Lead Pharmacist or Technician for EPMA
The closing date is 24 May 2026
We are seeking an experienced Lead Pharmacist or senior Pharmacy Technician to take on the role of EPMA Clinical Workstream Lead within the BSW Shared EPR Programme. This is a pivotal leadership opportunity for a medicines‑focused digital professional who is passionate about improving safety, efficiency and user experience through the transformation of electronic prescribing and medicines administration across GWH, RUH and SFT.
Main Duties of the Job
The postholder will provide senior clinical and professional leadership for the EPMA workstream, guiding the development of future‑state workflows, system design and implementation plans that support safe and effective medicines use across BSW. You will drive continuous service and process improvement, identifying opportunities to enhance prescribing, administration and medicines‑related workflows, and working with clinical, operational and digital teams to deliver meaningful change.
This role requires strong coordination and oversight, ensuring EPMA workstream activities progress to plan, interdependencies are understood and risks are managed. You will act as a key liaison between pharmacy teams, prescribers, operational leads, IT colleagues and suppliers—including Oracle Health and third‑party partners—to ensure alignment of priorities and a consistent approach across all three Trusts.
Job Responsibilities
The post holder provides senior pharmaceutical, clinical safety, and digital leadership for the design, configuration, and implementation of the Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) solution across the BSW Group, ensuring the delivery of a system that is clinically safe, aligned with national standards, and optimised to enhance patient care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Current GPhC registration as a practising member
* Evidence of and commitment to continuing professional development
* Qualification in project management
* Registered with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
* Registered Independent Non‑Medical Prescriber
* Advanced specialist knowledge acquired through a postgraduate diploma in pharmacy practice or higher
* Additional areas of training through short courses e.g. leadership, management etc
Experience
* Relevant and extensive post‑registration hospital pharmacy experience in a hospital setting
* Extensive experience as a senior pharmacy leader providing mentorship, support and being a positive role model
* Demonstrable experience of service development or service review and leading on successful implementation of change
* Experience of working as a member of a multidisciplinary team and ward pharmacy
* Experience of writing and implementing policies and SOPs, ideally relating to EPMA
* Documented evidence of completed audit work or research practice
* Demonstrable advanced experience of working with electronic medicines management systems
* Experience of developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating electronic medicines management systems
* Advanced, recent and demonstrable IT software experience
* Project management and report writing
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.
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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