Lead Pharmacist – EPMA & Pharmacy Systems

Closing date: 14 August 2026
Job summary
Please note this is a 12 month fixed term opportunity for maternity leave cover.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust EPR Team. We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Lead Pharmacist - EPMA & Pharmacy Systems to provide professional, clinical and operational leadership for electronic prescribing and medicines administration across the Trust.

The post holder will act as the Lead Pharmacist in continuing to deliver the Trusts EPMA system, with consideration of the time, resource requirements and essential patient safety nature to be a successful project. They will provide Pharmacist support and advice on pharmaceutical matters and those pertaining to medicines management. The post holder will oversee the use of electronic dispensing and prescribing systems as required in Pharmacy and throughout the Trust when associated with medicines management, identify and support teams to deliver the changes in clinical and operational practice with implementation of EPMA and work as a practising Pharmacist with understanding the requirements and scope of clinical pharmacy to deliver the EPMA role.

Working within the digital team, the post holder will be managing EPMA configuration, design and implementation for deployments across the trust. The post holder will manage a team of EPMA pharmacy technicians.

Main duties of the job

• To act as the Lead Pharmacist in the continued delivery of our EPMA system, with consideration of the time, resource requirements and essential patient safety nature to be a successful project.
• To provide Pharmacist support and advice on pharmaceutical matters and those pertaining to medicines management including the selection, procurement, dispensing, delivery, prescribing, administration and review of medicines.
• To oversee the use of electronic dispensing and prescribing systems as required in Pharmacy and throughout the Trust when associated with medicines management.
• To identify and support teams to deliver the changes in clinical and operational practice with implementation of EPMA.
• To work as a practising Pharmacist with understanding the requirements and scope of clinical pharmacy to deliver the EPMA role.
• To support the work of other senior pharmacists as required.

This will involve a wide-ranging scope of activities and demonstration of leadership and management skills to deliver project elements within fixed timescales, engage a range of staff with system development, assess risks, define and implement solutions.

Knowledge of pharmacy, prescribing and dispensing requirements, drug safety and governance process will be essential.

About us
Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

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Details
Date posted: 31 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number: 434-C7996996-A
Job locations: Stoke Mandeville hospital, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, HP21 8AL, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

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Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential

• Registered Pharmacist: Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent

Desirable

• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• RPS faculty Stage II accreditation
• Relevant IT formal study or qualification

Experience
Essential

• Significant experience of hospital pharmacy at Post Registration Pharmacist level
• Significant experience of delivery of pharmacy services to a broad range of specialties
• Experience of delivery of clinical pharmacy service to a specialist level
• Experience of project management
• Experience of conducting service audits and the use of performance indicators
• Experience of EPMA or Trustwide IT system development and roll out

Desirable

• Experience of training other pharmacy staff
• Experience of managing staff

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential

• Able to prioritise and manage own workload
• Communicate, engage and provide effective leadership
• Clear and concise verbal and written communication
• Able to recognise limits of own competencies and to refer and seek advice
• Able to recognise and embrace new ideas and developments
• To have a positive attitude, be able to recognise and communicate need for change and be able to participate in change management processes.
• Work effectively within a range of different teams at Departmental, Trust or regional level.
• Prepared to attend any training sessions necessary for personal and service development

Special Circumstances
Essential

• Willing to travel between sites and throughout Bucks, as required by the post

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Address: Stoke Mandeville hospital, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, HP21 8AL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO)
Fiona Mills
f.mills5@nhs.net
07818016969