Job summary
This role is in the Shared EPR Team, part of The Health Informatics Service hosted by CHFT. This job is also being advertised at BTHFT and AFT.
The analyst role is an opportunity to join an established team and progress a career in healthcare systems development and change management.
We welcome applications from individuals in other NHS organisations and from the private sector, please review the essential experience defined in the job description. It is important that our team continues to have a mix of clinical, administrative and technical experts and we can support you in developing skills in this fast growing and increasingly critical hospital system.
Main duties of the job
Airedale Foundation Trust are joining Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust and Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust by using their Electronic Patient Record.
We expect to welcome around 3000 new EPR users in November, and because of this we are looking for applicants to fill a range of clinical, technical and administrative roles in our Shared EPR Team. The Team manages one of the most complex hospital systems in the UK, building new content, improving clinical workflows and ensuring that interfaces to other clinical systems are operating correctly. If you already use the Cerner EPR (provided by Oracle Health) or are interested in being part of our team to help improve patient outcomes and staff working practice, then please take a look at the different roles on offer.
The Shared EPR Team is made up of colleagues from BTHFT, CHFT and AFT, and if you work at one of these Trusts today you can still be employed by them and join us.
These same vacancies are being advertised by all 3 Trusts, you only need to apply via the one Trust you would like to work for. Please note, you may receive communication from any of the 3 Trusts regarding shortlisting or interview. The 3 Trusts have a data-sharing agreement and information you submit will be securely held and managed.
About us
We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The new EPR Analyst role will add capacity to support the increased work expected in the Patient Administration Services workstream and in the Order Comms workstream.
For the PAS Analyst role it would help if users have experience using the EPR or similar patient administration system in a hospital environment.
For the Order Comms role it would help if users have experience or knowledge of order comms processes existing in a hospital environment today.
Both post holders will have knowledge clinical systems and informatics skills, as the role requires being an interface between the clinical and the technical to maintain and manage the PAS or Order Comms features available in the EPR system.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The new EPR Analyst role will add capacity to support the increased work expected in the Patient Administration Services workstream and in the Order Comms workstream.
For the PAS Analyst role it would help if users have experience using the EPR or similar patient administration system in a hospital environment.
For the Order Comms role it would help if users have experience or knowledge of order comms processes existing in a hospital environment today.
Both post holders will have knowledge clinical systems and informatics skills, as the role requires being an interface between the clinical and the technical to maintain and manage the PAS or Order Comms features available in the EPR system.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A good level of IT literacy with Microsoft Office Package experience
- Specialist experience of change & in the improvement of business processes
Desirable
- Experience of design and configuration of a clinical system or patient administration system
- Experience of process mapping and current state analysis
- Extensive (3+years) experience within the clinical area/department
Skills
Essential
- Keyboard skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to deliver effective training to staff members within the trust and partner organisations.
- Organisational skills and the ability to prioritise and manage own workload
- Innovative & forward thinking
- Excellent Organisational skills
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills with staff at all levels
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in a clear, concise and effective manner
- Ability to manage a diverse workload and to meet set deadlines
- Committed to accomplishing challenging objectives
- Ability to identify potential problems/issues and apply effective problem-solving methodologies.
Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist knowledge and expertise in a range of work, hospital processes and practices.
Desirable
- Knowledge of clinical information systems and how they are implemented or used in clinical practise
- Understanding of project management or service improvement methodology
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree, clinical qualification or equivalent experience
- English and Maths qualification (GCSE)
Desirable
- Healthcare professional qualification
- Evidence of continuous learning
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A good level of IT literacy with Microsoft Office Package experience
- Specialist experience of change & in the improvement of business processes
Desirable
- Experience of design and configuration of a clinical system or patient administration system
- Experience of process mapping and current state analysis
- Extensive (3+years) experience within the clinical area/department
Skills
Essential
- Keyboard skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to deliver effective training to staff members within the trust and partner organisations.
- Organisational skills and the ability to prioritise and manage own workload
- Innovative & forward thinking
- Excellent Organisational skills
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills with staff at all levels
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in a clear, concise and effective manner
- Ability to manage a diverse workload and to meet set deadlines
- Committed to accomplishing challenging objectives
- Ability to identify potential problems/issues and apply effective problem-solving methodologies.
Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist knowledge and expertise in a range of work, hospital processes and practices.
Desirable
- Knowledge of clinical information systems and how they are implemented or used in clinical practise
- Understanding of project management or service improvement methodology
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree, clinical qualification or equivalent experience
- English and Maths qualification (GCSE)
Desirable
- Healthcare professional qualification
- Evidence of continuous learning
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
