Specialist Pharmacy Technician - Digital Medicines
Location
Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At4/1/2026
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Occupation Type
Pharmaceutical technicians
Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled
Sponsorship Salary Threshold
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
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Description
Jonathan Bevan Digital Medicines Lead Pharmacist. jonathan.bevan4@nhs.net
About The Role
This is an opportunity to join a forward-looking Digital Medicines team at a pivotal stage in the Trust’s Electronic Patient Record programme. The role sits at the interface of clinical practice, medicines optimisation, and digital transformation, supporting the implementation and ongoing development of Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) and wider Digital Medicines functionality.
You will play a key operational role in configuring, testing, and optimising digital medicines systems to ensure they are clinically safe, effective, and aligned with real-world workflows. Working closely with pharmacy, clinicians, and digital teams, you will support system adoption across the organisation through training, user support, and continuous improvement activity.
The post offers a balance of technical system work and hands-on medicines management, ensuring that digital development remains grounded in patient care. You will contribute to safety assurance, audit, and governance processes, helping to ensure that digital systems enhance, rather than compromise, medication safety.
This role is well suited to a pharmacy technician with an interest in digital healthcare, offering the opportunity to develop expertise in EPMA, clinical systems, and informatics within a supportive and evolving environment.
Main duties
To act as an integral member of the Pharmacy Digital Medicines team, supporting the development, implementation, and optimisation of the Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) and Digital Medicines Optimisation components of the Trust’s Electronic Patient Record Project. The post holder will contribute to the safe and effective deployment of digital medicines systems, ensuring they enable high-quality, patient-centred care across the organisation.
Working in collaboration with the Digital Medicines Team, the wider EPR project and clinical team, the role will support the implementation of electronic prescribing, medicines administration, and the medicines elements of electronic discharge processes. This will involve contributing to system configuration, testing, training, and go-live activities, ensuring that systems are clinically safe, operationally effective, and aligned with agreed governance and workflow requirements.
The post holder wi
About The Role
This is an opportunity to join a forward-looking Digital Medicines team at a pivotal stage in the Trust’s Electronic Patient Record programme. The role sits at the interface of clinical practice, medicines optimisation, and digital transformation, supporting the implementation and ongoing development of Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) and wider Digital Medicines functionality.
You will play a key operational role in configuring, testing, and optimising digital medicines systems to ensure they are clinically safe, effective, and aligned with real-world workflows. Working closely with pharmacy, clinicians, and digital teams, you will support system adoption across the organisation through training, user support, and continuous improvement activity.
The post offers a balance of technical system work and hands-on medicines management, ensuring that digital development remains grounded in patient care. You will contribute to safety assurance, audit, and governance processes, helping to ensure that digital systems enhance, rather than compromise, medication safety.
This role is well suited to a pharmacy technician with an interest in digital healthcare, offering the opportunity to develop expertise in EPMA, clinical systems, and informatics within a supportive and evolving environment.
Main duties
To act as an integral member of the Pharmacy Digital Medicines team, supporting the development, implementation, and optimisation of the Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) and Digital Medicines Optimisation components of the Trust’s Electronic Patient Record Project. The post holder will contribute to the safe and effective deployment of digital medicines systems, ensuring they enable high-quality, patient-centred care across the organisation.
Working in collaboration with the Digital Medicines Team, the wider EPR project and clinical team, the role will support the implementation of electronic prescribing, medicines administration, and the medicines elements of electronic discharge processes. This will involve contributing to system configuration, testing, training, and go-live activities, ensuring that systems are clinically safe, operationally effective, and aligned with agreed governance and workflow requirements.
The post holder wi
ll play a key role in bridging clinical practice and digital system functionality, supporting multidisciplinary teams to adopt and use EPMA and wider digital medicines systems safely and effectively. This includes providing user support, delivering training, and contributing to the development and maintenance of standard operating procedures and user guidance.
Following implementation, the role will support the ongoing optimisation and maintenance of EPMA and Digital Medicines optimisation through Digital Systems. This includes maintaining system configuration, supporting upgrades and enhancements, contributing to audit and quality improvement activity, and ensuring that systems evolve in response to clinical need, safety learning, and organisational priorities.
The post holder will contribute to the identification, assessment, and mitigation of medication-related risks associated with digital systems, supporting a culture of continuous improvement and safe system design. Through close collaboration with pharmacy, clinical, and digital colleagues, the role will ensure that EPMA and Digital Medicines Optimisation functionality within the EPR remains safe, effective, and responsive to the needs of patients and staff.
Qualifications
Essential person specification requirements
Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
NVQ3 or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent.
Certificate of accreditation as a checking technician.
Training
Portfolio of evidence for Continuing Professional development.
Evidence of Personal Development
Experience
Experience working as a Pharmacy Technician in a complex healthcare setting.
Familiarity with, or experience of digital systems used in medicines management.
Proven ability to manage competing priorities in a technical or operational role.
Knowledge and Awareness
Following implementation, the role will support the ongoing optimisation and maintenance of EPMA and Digital Medicines optimisation through Digital Systems. This includes maintaining system configuration, supporting upgrades and enhancements, contributing to audit and quality improvement activity, and ensuring that systems evolve in response to clinical need, safety learning, and organisational priorities.
The post holder will contribute to the identification, assessment, and mitigation of medication-related risks associated with digital systems, supporting a culture of continuous improvement and safe system design. Through close collaboration with pharmacy, clinical, and digital colleagues, the role will ensure that EPMA and Digital Medicines Optimisation functionality within the EPR remains safe, effective, and responsive to the needs of patients and staff.
Qualifications
Essential person specification requirements
Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
NVQ3 or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent.
Certificate of accreditation as a checking technician.
Training
Portfolio of evidence for Continuing Professional development.
Evidence of Personal Development
Experience
Experience working as a Pharmacy Technician in a complex healthcare setting.
Familiarity with, or experience of digital systems used in medicines management.
Proven ability to manage competing priorities in a technical or operational role.
Knowledge and Awareness
Strong organisational and time-management skills.
Good communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical
audience.
Good understanding of medicines optimisation and the role of digital systems in improving patient safety.
Personal Attributes
Shows leadership qualities and the ability to motivate staff.
Enthusiastic about embracing new technologies and supporting innovation.
Demonstrates attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high standards of work.
Adaptable and resilient in a dynamic working environment
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application Guidance
We understand that more applicants are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Our Benefits
Good communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical
audience.
Good understanding of medicines optimisation and the role of digital systems in improving patient safety.
Personal Attributes
Shows leadership qualities and the ability to motivate staff.
Enthusiastic about embracing new technologies and supporting innovation.
Demonstrates attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high standards of work.
Adaptable and resilient in a dynamic working environment
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application Guidance
We understand that more applicants are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Our Benefits
- Access to the NHS pension plan
- Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
- Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
- Extensive benefits and support, including:
- Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
- Home electronics scheme
- Cycle to work scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
- Car lease salary sacrifice scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
- Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
- Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
- Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
- Career progression, training and support
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