Job Summary
Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Pharmacy Digital Systems Data Specialist to join our Pharmacy Informatics Team. This pivotal role supports the deployment and optimisation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) across the Trust, ensuring safe, effective, and compliant prescribing practices.The successful candidate will contribute to formulary development, digital systems integration, and the creation of analytical dashboards to enhance clinical decision-making and patient safety. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, the postholder will provide expert guidance on digital medicines initiatives and uphold data integrity and governance standards. Additionally, contributing to national digital medicines strategies.Applicants must possess substantial experience in clinical pharmacy and digital systems. This is an excellent opportunity to influence digital transformation within one of the UK’s leading healthcare organisations.
Proposed Interview date 1 – Dec – 2025
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be part of the pharmacy informatics/digital team, supporting the Lead Pharmacist Informatics in the deployment, management, and assurance of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) across the Trust. They will use their clinical knowledge and knowledge of the Drug Tariff to ensure medications are prescribed safely and appropriately on FP10s.
Working closely with the pharmacy formulary team, the postholder will contribute to the design, build, and maintenance of formularies for the Trust and its system partners. They will also support the development of user-facing dashboards to help clinical teams interpret prescribing data and drive improvements in patient safety.
The role also includes supporting the implementation of digital medicines initiatives and contributing to the development, validation, and ongoing maintenance of wider pharmacy digital systems.
As part of the pharmacy digital team, the postholder will help provide assurance on the safe and effective use of electronic medicines management systems, in collaboration with the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) and Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO).
They will be responsible for promoting patient safety, ensuring secure and reliable system access, maintaining data integrity, and ensuring systems meet the clinical, regulatory and operational needs of the Trust, its staff, and patients.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable significant experience post registration in a hospital-based post.
- Previous significant experience of working with clinical IT systems.
- Experience of working with clinicians and a proven track record for influencing change within a directorate or specialist role
- Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. pre-registration / foundation training pharmacists /pharmacy technicians
- Broad clinical pharmacy or medicines management expertise and experience.
- Experience of providing evaluated information on drug expenditure
- Experience interpreting and working with drug budgets and drug tariff.
- Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. trainees / junior pharmacists / pharmacy technicians / other HCPs
- Advanced use of Excel
Desirable
- Experience of Business Objects
- Advanced use of SQL to extract data from large complex databases.
- Experience in Health Informatics ideally in a Business Analyst role
Skills
Essential
- Be able to provide highly complex digital systems information and impart knowledge to all levels of healthcare professionals (up to and including senior consultants)
- Able to analyse highly complex information relating to medicines and their uses.
- Able to make sound judgments and act as a specialist for Pharmacy Digital System issues in the Trust.
- Able to communicate effectively in both written and verbal formats with staff and patients.
- Demonstrates an ability to plan, prioritise and organise own workload, to work under pressure and act with autonomy whilst retaining a sense of own capabilities and escalate when necessary
- Demonstrates an ability to analyse and interpret data
- Demonstrates an understanding of risk management
- Assertive, diplomatic, persuasive with ability to negotiate.
- Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
- Demonstrates initiative.
- Demonstrates novel ways of working to enhance services
- Good team worker
- Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of regulations and legislation relevant to digital systems
- In depth knowledge of medicines administration processes and medicines management
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of safe pharmacy practice including Medicines legislation and professional code of ethics.
- Knowledge of national digital strategy for the NHS
- Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
- Understands the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation.
- Knowledge of Information Governance requirements
- Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives.
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm (Pharmacist only) / BTEC level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent
- Registered as a pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Postgraduate/post-registration qualification in relevant area or equivalent experience.
- Specialist higher qualification (Diploma) in IT or Clinical Pharmacy or a related area or a portfolio demonstrating equivalent through experience at senior level and relevant short courses taught at postgraduate level.
Desirable
- Specialist training in leadership
- Specialist training in clinical informatics
Other
Essential
- Enthusiastic, self-motivating, hardworking and conscientious
- Interest in expanding knowledge and self-development
- Reliable with a good attendance record
- Able to participate in late working, weekend and bank holiday rota
- Good organisational skills and ability to work to deadlines
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 13 November 2025
