Application Project Support Officer

Job summary

Fixed term until 31st July 2025.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our award-winning Health Informatics department and implement our new Digital Strategy PROUDTOBEDIGITAL. We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, committed and driven individual to join us as the Application Project Support.

Some of the many reasons to work at the Trust include: The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is digitally mature with 10 years plus experience. Health Informatics at Rotherham have achieved Level 2 Towards Excellence Accreditation. Health Informatics at Rotherham are strongly committed to supporting individuals with professionalisation and offer a years free membership to a relevant professional body. We are conveniently located just off the M1 motorway allowing for excellent commute times across most of Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and West Lincolnshire and Humberside.

The Trust is heavily invested in the transformation of the Electronic Patient Records in both the Hospital and Community settings and has been for over 10 years, making us a digitally mature organisation.

The post will be an integral part of the Application Specialist team, and will give support to the Application Specialists whilst also having their own work packages to work on.

A good candidate will be able to prioritise their own workload and work with others to provide an excellent service.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work under the Application Specialist Team Lead to help support the team with configuration and incident management tasks. The post holder will be involved in the configuration of both of the Trusts EPRs (Meditech and SystmOne) and support the team in achieving the departmental and team level targets and KPIs. The role will include 2nd line system support and working with both internal teams and 3rd party suppliers to improve current working practices and troubleshoot issues.

About us

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham.

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as a place to work?, and were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall.

But dont just take our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making.

All of our 5,100 colleagues are key to our improvement journey, and we are continuing to improve our services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together. If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us on our journey to excellence.

Employer details

Employer name

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Woodside Building

Moorgate Road

Rotherham

S60 2TY

Employer's website

https://www.therotherhamft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Woodside Building

Moorgate Road

Rotherham

S60 2TY

Employer's website

https://www.therotherhamft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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