Job vacancy: Head of Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Digital Clinical System Team, Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Crewe

Job summary

Main area

Admin/ Management

Grade

Band 8b

Contract

Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover)

Hours

Full time
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (.)

Job ref

412-CORP-50256

Employer: Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Leighton MCHFT & Macclesfield Hospital
Town: Crewe
Salary: £58,972 - £68,525 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/10/2024 23:59

Head of Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Digital Clinical System Team

Band 8b

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Lead the build, test and release process for all system upgrades and enhancements including planned and emergency changes.
Communicate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to encourage behaviours that lead to greater uptake and more effective use of EPR. Ranging from formal complex, large group presentations to clinical and administrative stakeholders to build rapport and influence decisions.
Communicate complex issues and opportunities to a range of stakeholders to build cases for change. This includes agreeing the requirements and writing business cases for packages of supplier software developments.

Research the product roadmap and outline the impacts and opportunities it presents to the Trusts and their strategies, setting the direction of travel for future system design and configuration.
Analyse problem areas and/or changes in business requirements, working with service leads to identify and plan EPR changes to maximise the return on the DCS investment and support the delivery of identified business benefits.
Ensure performance and resilience of the DCS so that it can support 24/7 working. The postholder will therefore be responsible for supporting solutions including Business Continuity systems (BCP), data archiving and data repositories.
Manage the supplier relationship ensuring issues are responded to in a timely manner, system solutions have been fully explored and DCS upgrades and system changes have minimal impact on the Trusts. This will contribute to the pro-active monitoring of the supplier KPIs.
Lead the development of the required DCS reports and dashboard alongside Business Intelligence managers. Developing an EPR performance dashboard that will support monitoring of adoption, issues and incidents.
Respond expertly and professionally to all Trust queries.
Ensure that peer review processes are embedded into standard team practice.
Lead the development of local and Trust-wide policies and procedures as required by a twin Trust Electronic Patient Record.

· Undertake regular horizon scanning of best practice and developments from other EPR implementations through regional and national forums including supplier forums such as the MEDITECH User Network (MUN)

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to Masters Level in a relevant informatics subject or equivalent level of experience.

Desirable criteria

Experience of NHS regulatory records governance.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Previous experience of overall management responsibility for a complex digital solution.

Desirable criteria

Experience of working in a clinical setting.

Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to design meaningful, objective dashboards and reports and convey to developers for production.

Key Messages

· Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process.

We are a flexible working employer, so please talk to us about any flexible working requirements.

· All correspondence will be sent to the email address you have registered as your TRAC account.

· Selection is based on the Trust's values, and the criteria outlined in the Job Description for the role.

· Secondments will be considered for fixed term positions when both parties agree. Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before application.

· Appointments are subject to a 6-month probationary period. LED Doctors are subject to a 3-month probationary period.

· Please provide a contact email address for referees. We will not request references until after you have been made a formal job offer.

· You will be required to pay for your DBS disclosure (where the post requires one). This will be done via 3 monthly instalments from your pay. We encourage applicants to join and remain registered with the DBS update service.

· We do not reimburse travel to interview expenses.

· Some posts may have implications on existing NHS Pension Scheme arrangements. For further information please visit the NHS Pensions Agency website: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/nhs-pensions

· Employers have a legal responsibility to ensure that their employees have a “right to work” in the UK. If you intend to seek permission to work in the UK via a Skilled Worker visa, please be aware that the UK Government set eligibility requirements e.g. minimum salary requirement and skill levels. Not all NHS roles are eligible for sponsorship. We recommend that you use the information on the Home Office website to check if this role will be eligible.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Lisa Ratcliffe
Job title: DCS Administration Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01270 904401
Additional information: Lisa tends to work Monday to Thursday.

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Head of Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Digital Clinical System Team

Band 8b

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