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One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health & Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Find out about living and working with us - HERE
You can also find out more about our Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Programme - HERE
The Role
This post-holder will have a unique opportunity to support the different stages of the EPR Programme through a variety of different roles. This is an exciting opportunity to experience different roles in Project Support and System support and develop a wide variety of transferrable skills.
The role will facilitate the collation and interpretation of data with responsibilities to analyse current Business Processes’, whilst the organisation prepares to be “ready” for the EPR. This will involve engaging with key stakeholders at the trust and facilitating workshops and conversations, along with the Project Team supporting the EPR Programme.
As well as this, there will be the opportunity to be involved in a more “hands on” capacity with the configuration and testing of the EPR. Working with our System Specialists, you will become an expert in specific functions of the EPR and gain experience in the, setting up, configuration, support and maintenance around Clinical Systems. This includes developing skills to support the Clinical Systems we have in place now, and helping with the “day-to-day” support our System Specialists provide now.
Over the total period of employment, the role will involve a variety of tasks which could include:
- Being responsible for translating current processes into future ways of working
- Presenting in depth understanding of the ways healthcare professionals use information for the support of patient care.
- Encourage and support Operational teams to make the appropriate changes ensuring data quality is maintained
- Support the measurement and reporting on benefits delivery as required.
- Providing project support in testing, documentation and analysis for enabling/dependent projects for our EPR Programme
- Ensuring necessary precautions are adhered to in line with Data Protection Act and any other Information Governance requirements.
- Facilitating engagement in the form of meetings and workshops
- Providing configuration management support and system expertise
- Providing support for the Business As Usual support and management of our Clinical Systems.
The Location
The candidate will be able to choose between Ipswich Hospital and Colchester Hospital as their “home” site, but travel is expected where required between all of our ESNEFT sites, including our wider services in Community Hospital settings in Suffolk and North East Essex.
Whilst we support remote working, there will be a requirement to be able to travel to every ESNEFT site where required. Most of the team currently have a hybrid working pattern of working from home, working from the acute sites and using our hot desking facility at IP City in Ipswich.
The Candidate
We are seeking a highly motivated candidate who has a keen interest in how digital transformation can make things better for the NHS patients and staff that we serve. The candidate does not need to have a degree in technology or project management but must have the aptitude to learn and be motivated to learn build their own knowledge and develop new skills.
The successful candidate will role model our organisation’s values and behaviours by being Optimistic, Appreciate and Kind. They will have exceptional attention to detail, promoting high standards in all that they do and be adaptable and flexible in meeting the fast-paced challenges that Digital Transformation in a large organisation entails.
Skills and Experience
- Good knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Office applications
- Excellent written and presentation skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Ability to work collaboratively and cooperatively with managers, colleagues and external agencies
- Excellent communication skills
- Good Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Able to work flexibly to meet the demands of the role
- Ability to engage with stakeholders from a variety of roles
- Ability to travel
- A team player with good communication skills and the ability to work alone
- Able to work autonomously
Virtual Assessment Centre: 26th and 27th April 2023
