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Job overview

The BHRUT Electronic Patient Record team is excited to announce an amazing opportunity right at the heart of the programme to implement the Oracle Health Millennium EPR on a shared domain with Barts Health.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a Registered Pharmacist with exceptional leadership qualities to become part of this journey, leading digital transformation across the system as Chief Pharmacy Information Officer.

The Chief Pharmacy Information Officer will work in the Office of Clinical Informatics, working closely with the Chief Clinical Information Officer and their team and supported by other clinical informatics leads and the Clinical Care Group Triumvirate, with accountability to the Trust Chief Pharmacist.

This transformational role will lead to new ways of working using digital and informatics technologies, transforming care delivery across all clinical and operational environments and professions. You will act as a spokesperson for the pharmacy department for digital implementation, innovation and be linked with pharmacy workflows and clinical informatics.

The role is offered on a fixed term or secondment basis for a period of 24 months.

We would welcome informal enquiries in advance, and ask all internal BHRUT staff to discuss any secondment opportunities with their existing line manager before applying.

Main duties of the job

This role is a new role as part of the Trust’s move to a shared electronic patient record (EPR) with Barts Health. The role will support the Chief Pharmacist and lead in delivering the pharmacy benefits of the EPR business case. It will lead to new ways of working using digital and informatics technologies, transforming care delivery across all clinical environments particularly pharmacy and all professions. It requires the postholder to act as an ambassador for the agenda across the system, including acting as a spokesperson for pharmacy digital issues. The post holder will provide sound advice and guidance, working collaboratively with clinical, administrative and operational leaders and key stakeholders to ensure the appropriate, consistent, and successful use of integrated knowledge and information systems, for example, electronic patient record systems, including decision support and to close the gap between primary and secondary care. They will also promote innovation and champion developing a clinically appropriate information culture to enable change and quality improvement across the Trust.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification. 

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we’re no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It’ll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.