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Digital Specialist Clinician

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 27 April 2025

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Job summary

The Digital Specialist Clinician will be responsible for contributing and supporting advancing clinical quality and safety through the optimal use of digitally enabled clinical initiatives that effect or involve clinical practice. The role will focus on optimisation and innovation via Microsoft 365 (M365) and the electronic patient record (EPR)
A key aspect of this role will be to lead and support clinical colleagues to embrace and adopt transformational change associated with the digital agenda under the leadership of the Digital Clinical Leads and the Digital Programme team, and to act as a liaison between the Trust's clinical collective and the EPR and M365 programmes.
This post is part of a team consisting of clinical, technical, and operational roles within the digital team that will ensure the digital agenda is strategically aligned with future models of care, workforce strategies and addresses the day-to-day operational challenges facing SPFT services and partners.
This role also supports the Trust's Transformation Programme providing clinical leadership by linking digital and operational transformation.

Main duties of the job

The main element is the safe deployment of the new EPR.
The post holder will maintain high visibility in clinical areas and be aware of current issues through undertaking activities such as clinical practice or observations of care.
The post holder will be expected to attend clinical sites and the office as required, there will be limited home working opportunities.The post holder will be one of a team of digital clinicians, supporting and assisting the Digital Clinical Leads on digital clinical safety and user led design, working with relevant working groups/projects, services and initiatives to provide digital transformation, information and contribute towards analytical advice and expertise.
The post holder will report to their Divisionally aligned Digital Clinical Lead and escalate issues as necessary.
The post holder will assist services to achieve their objectives / realise benefits through the adoption and effective use of digital technologies, providing valued support and guidance through key digital initiatives (M365 and EPR) and user led design.The post holder will support services to deliver the Trusts objectives and Quality agenda.
The post holder will be required to develop and maintain relationships with a broad range of internal and external, clinical, non-clinical and corporate stakeholders to ensure that the outputs from digital transformation meet their needs

About us

We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex .

Working in Sussex:

Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there's always new experiences to be enjoyed
Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure.
We'd love you to join our organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Other key staff survey results include:

70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

Date posted

11 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per Annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-CO-21622

Job locations

Portland House

Richmond Road

Worthing

BN11 1HS

Job description

Job responsibilities

Support the development of digital Clinical Safety Cases in partnership with the Trust Digital Clinical Safety Officer and contribute to the ongoing management of the safety of these products in line with hazard logs, incident reporting, and clinical safety requirements.
Work with services to implement, support the adoption and optimisation of M365, including the use of SharePoint, MS Copilot - AI based technology, and the new EPR as the digital subject matter expert.
The post holder will act in a supportive capacity and work with the wider digital team to develop and improve organisational performance in relation to clinical records, data quality and data informed decision making. Identifying, creating and presenting reports
The post holder will act as a specialist resource to challenge existing practices and ensure progressive solutions, which consider evidence-based practice, national guidelines, and emerging/new models of care/best practice.
The post holder will support the implementation and development of informatics and digital health tools to enhance the delivery of high-quality care through project leadership and workstream attendance.
The post holder will be integral to the on-going development and practical training of digital clinical capabilities and digital clinical safety within the divisions.
Develop and maintain relationships with EPR suppliers, as appropriate, to support partnering with the Trust and their input into digital delivery.
The post holder will work with divisional services to develop safety practices which support business as usual and ongoing use of technology - acting as a subject matter expert as required.
Manage their own professional development, keeping up to date with registration requirements and documentation requirements and ensure best practice is promoted within the EPR.
Supporting the development of a digital response to divisional health and care priorities. Utilising data gathered from the new EPR to identify and evidence areas of improvement.Engages with services through workshop facilitation and working alongside operational teams to lead digital transformation and improvements.
Identify project and customer relationship risks and escalate to the EPR and M365 oversight groups via the Digital Clinical Leads as appropriate.
The post holder will be expected to work out-of-hours on occasion according to the demands of EPR and M365. Many projects have key activities such as testing or go live which are carried out at evenings or weekends and the post holder is expected to be flexible in their work arrangements to suit this requirement.
Work with the digital training team and communications teams to develop resources and deliver workshops, face to face floor walking support, and training sessions.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Support the development of digital Clinical Safety Cases in partnership with the Trust Digital Clinical Safety Officer and contribute to the ongoing management of the safety of these products in line with hazard logs, incident reporting, and clinical safety requirements.
Work with services to implement, support the adoption and optimisation of M365, including the use of SharePoint, MS Copilot - AI based technology, and the new EPR as the digital subject matter expert.
The post holder will act in a supportive capacity and work with the wider digital team to develop and improve organisational performance in relation to clinical records, data quality and data informed decision making. Identifying, creating and presenting reports
The post holder will act as a specialist resource to challenge existing practices and ensure progressive solutions, which consider evidence-based practice, national guidelines, and emerging/new models of care/best practice.
The post holder will support the implementation and development of informatics and digital health tools to enhance the delivery of high-quality care through project leadership and workstream attendance.
The post holder will be integral to the on-going development and practical training of digital clinical capabilities and digital clinical safety within the divisions.
Develop and maintain relationships with EPR suppliers, as appropriate, to support partnering with the Trust and their input into digital delivery.
The post holder will work with divisional services to develop safety practices which support business as usual and ongoing use of technology - acting as a subject matter expert as required.
Manage their own professional development, keeping up to date with registration requirements and documentation requirements and ensure best practice is promoted within the EPR.
Supporting the development of a digital response to divisional health and care priorities. Utilising data gathered from the new EPR to identify and evidence areas of improvement.Engages with services through workshop facilitation and working alongside operational teams to lead digital transformation and improvements.
Identify project and customer relationship risks and escalate to the EPR and M365 oversight groups via the Digital Clinical Leads as appropriate.
The post holder will be expected to work out-of-hours on occasion according to the demands of EPR and M365. Many projects have key activities such as testing or go live which are carried out at evenings or weekends and the post holder is expected to be flexible in their work arrangements to suit this requirement.
Work with the digital training team and communications teams to develop resources and deliver workshops, face to face floor walking support, and training sessions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or specialist interest in health informatics and Digital technology
Professional Registration as a Clinician

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Demonstrated experience of leading staff in changing their working practices
Experience of leading clinical/digital or operational teams within the NHS
Demonstrated experience in a health or social care environment
Demonstrated experience of designing and delivering training sessions
Knowledge of Electronic Patient Records and SystmOne

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or specialist interest in health informatics and Digital technology
Professional Registration as a Clinician

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Demonstrated experience of leading staff in changing their working practices
Experience of leading clinical/digital or operational teams within the NHS
Demonstrated experience in a health or social care environment
Demonstrated experience of designing and delivering training sessions
Knowledge of Electronic Patient Records and SystmOne

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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