Head of Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Digital Clinical System Team

Job overview

We are looking to appoint Maternity Cover for the Head of EPR to join our Digital Clinical System (DCS) Team.

East Cheshire NHS Trust and Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are jointly creating a new EPR, which is known locally as the Digital Clinical System (DCS).

Main duties of the job

This post will be responsible for developing and leading the ‘business as usual’ service. This will include the management of a federated support team across the two Trusts, ensuring there is a consistent approach to the configuration and integration with existing systems, adoption, and training delivery. The role will work closely with the supplier MEDITECH to fix problems and manage risks and the digital transformation leads for each organisation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Lead the build, test and release process for all system upgrades and enhancements including planned and emergency changes.
• Communicate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to encourage behaviours that lead to greater uptake and more effective use of EPR. Ranging from formal complex, large group presentations to clinical and administrative stakeholders to build rapport and influence decisions.
• Communicate complex issues and opportunities to a range of stakeholders to build cases for change. This includes agreeing the requirements and writing business cases for packages of supplier software developments.