Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 14 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 271-MTT-6312312
- Employer
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Ormond Street Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £58,698 - £65,095 per annum inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacist Information Officer
Band 8a
Job overview
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist to join within the pharmacy IT team on a fixed term contract to deliver the benefits of the Epic system and other pharmacy-related IT projects.
You will be an individual with proven experience a hospital pharmacy setting with some experience in managing pharmacy-related IT systems and a proven track-record in project management. The successful applicant will also have excellent communication skills, a commitment to patient care and performance delivery along with a strong track record of successful delivery of projects and service development experience.
Main duties of the job
The role involves leading the clinical aspects of pharmacy-related IT projects including the ongoing development of the Epic system in terms of the safe prescribing and administration of medicines. The role will also lead on other pharmacy IT projects including IT systems related to workflow and reporting relating to medicine spend including high cost drugs. In summary the job involves:
- Being a digital change leader, leading transformation of medicines related processes with the use of technology.
- Serving as a liaison between pharmacy and the EPR Programme team.
Taking ideas from concept stage to implementation, working with relevant clinical teams to implement. - Making GOSH Pharmacy a great place to work where EPR promotes effective and safe working.
- Realising the full benefits of having an integrated EPR system for medicines management.
- Promoting GOSH EPR to the wider community.
Working for our organisation
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.
We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.
We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential criteria
- Always welcoming, Always helpful, Always expert, Always one team
- Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
- Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.
- Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential criteria
- Pharmacist registered with GPhC
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Practicing pharmacist working in a hospital environment
- Extensive and up to date knowledge of pharmacy, medicines management and medicines optimisation and operational workflows and processes within a hospital environment including dispensary, procurement, homecare, technical services and ward areas
- Experience in change management within a pharmacy environment
- Experience using the EPR system Epic as an end user
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing pharmacy elements of IT/Information projects including deploying and optimising systems
- Experience of identifying, reporting and managing risk in current process and taking action to improve processes
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with staff at all levels in the organisation
- Good problem solving and investigational skills.
- Good diagnostic and analytical skills.
- Ability to identify a problem, formulate a solution and have the ability to work across teams to implement
- Able to analyse and interpret complex information relating to pharmacy IT systems and present to others in a clear and concise manner
- Able to cope with unpredictable and intense situations
- Able to lead and participate in meetings at a senior level
- Ability to present and argue a case confidently and persuasively
- Ability to resolve problems and conflicts by making informed decisions based on complex facts from a range of sources
- Good diagnostic and analytical skills.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Meera Thacker
- Job title
- Deputy Chief Pharmacist - Clinical / Pharmacy Chief Information Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
We welcome informal visits
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