Digital Medicines Technician (Band 4/5)

This is a key role within digital medicines responsible for supporting, maintaining and optimising existing EPMA systems, delivering quality and capability improvement, and providing professional oversight to ensure high standards of patient safety and care. This role works closely with the system/joint lead pharmacist digital medicines to coordinate Trust digital systems with system-wide digital medicines priorities.

UKVI Sponsorship: This role may be available for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). Sponsorship will be determined based on your current situation and on a case-by-case basis.

Support, maintain, backup, security & development of Pharmacy IT systems including pharmacy stock control (PSC), electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) system, prescription tracking system (PTS), wireless temperature monitoring (Aeroscout), dispensary robot (PICL software).

• Ensure the delivery of ePACT and RxInfo data.
• Make the best use of IT, providing the strategic drive to guide, support and progress several important department and trust initiatives.
• Develop and maintain an effective working relationships with all provider Trusts in Dorset with regards to EPMA.
• Support the review and actioning of business continuity and contingency plans.
• Provide training of staff in the use of digital medicine systems, assisting in the drafting/implementation of guides and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Assist in the reporting duties of the Digital Medicines Team
• Assist & support the Principal Pharmacy Technician Digital Medicines, provide cover for their absence and for responsibilities.
• As required to provide a range of dispensing and checking duties within the pharmacy using own professional knowledge ensuring duties are performed in line with Good Dispensing Practice (GDP). This will include inpatient, outpatient, and discharge medications alongside medicines management activities.
• To promote Health & Safety and quality issues within the pharmacy service.
  
  

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.

Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Robin Mitchell Job title: System / Joint Lead Pharmacist Digital Medicines Email address: robin.mitchell4@nhs.net Telephone number: 07721 241621