Job summary
Are you a registered healthcare professional with a proven track record of implementing/sustaining change/s within your clinical area?
Do you enjoy using digital tools and can see the benefits they bring?
Are you organised, enthusiastic, motivated, and a good communicator looking for a new nursing challenge in your career?
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Clinical Informatics team who are responsible for ensuring the effective and efficient use of digital tools. The role will ensure high adoption of new initiatives and technologies and support front line staff in delivering this. This role will involve the application of clinical knowledge and skills, along with a variety of clinical engagement techniques to work with staff in clinical areas to determine if a change to practice, tools, operational processes or skill set is required to deliver an improvement to patient care.
The successful candidate is required to be able to demonstrate the Trust values, the responsibilities of the job description and person specification.
For further information (or to arrange an informal discussion about the post) please contact: Ms Kay Pagan (Assistant Chief Nurse, Informatics) on kay.pagan@bthft.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
This role will involve the application of clinical knowledge to assess the adequacy of current 'systems' in clinical areas, meaning are the tools, associated processes, and skill set working together for effective patient care. The role will determine if a change to practice, tools, operational processes or skill set is required to deliver an improvement.
The role will also ensure that benefit metrics are built into any change programme to ensure that all improvements are measurable and reportable.
The jobholder will use a variety of clinical engagement techniques to support and deliver change.
The role will be embedded within an existing team of change staff who support the on-going adoption, use and challenge of our informatics solutions.
The jobholder will use a variety of clinical engagement techniques to support and deliver change.
The role will be embedded within an existing team of change staff who support the on-going adoption, use and challenge of our informatics solutions.
About us
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.
WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnership's ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.
Job description
Job responsibilities
BTHFT is a highly digitised Trust with almost no paper in clinical areas. The digital landscape at the Trust includes a fulsome Electronic Patient Record and a suite of specialised clinical information systems, complemented by industry-standard business intelligence tools. The Trust has set a clear direction to ensure the effective and efficient use of the technology and digital information in place, to improve the quality of care, patient safety, and creation of efficiencies. The Clinical Informatics team are responsible for ensuring the effective and efficient use of digital tools, ensuring high adoption of the tools and information, and supporting front line staff in these aims.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for futher details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
BTHFT is a highly digitised Trust with almost no paper in clinical areas. The digital landscape at the Trust includes a fulsome Electronic Patient Record and a suite of specialised clinical information systems, complemented by industry-standard business intelligence tools. The Trust has set a clear direction to ensure the effective and efficient use of the technology and digital information in place, to improve the quality of care, patient safety, and creation of efficiencies. The Clinical Informatics team are responsible for ensuring the effective and efficient use of digital tools, ensuring high adoption of the tools and information, and supporting front line staff in these aims.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for futher details.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in a large Acute Trust with senior managers and clinicians
- Experience of working with Clinicians at all levels
- Previous experience in communicating business change concepts and issues to all levels of staff, both orally and in written form
Desirable
- Experience of Electronic Patient Record or clinical systems implementation
Skills
Essential
- Fluent user of Windows-based software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Logical and efficient, with good attention to detail;
- Good communication skills. Able to communicate with staff across all levels of an organisation.
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Specialist knowledge of hospital clinical, administrative and operational processes and procedures, in both clinical and non-clinical environments;
- Knowledge of business change process analysis and design techniques;
Desirable
- Understanding of NHS IM&T policies and strategy
- Knowledge of Electronic Patient Records
- Knowledge of current business processes within BTHFT
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered professional within a clinical setting such as a Nurse, Midwife or Allied Health Professional
- Degree or equivalent qualification (e.g. diploma level specialist training) or experience
- Relevant specialist qualification or training to diploma level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of current CPD
Desirable
- Leadership or management development qualification
- Additional specialist knowledge or training to master's level or equivalent experience
- LEAN or Service Improvement Qualification
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in a large Acute Trust with senior managers and clinicians
- Experience of working with Clinicians at all levels
- Previous experience in communicating business change concepts and issues to all levels of staff, both orally and in written form
Desirable
- Experience of Electronic Patient Record or clinical systems implementation
Skills
Essential
- Fluent user of Windows-based software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Logical and efficient, with good attention to detail;
- Good communication skills. Able to communicate with staff across all levels of an organisation.
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Specialist knowledge of hospital clinical, administrative and operational processes and procedures, in both clinical and non-clinical environments;
- Knowledge of business change process analysis and design techniques;
Desirable
- Understanding of NHS IM&T policies and strategy
- Knowledge of Electronic Patient Records
- Knowledge of current business processes within BTHFT
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered professional within a clinical setting such as a Nurse, Midwife or Allied Health Professional
- Degree or equivalent qualification (e.g. diploma level specialist training) or experience
- Relevant specialist qualification or training to diploma level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of current CPD
Desirable
- Leadership or management development qualification
- Additional specialist knowledge or training to master's level or equivalent experience
- LEAN or Service Improvement Qualification
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).
