Pharmacy Lead for Digital Medicines and Informatics

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Pharmacy Lead for Digital Medicines and Informatics

The closing date is 12 January 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled and forward-thinking Pharmacy Digital and Informatics Lead to provide senior leadership in the delivery of digital transformation across pharmacy services. This post is open to both registered Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians.

At Band 8a, the postholder will lead the operational delivery and optimisation of pharmacy digital systems.

At Band 8b, the post holder will have significant experience in previous management of digital systems, have a proven track record in leadership and will have a broader strategic remit, shaping digital medicines strategy across the organisation or system, influencing senior stakeholders, and leading complex transformation programmes.

This role is critical to ensuring digital systems support safe, effective, and efficient use of medicines while aligning with national digital and medicines optimisation priorities.

Main duties of the job

• Provide senior leadership for pharmacy digital and informatics services
• Lead the development, delivery, and ongoing review of the pharmacy digital strategy
• Act as the professional and subject matter expert for pharmacy informatics
• Lead or oversee implementation and optimisation of digital medicines systems, including EPMA, pharmacy dispensing, stock control, and clinical decision support
• Work collaboratively with IT, digital, clinical, and operational teams to ensure safe system design and change management
• At 8b level: influence organisational and system-wide digital strategy and represent pharmacy at senior digital governance forums
• Use data, analytics, and informatics to support quality improvement, assurance, and service development
• Ensure compliance with information governance, cybersecurity, and national standards
• Lead training, adoption, and digital capability development within pharmacy service

About us

Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description.

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances, in discussion with the post holder. This role profile is intended to provide a broad outline of the main responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role with initial and on-going discussions with the designated manager.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Pharmacy
• Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Keeping professionally up to date including CPD
• Significant hospital pharmacy experience involving electronic systems
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Evidence of training in change management
• Non medical prescriber

Experience

• See attached Job Description

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.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£64,455 to £74,896 a year, pro rata