Job summary
- Main area
- EPR
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Secondment: 18 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 249-6261011-2
- Employer
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- GWH, SFT and RUH
- Town
- Swindon, Sailsbury and Bath
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Docs Central Workstream lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
We are committed to developing and deploying an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) for Acute Hospital Alliance ( Royal United Hospital - Bath, Great Western Hospital , Swindon and Salisbury NHS Trust, and are excited to announce secondment or fixed term contract opportunities to join the programme as an EPR Workstream Lead.
We are looking for a team of people with either AHA - specific organisational knowledge and experience, or people with previous experience of implementing an EPR. Most important is your enthusiasm for digital, and you will receive the technical training required to be successful in your role. A team with a balance of EPR implementation experience and AHA(GWH, SFT and RUH) knowledge is the key to the programme's success.
We are recruiting for Workstream Leads across key areas including: Clinical Documentation, Patient Administration (outpatients/inpatients), Maternity , Reporting, Order Comms, EPMA, Clinical Documentation and many more- please see JD.
We welcome applications from those who would like to join the programme team full time as well as those who would like to combine a fractional role in the team with work in their existing area. All internal staff interested in applying should gain agreement from their line manager first. Roles are available across AHA (GWH, SFT and RUH). Successful applicant (GWH, SFT and RUH will be able to remain within their home trust.
Main duties of the job
The Workstream Lead will be responsible for the delivery of the workstream, playing a key role in the implementation of the new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system across Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire Acute Healthcare Alliance. We are seeking an individual from a clinical (Nursing / Medical / AHP) or operational/Technical background with experience in managing a complex body of work, operational insight, and programme management skills to join our team.
The postholder will ensure appropriate planning and support is in place to enable successful service transition, drive operational change whilst removing unwarranted variation across the 3 organisations. This includes providing practical support to both the wider Implementation Team and clinical teams across the Trusts and sharing functionality and anticipated configuration of the new EPR and how operational processes could align. There will be an expectation to drive an ongoing cycle of process improvement, continually identifying areas of opportunity for development and work with appropriate teams to implement system improvement. The postholder will also work closely with the Local workstream leads and with senior clinical teams to ensure alignment of goals and priorities to achieve successful implementation of the new EPR, working as a liaison between clinical and operational service workstreams, various IT Teams and the system suppliers – Oracle Health and 3rd Party.
Working for our organisation
We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the Values of the organisation depending on where you are based: Service, Teamwork, Ambition, Respect (GWH), Person Centered and Safe, Professional, Responsive, Friendly, Progressive (SFT) and Everyone matters, working together, Making a difference (RUH).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role will be responsible for:
- Leading a central workstream in developing the processes and system design for their agreed area of scope.
- Coordinating workstream activities to ensure alignment across the 3 sites and other workstreams, identifying interdependencies and assigning mitigating plans where appropriate/required to ensure the plan remains on course for delivery within the agreed timeframe.
- Ensuring systems and processes of the new EPR and integrated care systems are embedded into operational and clinical This will require the postholder to have a detailed understanding of service requirements, benefits realisation opportunities afforded by the new EPR and be able to contribute to local and AHA policy and protocol development to ensure both service and implementation needs are met.
- Development of AHA Standard Operating Procedures and policies relating to the safe and accurate implementation of the new EPR.
- Influencing leadership at all levels to actively promote engagement around the Programme, utilising appropriate change tools.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Education to post-graduate diploma level or equivalent knowledge and experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- Project management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of working in within the acute hospital environment, with clear experience within the allocated work stream
- Track record of internal stakeholder engagement
- Supervisory experience
- Experience of project management
Desirable criteria
- Experience of co-ordinating software testing
- A good understanding of the NHS, in particular the NHS modernisation agenda and a comprehensive knowledge of NHS system procedures and information flows.
- Knowledge of the use of information and information systems used in the NHS
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent MS Office skills, especially proficiency with MS Excel
- Ability to undertake advanced keyboard use, including data input and system configuration
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills for a range of audiences, including stakeholder at all levels of the organisation
- Ability to provide sound judgement and give professional advice and support
- Demonstrable experience of understanding and acting upon highly complex information
Desirable criteria
- Process mapping and/or business analysis skill
- Understanding of change and management theory and process
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Linegar
- Job title
- AHA Shared EPR Programe manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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