EHRS Senior Designer/Analyst – Pharmacy, Cancer and Research

Job overview

An opportunity to join the UCLH Electronic Health Record (EHR) team has arisen within the Pharmacy, Cancer Chemotherapy, and Clinical Trial team. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic individual with a keen interest in digital healthcare. The successful candidate will be required to build and maintain medications within Epic as well as help support UCLH’s wider EHR team and digital infrastructure.

Our analysts must be Epic certified. We accept applications from candidates who are already certified, and we also consider those without certification.

For candidates who are not already Epic certified in the Willow Inpatient application, we offer training and support to attain certification. These candidates start at band 7 and progress to band 8a after certification and on passing their 6-month probationary period.

Applicants without Epic certification will also be required to undertake the Epic aptitude assessment (the Sphinx test) prior to interview.

The EHR team have worked remotely for several years and we are open to applications from outside of the London area. However the team is required to come into the office on Tottenham Court Road on a set day once every 2 weeks (currently every other Tuesday).

Main duties of the job

The work focusses on building and maintaining our medication and pharmacy related workflows and content. Analysts work closely with operational staff in the Pharmacy, Cancer and Research departments to ensure Epic is kept up-to-date with newly approved medicines, investigational medicines, cancer chemotherapy protocols and clinical trials. Analysts also interact with training, technical, information, programme management, and communications staff.

We upgrade Epic twice a year. At this time analysts may build and test newly available features, as well as execute our regression and integrated test scripts.

We have a rolling upgrade programme which delivers new features and functionality which have been identified through our operational consensus and product groups.

Our Thrive programme, which is supported by our analysts, aims to ensure functionality is adopted and identifies areas where operational staff need further support when using the system.

We are currently working with the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital to implement Epic through the Connect model.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

IMPORTANT:  For those candidates who are not already Epic certified in the Willow (Pharmacy) and Beacon (cancer protocol) applications, we will offer training and you will be supported to attain certification as a requirement during your 6 month probation period. Candidates without Epic certification will start at band 7 and progress to band 8a after certification and after passing their probationary period.

Applicants without an Epic certification will also be required to undertake the Epic aptitude assessment (the Sphinx test) prior to interview.

Patients are at the centre of everything we do.  Our EHR - Epic - helps to ensure that we continue to get better at delivering services and treatment plans designed around patient needs. Our vision is to create a digitally enabled organisation that supports the delivery of efficient and effective patient care, achieved through easy-to-use systems that provide staff and patients with access to the right information, in the right place, at the right time. At UCLH, Digital Services is central to our transformation programme. To help us to achieve our vision, we are looking for passionate individuals to join our team.

The exciting field of Digital Healthcare looks to improving patient care and staff working experience by using technology and digital pathways. More and more job opportunities are being created for people with an interest and experience in implementing and designing Digital Health solutions. From patient records to research, health economics to clinical decision support, Digital Health aims to bring current IT technology to healthcare settings.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?