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Job summary

Main area
Digital Clinical
Grade
Band 7
Contract
24 months (Secondment / Fixed Term)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
320-TWS-1692
Employer
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Derby Hospital
Town
Derby
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/07/2024 23:59
Interview date
31/07/2024

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University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust logo

Clinical Digital Documentation Lead

Band 7

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services.  The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds.  All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities.  This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification.  Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

 

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for; 

Job overview

The Clinical Digital Documentation Lead will oversee the digitisation of paper-based documentation and the management and optimisation of existing digital documentation processes within the Trust. The postholder will develop strategies to harmonise different approaches to digital record-keeping, and work with internal and external governance partners to review and adopt policies and standards that supports high-quality patient records, and digital documentation best practices.

Main duties of the job

Spearhead the review of paper-based forms submitted by different teams during the Paper2Pixel event.

This would involve a collaborative approach to standardising a document by working with different governance groups including the Digital Clinical Approval Group (DCAG), Clinical Documentation Approval Group, Clinical & Service Leads, Clinical & Non-clinical staff/Superusers, Digital Champions, Projects, Systems, Transformations, Health Records, and Patient Participation/Patient Experience Group in both UHDB and CRH.

Closing date of applications: 17 July 2024

Interview date: 31 July 2024

If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

  • Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
  • On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
  • Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

  • We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
  • We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
  • An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
  • Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
  • Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
  • We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
  • We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
  • UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Person specification

Values and behaviours

Essential criteria
  • A commitment to providing high quality service and putting patients at the centre of what they do.

Communications and interpersonal skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent persuasive and negotiation skills with ability to manage sensitive information or resistance to change in an appropriate manner

Skills and Ability

Essential criteria
  • Ability to engage, motivate staff and other stakeholders as well as leading staff and able to gain trust and confidence of others
  • Highly organised and able to balance / prioritise service delivery requirements and project delivery milestones.

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • A demonstrable understanding of how Information Technology can enhance patient safety and awareness of patient safety risks and pitfalls of implementing clinical IT systems.
  • Experience in delivering IM&T enabled change in a clinical environment.
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership or Line management experience

Education, Training and Qualifications CPD Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse, Allied Health Professional or Midwife with substantial post graduate experience
  • Evidence of commitment to continuous learning and application in practice
Desirable criteria
  • Change / process Management Qualification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStep into healthArmed Forces CovenantNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Andrew Robinson
Job title
Deputy Chief Nurse Information Officer
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

or 01246 277271 ask for Gemma Cort (CNIO CRH)

[email protected]

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