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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy technician
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The post holder will be expected to work at both the City and Queens Medical Centre Campus. To take full part in the 7-day shifted rota and bank holidays duties.)
Job ref
164-6926263
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/04/2025 23:59

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Lead Technician Electronic Prescribing & Medicines Admin (EPMA)

Band 5

Job overview

We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and experienced pharmacy technician, to join our EPMA team at one of the largest and busiest tertiary referral teaching trusts in the country.

Under the direction of the Chief Technician and as part of the wider pharmacy and multidisciplinary team you will use your technical pharmacy knowledge in the configuration and on-going maintenance of this exciting technology, ensuring pharmacy and the wider hospital realise its full potential to improve medicines optimisation and patient safety.

The successful candidate will have an interest in IT systems, be able to work independently as well as part of a team, be conscientious, and be able to prioritise their own workload effectively while displaying excellent attention to detail. You will have good communication skills. A clinical background and experience of other IT prescribing systems or information manipulation would be an advantage.

Main duties of the job

Under the leadership and direction of the Chief Technician - Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA):

Support with the development, configuration, testing, implementation, on-going maintenance and management of the Trust's EPMA system and relevant digital medicines systems.

To work with the multi-disciplinary EPMA project and Digital Nurse teams in delivering the outputs required for project implementation and ongoing optimisation/support. Ensuring robust, safe, effective, auditable processes and systems are in place in line with national standards and local policy and procedures. This will involve assisting in and supporting with the maintenance and development of the EPMA and relevant digital medicines systems.

To support with the development and deliver any aspect of pharmacy education/training on how Pharmacy staff interact with the EPMA system to perform their duties.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

NUH has had a long standing and multi award winning partnership with Nervecentre our EPMA provider.

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BTEC, City and Guilds or NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services, or recognised equivalent
  • Registered Pharmacy Technician the the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Desirable criteria
  • Qualified Accuracy Checker
  • Accredited Medicines Management/ Ward Technician

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience and knowledge of hospital pharmacy services gained through relevant post registration experience.
  • Working knowledge of computer hardware including PC’s, Servers, Printers and portable devices.
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of working with an EPMA system.
  • Evidence of project management
  • Teaching experience

Communication and Judgement skills

Essential criteria
  • Good interpersonal and presentation skills - written and verbal
  • Able to tolerate interruptions and deal with stress, complaints and conflict
Desirable criteria
  • Effective staff and performance management skills

Analytical and Judgment Skills

Essential criteria
  • Knows own limitations
  • Demonstrate a systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to problem solving, both in data and information handling and technical (hardware) issues
  • Accurate with good attention to detail
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of incorporating innovative and “best practice” into current practice

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties 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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Caroline Daykin
Job title
Chief Technician -EPMA
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

0115 9691169 ext 78393

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