We are seeking an experienced, innovative and forward-thinking Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician to provide senior programme leadership for the organisation’s Digital Medicines agenda. This high-profile leadership role will drive the strategic development, governance, and delivery of digital medicines systems and services, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities, national policy, and the evolving needs of clinical services.
As Digital Medicines Programme Lead, the postholder will provide professional, operational, and strategic leadership across the Digital Medicines team. The role will be responsible for directing the delivery, optimisation, and continuous improvement of digital medicines solutions, ensuring systems are safe, effective, interoperable, and support excellence in patient care.
The postholder will act as expert lead for digital medicines programmes working closely with Chief Clinical Information Officers and Digital Medicines Lead. They will provide oversight and assurance across multiple complex projects and services, working closely with the wider digital and informatics teams to deliver transformational change at scale.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Accountable for delivery and performance of the Trust’s digital medicines services impacting all clinical areas
Leads a multidisciplinary team including Digital Medicines Operational Lead, clinical informatics specialists and wider digital/clinical staff
Responsible for organisation‑wide ePMA systems used by prescribers, nursing, pharmacy and AHP staff
Manages complex programmes covering system optimisation, upgrades, integrations and transformation initiatives
Accountable for quality assurance, governance, risk management and compliance with legislation and national standards
Responsible for prioritisation and allocation of digital medicines resources and contributing to financial planning
Provides organisation‑wide expert leadership on digital medicines safety and system design decisions
Leads development of integrations with clinical and corporate systems
Responsible for ensuring effective use of digital medicines data for performance, safety and decision-making
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
The post holder will provide strategic leadership and management of the Trust’s Digital
Medicines function, with responsibility for the development, delivery and optimisation of
electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) services across the
organisation.
As the Trust’s Digital Medicines Programme Lead, the post holder will work in association
with the trust CCIOs (Chief Clinical Information Officers) and Digital Medicines Lead to
develop trust wide strategy around digital medicines and set the strategic direction for ePMA
and clinical informatics, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities, national policy and
regulatory frameworks.
The role is accountable for the safe, effective and efficient design, implementation and
governance of digital medicines systems, ensuring that services deliver improved patient
safety, clinical outcomes and operational efficiency at organisational scale.
The post holder will lead complex programmes of work spanning multiple clinical and
corporate services, overseeing system lifecycle management, digital transformation, and
continuous service improvement, while managing associated risks, resources and
performance.
Working in partnership with senior clinical, digital and operational leaders, the post holder
will influence organisational strategy, investment decisions and innovation in digital
medicines, ensuring delivery of high-quality, sustainable and future-focused services.
The role provides professional and operational leadership to multidisciplinary teams,
building organisational capability in digital medicines, and ensuring compliance with all
statutory, governance and clinical safety requirements.
There will be a requirement to maintain a level of clinical practice within their area of
professional registration.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a
collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent
leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to
promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and
collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
