Digital Pharmacy Lead – Maternity Cover
This is an exciting opportunity to lead our Digital Pharmacy team to cover maternity leave. Working either F/T or P/T in a fixed term or secondment arrangement, as Digital Medicines Lead, you will provide strategic leadership for the Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) system across our newly formed organisation. Following the successful rollout of EPMA to inpatient areas in 2022, we are looking to extend the system into additional areas of the Trust. You will play a key role in shaping this journey, working closely with our experienced EPMA team and clinical stakeholders to deliver innovation that enhances patient safety and experience. As the Lead across Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare trust you'll
Responsibilities
* Be the accountable person for EPMA delivery, optimisation and governance.
* Apply technical expertise & knowledge in the maintenance, development and extension of the ePMA system which meets the needs of a community and mental health trust.
* Identify risks and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence and continuous improvement to support patient safety and enhance clinical workflows.
* Oversee training programmes for EPMA users to ensure safe and effective system use.
* Represent EPMA at digital transformation groups, and regional/national forums.
* Work with clinical and digital stakeholders to develop the EPMA specification for inclusion in the EPR procurement.
* Work closely with other providers, commissioners, external partners & academic collaborators.
Qualifications
We are seeking someone with an advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement, who is able to interrogate data (incidents, omissions, overrides) and draw insights from this, and implement targeted improvements.
The successful applicant will employ excellent skills in both written and verbal communication; be able to bridge the gap between clinical and technical audiences, translating between the two and produce clear papers/policies. The expectation is that the patients' voice will be included in the design and decisions; a natural bent towards working like this would be very welcome. Crucially you will be able to build strong relationships across clinical services, pharmacy, digital, suppliers, and the executive leadership.
About the Trust
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives. Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care. We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support. Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.
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