Lead Pharmacist or Technician for EPMA

Job Overview

Pharmacy Tech/Config Lead for EPMA - EPR

Fixed Term / Secondment till 30th June 2027

Please note this is an internal role open to employees of RUH, GWH and SFT.

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.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group – a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please find attached a full job description and person specification

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Current GPhC registration as a practicing member
• 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.
  
  

Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g. those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 285.6KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.3MB)
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Alex Sweeney Job title EPR Central Workstream Lead for Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration Email address alex.sweeney@nhs.net