, you will provide clinical expertise to guide system development, support adoption, and ensure that digital solutions are appropriately embedded within practice.

The post offers a balance of clinical leadership, system design, and governance responsibility, ensuring that digital development remains grounded in patient care and safety. You will play a key role in clinical safety assurance, audit, and governance processes, supporting the safe deployment and ongoing optimisation of Digital Medicines systems.

This role is well suited to a pharmacist with a strong interest in digital healthcare and service development, offering the opportunity to lead on key aspects of EPMA and EPR delivery while developing expertise in clinical informatics and service transformation.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide advanced clinical leadership and specialist expertise in the design, implementation, optimisation, and governance of Digital Medicines systems within the Trusts Electronic Patient Record. The role operates at the interface between clinical practice, digital infrastructure, and organisational transformation, ensuring that medicines-related digital pathways are safe, effective, and aligned with clinical workflows, regulatory standards, and organisational prior ities.

Acting as a senior clinical lead within Digital Medicines programmes, the post holder will translate clinical requirements into system design, ensuring that prescribing and medicines administration processes are supported by robust, usable, and clinically safe digital solutions. They will play a key role in clinical safety assurance, supporting the safe deployment of system changes and ensuring that digital functionality enhances, rather than disrupts, clinical decision making.

The post holder will lead defined workstreams within EPR and EPMA programmes, with responsibility for system configuration, clinical validation, workflow redesign, and post-implementation optimisation. Working in partnership with pharmacy, medical, nursing, and digital colleagues, they will ensure that system design reflects real-world clinical practice and delivers measurable improvements in patient safety, service efficiency, and user experience.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Date posted

01 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

001173

Job locations

Trust-wide

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Qualifications Registered as a Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). Postgraduate Clinical Diploma or equivalent experience. Evidence of continuing professional development in digital health, project management, or related areas.

Training Portfolio of evidence for continuing professional development. Evidence of ongoing personal development.

Experience Significant post-registration experience in a healthcare environment. Demonstrated experience contributing to or leading digital transformation or system implementation projects. Proven ability to support or lead improvements in clinical workflows, patient safety initiatives, and operational processes.

Knowledge and Awareness Strong leadership qualities with the ability to motivate and influence diverse teams. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex information to a range of audiences. Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities. Advanced clinical reasoning skills to manage therapeutic issues in complex or ambiguous situations. Proven ability to assess and manage risk while ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, policies, and protocols. Commitment to innovation and continuous improvement.

Personal Attributes Demonstrates commitment to patient-centred care and safety. Displays resilience and adaptability in complex and changing environments. Works in a methodical manner with strong attention to detail. Maintains high standards of professional practice.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Training Portfolio of evidence for continuing professional development. Evidence of ongoing personal development.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please click 'Apply now' to view the full person specification (There is no obligation to submit an application)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please click 'Apply now' to view the full person specification (There is no obligation to submit an application)

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.