EPR Senior Programme Manager

Job overview

EPR Senior Programme Manager

The Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust is looking for an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Senior Programme Manager.

This is a hugely exciting opportunity to play a major role in the Trust’s implementation of its new Electronic Patient Record (EPR). This challenging programme is the largest clinical system transformation programme the Trust has undertaken and is key to the Trust’s Strategy to fundamentally transform ways of working.

Main duties of the job

The EPR Senior Programme Manager will support the EPR Programme Director in managing the EPR Programme with specific responsibility for the programme management and workstream teams.

Working for our organisation

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is the biggest provider of healthcare services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our three main sites are Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro, St Michael’s Hospital Hayle and West Cornwall Hospital Penzance, our staff and services are available across the region.

The Trust employs 5,000+ staff, has a budget of £380 million and 750 beds. We work with health and social care organisations -including NHS Kernow and NHS England- to ensure local healthcare needs are met. We provide acute medical, surgical and specialist services to around 500,000- which can increase significantly during busy holiday periods.

The Trust has teaching hospitals status as part of the University of Exeter Medical School. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we continually develop clinical services and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care offered locally.

We can offer you a rewarding career in a supportive working environment. We have extensive educational links to help you realise your full potential and develop skills to provide outstanding healthcare to the local community.

Enjoy an outstanding quality of life in a place that offers surfing beaches and fishing harbours to beautiful countryside and historic towns. With clean air, plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities and excellent schools, colleges and universities (including adult education) it is the ideal place for families and for you to develop your own career.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The postholder will provide leadership to ensure the desired programme outcomes and objectives are delivered, overseeing the various workstreams to successful implementation within the programme's budget and timescale.

PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Occupational Health clearance
• Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
• Right to work in the UK

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We reserve the right to close this advert early.

We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent qualification and leadership experience
• Practical knowledge of Programme and Portfolio management
• Prince 2 & MSP or equivalent formal project / programme management qualification

• Industry recognised ICT qualifications and experience in ICT, or equivalent proven experience in a senior position
• Change management qualifications
• ITIL or other IT service management frameworks
• Management qualification or equivalent management experience gained at a senior level

Experience

• Relevant experience in health service or other major large-scale customer service-oriented organisation
• Experience at senior management level
• Experience in managing and completing a range of complex activities, including the development of strategies, business plans, service improvements and resource planning
• Experience of contract and supplier management
• Proven experience of managing and prioritising multiple workloads and meeting deadlines
• Proven experience in financial management including managing large budgets, income generation

• Experience of programme managing EPR programmes
• Proven experience in the delivery of large scale clinical system programmes across large complex multi-organisation structure
• Proven people management experience with evidence of leading through change

Skills

• Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written, including very strong presentation skills in order to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to a variety of audiences
• Can articulate and engage others in a vision for EPR as an enabler for improvements in clinical quality, efficiency and effectiveness
• Excellent diplomacy and negotiating skills, coupled with the ability to remain objective when dealing with often very complex issues that can be contentious
• Ability to solve complex analytical problems, independently analyse information and make recommendations based on this analysis
• Demonstrable capability of delivering major programmes of work on time
• Credible and able to gain the confidence of multidisciplinary groups and stakeholders, including senior managers / executive teams, staff, colleagues and customers

Thank you for your application if you have not received a reply within 21 days of the closing date you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please be aware that your application and related documents will be retained confidentially for a period of 12 months.

It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. To work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require a visa - we may be able to provide sponsorship, but this is not guaranteed.

Benefits include optional pension and life assurance and a dedicated Childcare Co-ordination Team

We are committed to ensuring our staff are developed, engaged and supported to work in different ways to support the ever-changing environment in which we operate.

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is a non-smoking organisation.

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In submitting an application form, you authorise Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record Inter Authority

Royal Cornwall Hospital is an Equal Opportunities employer.