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EPR Central Workstream lead

The closing date is 03 August 2025

EPR Central Workstream lead (15 Month Secondment/ Fixed Term)

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.

About us

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).

Job 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

• Education to post-graduate diploma level or equivalent knowledge and experience
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Experience

• 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 Team management
• Experience of project management
• Experience of EPR or other complex system delivery
• 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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£55,690 to £62,682 a yearper annum pro rata

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working