Senior Digital Medicines Lead - ePR and ePMA

• Fixed term for 23 months**

Contract commences 1st December 2026

Lead the future of digital medicines at HDFT

Are you an experienced clinical (Nursing) or pharmacy professional (Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician) with a passion for digital transformation, medicines safety and improving patient care?

This is an exciting opportunity to join Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust as our Senior Digital Medicines Lead – EPMA, supporting the implementation of NerveCentre EPMA as part of the Trust’s strategic implementation of the wider

NerveCentre Electronic Patient Record.

This high-profile role will put you at the heart of a major Trust-wide digital transformation programme. You will help shape how electronic prescribing and medicines administration is designed, implemented, embedded and optimised across inpatient, outpatient and day-case settings.

We are looking for a credible, motivated and forward-thinking individual who can bring together clinical insight, medicines governance, digital knowledge and strong leadership skills to support safe, effective and user-centred digital medicines workflows.

• Lead and coordinate agreed workstreams for the implementation, upgrade and optimisation of NerveCentre EPMA.
• Provide specialist digital medicines, clinical informatics and medicines governance leadership.
• Support safe system configuration, testing, validation, clinical sign-off and optimisation.
• Translate clinical and operational requirements into effective digital workflows and standard operating processes.
• Support clinical safety assurance, risk identification, mitigation and escalation.
• Use audit findings, incident trends, user feedback and performance data to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Chair and contribute to multidisciplinary meetings, working groups and project discussions.
• Develop and deliver training, guidance and communication materials for clinical, pharmacy, technical and operational users.
• Work collaboratively with pharmacy, medical, nursing, AHP, IT, informatics, operational and supplier teams.

Provide day-to-day leadership, supervision and line management to Digital Medicines Lead Technicians and/or members of the digital medicines implementation team.

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, HDFT could be the place for you!

We Offer Colleagues

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing – we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.

Please Note

• Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
• Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
• Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
• All job offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sara Abbas-Llewelyn Job title: Lead Pharmacist - Digital Medicines, ePR and ePMA Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 01423 553164