Digital Pharmacy Technician - Electronic Patient Record

Transformationunitgm; Nuneaton; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Nuneaton is looking for a Specialist Digital Pharmacist for a fixed-term position. The role includes supporting the implementation of the Joint Oracle EPR system and delivering training to the pharmacy team. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in hospital pharmacy and hold a relevant NVQ qualification. The position offers a full-time schedule with rotational weekends, late nights, and bank holiday shifts, with competitive annual salary. A commitment to patient care and inclusivity is essential.

Benefits

On-site nursery

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year’s post qualification experience.
• Demonstrate continuing professional developments.
• Broad experience of delivery of pharmaceutical care in hospital pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation team in the roll out of JEPR.
• Deliver specialist training to ward-based team.
• Manage work of junior Technicians when deputing for Lead Pharmacy Technicians.

Skills

Problem solving

Fluent IT user

Training of staff

Education

NVQ 3 or equivalent registered Pharmacy Technician

Professional registration with the GPhC

Tools

Pharmacy stock control software

Pharmacy systems management software (JAC/Wellsky)

EPMA / EPR systems

Job description

Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 5 Contract 18 months (18 Month fixed term contract during EPR implementation) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Rotational Weekends , Late Night and Bank Holidays) Job ref 230-33754016-CSS-D

Employer George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Town Nuneaton Salary £31,049 - £37,796 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 04/02/2026 17:00

Band 5

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic chắct services to a population of more than 350,000 people.

The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover Hambown a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

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Job overview

37.5 hours per week (rotational late night, weekends and Nathan holiday working)

Closing Date: 4th February 2026

Interview Date: TBC

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The Specialist Digital Pharmacist will work as part of the Digital Pharmacy Team supporting the Joint Lead Pharmacy Information Officer in a multidisciplinary team tasked with implementing the Joint Oracle EPR (JEPR) system and supporting its implementation across the JEPR network that will exist between University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW), George Eliot NHS Trust (GEH) and South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT).

• To support the implementation team in the EPMA component of roll out of JEPR.
• To deliver when needed specialist training and teaching sessions to the ward-based team, checking understanding and adapting training methods where necessary.
• The post holder will support staff who are distressed or who challenge the changes to service as a result of JEPR.
• To utilise observational and verbal communication skills with all stakeholders, to contribute kamen benefits measurement process and to design best practice.
• To participate in process mapping days and use professional experience and knowledge of medicines management standards to support the design of clinical practice in all aspects of medicines management to inform configuration of the software and ways of working.
• To plan training sessions for ward staff within specified time frames and to deadlines.
• To undertake routine duties withinお願い dispensary as required, supervising the work of junior pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and (senior) ATOs.

Working for our organisation

Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘excel at patient care’ taking centre stage. An ever evolving clinically- led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive health services delivered by inspiring and compassionate staff who share our corporate values:

Excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To carry out pharmaceutical technical duties in specified areas of the pharmacy department under the overall direction of the Lead Pharmacy Technician and the Chief Pharmacist.
• To provide a safe, efficient and comprehensive high quality pharmaceutical service, under the direction of Lead Pharmacy Technician, to patients and staff of George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
• To undertake training and accreditation in technical skills and knowledge as identified and agreed with Lead Pharmacy Technician and the Chief Pharmacist.
• To manage work of junior Technicians and others, when deputing for Lead Pharmacy Technicians.
• To contribute to the late night, weekend, Bank Holiday and Statutory Day working rota.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and person specification attached.

Person EMI specification

Experience and Knowledge

• Broad experience of delivery of pharmaceutical care in hospital pharmacy
• Fluent IT user and use of databases
• Problem solving
• Training of staff
• Triage of errors and faults in IT hardware and software
• Using data sources to produce reports for a variety of requestors
• Writing and validation of adhoc reports using various reporting tools (e.g. Crystal/SQL/PowerBI)

Qualifications and Training

• NVQ 3 or equivalent registered Pharmacy Technician or knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures acquired through training in equivalent pharmaceutical science and recent relevant work experience
• Demonstrate continuing professional developments to meet statutory requirements
• Professional registration with the GPhC and minimum of 1 year’s post qualification experience
• Formal mentoring, coaching or preceptorship training

Skills and Abilities

• Understanding of how Hospital Pharmacy IT systems operate
• Familiarity with Pharmacy stock control software using Pharmacy systems management software, ideally CMM (JAC / Wellsky)
• Familiarity with EPMA / EPR
• Implementing and developing clinical pharmacy services within an EPR / EPMA system
• Pharmacy Robotics including electronic drug storage solutions

  Please note:
  

  George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC where all subsequent information regarding your application will be generated. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages via the NHS Jobs website. Furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails/messages sent to us via the NHS Jobs website.

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  Other:

  The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.

  In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco kalender, the Trust has a smoke‑free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.

  George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees as they are at the heart of our patients journey. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued, respected, empowered and included within an organisation that is representative of all members of the community. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.

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  The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of Peachاجد 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.