Job summary
Employer heading
EPR Senior Analyst (Band 6) - Clinical or Non Clinical
NHS AfC: Band 6
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
This role is in the Shared EPR Team, part of The Health Informatics Service hosted by CHFT.
Applications with experience of configuring Oracle Health (previously Cerner) electronic patient record system are invited to apply to join the Shared EPR Team which maintains and develops the established Electronic Patient Record system used by 3 West Yorkshire Acute Trusts.
Airedale Foundation Trust are joining Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust and Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust by using their Electronic Patient Record.
The Shared EPR Team is made up of colleagues from BTHFT, CHFT and AFT, and if you work at one of these Trusts today you can still be employed by them and join us.
These same vacancies are being advertised by all 3 Trusts, you only need to apply via the one Trust you would like to work for. Please note, you may receive communication from any of the 3 Trusts regarding shortlisting or interview. The 3 Trusts have a data-sharing agreement and information you submit will be securely held and managed.
We welcome applications from individuals in other NHS organisations and from the private sector, please review the essential experience defined in the job description. It is important that our team continues to have a mix of clinical, administrative and technical experts and we can support you in developing skills in this fast growing and increasingly critical hospital system.
Main duties of the job
The EPR Senior Analyst roles (for ClinicalDocuments/ED/Paediatrics & Patient Administration Systems / Capacity Management) are part of the core team for the programme and are some of the most pivotal in the Shared Electronic Patient Record Team and are key to the continued success or EPR.
The post holder will have a knowledge of clinical process and informatics skills and act as the interface between the clinical and the technical.
The EPR Senior Analysts will be responsible for analysis of current work practices/workflows and supporting process redesign utilising the EPR and will provide a key role in EPR system design, configuration and maintenance. They will work with system users, clinical and digital leaders in the Trusts and colleagues across the EPR workstreams. They will also collaborate with other Cerner Trusts and attend Cerner Special Interest Groups to ensure high quality design and testing of the clinical configuration and to develop future state maps and standard operating procedures for the new processes developed. The role will be varied and evolve over the lifecycle of the programme.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of clinical information systems and how they are implemented or used in clinical practise
- Evidence of current CPD
- Evidence of continuous learning
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate Qualification or Informatics qualification
- Degree, clinical qualification or equivalent experience
- English and Maths qualification (GCSE)
- ECDL or Equivalent IT qualification/skills
- PRINCE2 Foundation
- Healthcare professional qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience within the relevant clinical area/similar department
- Specialist experience of change & in the improvement of business processes
- Experience of design and configuration of a clinical system or patient administration system
- Experience of process mapping and current state analysis
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of project management or service improvement methodology
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shirley Haywood
- Job title
- Head of Shared EPR Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 00000000000
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