Pharmacist - EPMA
Closing date: 10 June 2026
Contract: 1 year Fixed Term (Maternity Cover)
Hours: 37.5 hrs/week
Site: Cross-site (Chelsea & Westminster and West Middlesex Hospitals)
We are looking for an enthusiastic and self‑motivated pharmacist to join our dynamic EPMA team as a Specialist Pharmacist - EPMA at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the ongoing development and optimisation of our Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) system, supporting safe, effective and standardised prescribing and medicines administration.
In addition to EPMA responsibilities, you will maintain clinical pharmacy skills by providing ward‑based clinical pharmacy services at West Middlesex Hospital for 2 days per week.
Main responsibilities
* Play a key role in the multidisciplinary delivery and optimisation of EPMA across the Trust and NWL APG.
* Support the design, build, testing and implementation of EPMA functionality, including prescribing workflows and clinical decision support.
* Contribute to the development and governance of the shared medicines build and drug catalogue.
* Lead and support quality improvement, audit and transformation initiatives to enhance digital medicines optimisation and patient safety.
* Work collaboratively with pharmacy, medical, nursing and digital teams to ensure safe and consistent use of EPMA.
* Develop and deliver training, guidance and user support for EPMA systems.
* Provide clinical ward‑based pharmacy services at West Middlesex Hospital (2 days per week).
* Participate in clinical governance, incident review and continuous service improvement related to digital medicines systems.
* Deputise for the Principal Pharmacist EPMA where appropriate.
Qualifications and experience
* Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm or equivalent).
* Registered Pharmacist with the GPhC.
* Postgraduate Diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent demonstrable experience.
* Formal training or qualification in EPMA / EPR / Clinical Informatics.
* Significant post‑registration clinical pharmacy experience in an NHS hospital setting.
* Experience of working with an EPMA system in a live acute clinical environment.
* Experience contributing to the build, optimisation, maintenance or governance of EPMA/EPR functionality.
* Experience of multidisciplinary working with medical, nursing, pharmacy and digital teams.
* Experience delivering or supporting digital change, transformation or system optimisation.
* Experience of EPMA implementation, major upgrade, or system‑wide change.
* Experience working across multiple sites or organisations.
Skills and knowledge
* Advanced clinical pharmacy knowledge appropriate to senior practice.
* In‑depth understanding of safe prescribing, medicines governance and medicines optimisation.
* Strong understanding of EPMA functionality and its impact on clinical workflows.
* Ability to identify risk and implement mitigation within digital medicines systems.
* Ability to work autonomously and manage a specialist workload.
* Experience contributing to Trust‑level strategy or governance forums.
* Enthusiasm for the position and a mature and positive approach to out-of-hours commitments.
* Methodical with attention to detail.
* Friendly, empathetic and reliable team worker able to relate to all grades of staff.
* Ability to cope well within a busy environment.
Additional information
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
Equality and diversity
We are committed to equal opportunities and believe diversity drives innovation and excellence. We welcome applications from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities.
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