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Job overview

This is an exciting new position as the NCA embarks on an organisation wide Electronic Patient Programme.  This role will be instrumental in establishing and leading the programme to achieve a successful delivery of transformational change across the NCA.

Establishing and leading a multi-disciplined team with a strong focus on clinical engagement and digital as a critical enabler to NCA wide business change in our processes, patient experience and for colleagues, patients and service users.

This is a senior level role working with stakeholders across the trust at all levels and wider across Greater Manchester.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for oversight of all aspects of the programme life cycle including: 

Responsible for the development of Programme Plans for the Readiness and Implementation Phases of the EPR programme.

Responsible for ensuring Risks and Issues are appropriately documented, managed and escalated as required to the SRO.

Responsible for all Programme reporting requirements for the unified EPR programme.

Lead Programme Boards comprising Group and / or Hospital Senior Management and / or clinical teams to ensure that the programmes and individual projects are being delivered on time, in budget and using influencing and persuasive skills to ensure programme /project outcomes are managed and agreed and there is maximum benefit realisation. This will involve analysing highly complex facts or situations and making contentious decisions such as, to exclude clinical scope and / or functionality.

Engage with clinical and managerial stakeholders to develop, agree, maintain and implement roll out plans, reporting key milestones and escalating slippages and other issues where necessary. 

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.