Digital Pharmacy Technician – Electronic Patient Record: Sponsorship Available

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Job Summary

The Specialist Digital Pharmacist will work as part of the Digital Pharmacy Team supporting the Joint Lead Pharmacy Information Officer in a multidisciplinary team tasked with implementing the Joint Oracle EPR (JEPR) system and supporting its implementation across the JEPR network that will exist between University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW), George Eliot NHS Trust (GEH) and South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT).

 

Main duties of the job

  • To support the implementation team in the EPMA component of roll out of JEPR.
  • To deliver when needed specialist training and teaching sessions to the ward-based team, checking understanding and adapting training methods where necessary.
  • The post holder will support staff through the change brought about by the Electronic Patient Record
  • To utilise observational and verbal communication skills with all stakeholders, to contribute to the benefits measurement process and to design best practice.
  • To participate in process mapping days and use professional experience and knowledge of medicines management standards to support the design of clinical practice in all aspects of medicines management to inform configuration of the software and ways of working.
  • To plan training sessions for ward staff within specified time frames and to deadlines.
  • To undertake routine duties within the dispensary as required, supervising the work of junior pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and (senior) ATOs.

Person Specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Broad experience of delivery of pharmaceutical care in hospital pharmacy
  • Fluent IT user and use of databases
  • Problem solving
  • Training of staff
  • Triage of errors and faults in IT hardware and software
  • Involvement in service development
  • Using data sources to produce reports for a variety of requestors

Desirable

  • Writing and validation of adhoc reports using various reporting tools (e.g. Crystal/SQL/PowerBI)

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • NVQ 3 or equivalent registered Pharmacy Technician or knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures acquired through training in equivalent pharmaceutical science and recent relevant work experience
  • Accredited Checking Technician Qualification
  • Demonstrate continuing professional developments to meet statutory requirements
  • Professional registration with the GPhC and minimum of 1 year’s post qualification experience

Desirable

  • Formal mentoring, coaching or preceptorship training

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Understanding of how Hospital Pharmacy IT systems operate
  • Familiarity with Pharmacy stock control software using Pharmacy systems management software, ideally CMM (JAC / Wellsky)
  • Familiarity with EPMA / EPR

Desirable

  • Implementing and developing clinical pharmacy services within an EPR / EPMA system
  • Pharmacy Robotics including electronic drug storage solutions

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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: 04 February 2026

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