Job vacancy: EPR Maternity Workstream lead, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Salisbury

Job summary

Main area

Informatics

Grade

Band 8a

Contract

18 months (fixed term)

Hours

Full time
Flexible working
Home or remote working
Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

269-SFT8529-A

Employer: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Town: Salisbury
Salary: £50,952 - £57,349 a year per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/08/2024 23:59

EPR Maternity Workstream lead

Band 8a

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

We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:-

Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months)
Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
Cycle to work scheme
Uniform provided (where required)
On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
On site health and fitness club
On site car parking
Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

SEASONAL RESPIRATORY VACCINATIONS

We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.

GETTING TO WORK

We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY

We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.

The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, martial status and age.

OTHER INFORMATION

If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £13 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

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