Job summary
Bradford Teaching Hospitals and Calderdale & Huddersfield Hospitals have a shared instance of Cerner Millennium Electronic Patient Record. Airedale Hospital are about to join the shared instance.
Our Joint EPR team is looking for a Cerner-experienced Information Architect to lead a technical team in maintaining the shared Electronic Patient Record for both Trusts.
Main duties of the job
To support the EPR team by provision of installation, data management and development activities for EPR related products in a wide variety of clinical and non-clinical environments and for a large number of users and a wide range of existing and future applications, e.g. Pathology, Radiology, Clinical Docs. To act as an expert; specifying data requirements for legacy system integration, ensuring incoming data messages are fit for purpose and working with third party system integrators in 'test' and 'live' environments.
To provide a strategic and leadership based technical role within the Electronic Patient Records (EPR) team in the delivery of a service. This will include involvement with EPR colleagues, managers and staff in clinical and non-clinical directorates, other appropriate NHS organisations and external stakeholders to ensure that the EPR software meets the requirements of all stakeholders, including legal requirements, and is delivered on time and in accordance with the Trust's present and future requirements.
About us
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
- We value people
- We are one team
- We care
We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in strategic leadership in specialist technical teams across a range of software applications at a senior level.
- NHS information experience in a health/ public sector organisation
- Substantial experience in a software development role with specific experience with the range of Cerner Millennium products in an acute setting.
- Experience of managing the complete systems development life cycle, specifically in relation to Clinical systems
- High level of experience of programming in a number of computer programming languages to include some or all of: CCL; M-page development; ASP.NET; .net framework; C#; XML; SQL server; InterSystems Cache; JavaScript; Oracle; HTML; Java
- Experience in database design, database/datasource integration
- Experience of relational database design as well as schema and query optimisation
Desirable
- Experienced in managing conflicting and competing priorities in a sometimes contentious environment
Skills
Essential
- Able to analyse and interpret data in a logical and structured manner
- Advanced Level IT skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Able to demonstrate a strong attention to detail
- Able to demonstrate problem solving ability
- Ability to assimilate new information quickly and adapt to a flexible and rapidly changing work environment
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to work under pressure and to specified deadlines
- Demonstrate a structured and logical approach to problem solving and working practices
- Experience of setting and adhering to documentation standards
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients and colleagues.
- Good working knowledge of modern software development environments.
- NHS ITK Standards
- HL7 Messaging v2 & v3
Desirable
- Knowledge of some or all of the below integration engines: Orion Rhapsody; InterSystems Ensemble/HealthShare; Mirth
- Web-authoring skills
- Knowledge of the IT Infrastructure library (ITIL)
- Evidence of recent or continuing Professional Training and Development in a relevant area
- Evidence of relevant training by NHS suppliers
- Working knowledge of testing strategies, writing test plans and testing systems
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- IT Service Management qualification (such as ITIL)
Knowledge
Essential
- A solid understanding of the Cerner Millennium product range
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in strategic leadership in specialist technical teams across a range of software applications at a senior level.
- NHS information experience in a health/ public sector organisation
- Substantial experience in a software development role with specific experience with the range of Cerner Millennium products in an acute setting.
- Experience of managing the complete systems development life cycle, specifically in relation to Clinical systems
- High level of experience of programming in a number of computer programming languages to include some or all of: CCL; M-page development; ASP.NET; .net framework; C#; XML; SQL server; InterSystems Cache; JavaScript; Oracle; HTML; Java
- Experience in database design, database/datasource integration
- Experience of relational database design as well as schema and query optimisation
Desirable
- Experienced in managing conflicting and competing priorities in a sometimes contentious environment
Skills
Essential
- Able to analyse and interpret data in a logical and structured manner
- Advanced Level IT skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Able to demonstrate a strong attention to detail
- Able to demonstrate problem solving ability
- Ability to assimilate new information quickly and adapt to a flexible and rapidly changing work environment
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to work under pressure and to specified deadlines
- Demonstrate a structured and logical approach to problem solving and working practices
- Experience of setting and adhering to documentation standards
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients and colleagues.
- Good working knowledge of modern software development environments.
- NHS ITK Standards
- HL7 Messaging v2 & v3
Desirable
- Knowledge of some or all of the below integration engines: Orion Rhapsody; InterSystems Ensemble/HealthShare; Mirth
- Web-authoring skills
- Knowledge of the IT Infrastructure library (ITIL)
- Evidence of recent or continuing Professional Training and Development in a relevant area
- Evidence of relevant training by NHS suppliers
- Working knowledge of testing strategies, writing test plans and testing systems
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- IT Service Management qualification (such as ITIL)
Knowledge
Essential
- A solid understanding of the Cerner Millennium product range
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
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).
