Job summary
'Banding is TBC - subject to AfC agreement'
The Digital Clinical System (DCS) is a major project between Mid Cheshire Hospitals Foundation Trust and East Cheshire NHS Trust to create an innovative electronic patient record. The system will replace many paper-based records, processes and some existing IT systems.
With an emphasis on leadership and transformation, this role will ensure operational teams / Divisions are adequately represented, promoting the voice of operational staff in the project. Working within a Division the post holder will be primarily responsible for providing operational input into two modules of the DCS implementation
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work across specialities and department, informing the project on key clinical operational requirements affecting communication, scheduling and organisation of care and safety in the design, build and implementation of the Digital Clinical System. The role will provide leadership support to operational colleagues by involving them in the DCS project. Reviewing the current documentation and processes, collaboratively working with East Cheshire to create a system encompassing patient safety and patients' experience at its heart whilst providing an effective and user-friendly digital record.
About us
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester (population 357K).
The Trust provides high quality planned and emergency care, cardiac, critical care, child health, maternity services and intermediate care at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.
The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff.
A wide range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.
With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022, the Trust became a strategic partner in Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester 'places' and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership, caring for a population of over 2.7million.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign.Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been included in the Government's 'New Hospital Programme' to replace the current estate and enable the transformation of healthcare for our community.
At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Produce current state business processes, designed in partnership with Subject Matter Experts (SME) including medical, nursing, AHPs, administration staff, etc.
- Consult on the future state business processes, as designed with SMEs, to provide the opportunity for wider stakeholders to acknowledge and highlight issues with the future processes and to begin to socialise the new ways of working, recognising that this is a significant cultural/behaviour piece.
- Review each build of the modules in the DCS and ensure the appropriate amount of change is being applied at the initial implementation
- Help test each module build incorporating user acceptance testing with a wide select colleagues within the services affected.
- Provide effective and respectful challenge, holding responsibility for many decisions taken in the collaborative documentation review process to ensure the DCS is robust, effective and user friendly.
- Create Policies, Guidance and SOPS (standard operating procedures) drawing in the best practice nationally and regionally and where required, recognising agreed speciality pathways and service level agreements with partner Trusts.
- Increase confidence and digital literacy throughout the workforce to support our teams acceptance of the change.
- Support training prior to the DCS going live.
- Provide Go live and stabilisation support.
- Support optimisation of the DCS into Business As Usual (BAU) utilising the Trusts Continuous Improvement methodology
- Work collaboratively colleagues from both Mid and East Cheshire to build a safe, effective, evidence-based system which meets the health and care knowledge, and information needs of patients and clinicians.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Produce current state business processes, designed in partnership with Subject Matter Experts (SME) including medical, nursing, AHPs, administration staff, etc.
- Consult on the future state business processes, as designed with SMEs, to provide the opportunity for wider stakeholders to acknowledge and highlight issues with the future processes and to begin to socialise the new ways of working, recognising that this is a significant cultural/behaviour piece.
- Review each build of the modules in the DCS and ensure the appropriate amount of change is being applied at the initial implementation
- Help test each module build incorporating user acceptance testing with a wide select colleagues within the services affected.
- Provide effective and respectful challenge, holding responsibility for many decisions taken in the collaborative documentation review process to ensure the DCS is robust, effective and user friendly.
- Create Policies, Guidance and SOPS (standard operating procedures) drawing in the best practice nationally and regionally and where required, recognising agreed speciality pathways and service level agreements with partner Trusts.
- Increase confidence and digital literacy throughout the workforce to support our teams acceptance of the change.
- Support training prior to the DCS going live.
- Provide Go live and stabilisation support.
- Support optimisation of the DCS into Business As Usual (BAU) utilising the Trusts Continuous Improvement methodology
- Work collaboratively colleagues from both Mid and East Cheshire to build a safe, effective, evidence-based system which meets the health and care knowledge, and information needs of patients and clinicians.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level qualification
Desirable
- Leadership/Management qualification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to interface between clinical staff and the DCS team to provide advice and clarity
Desirable
- Knowledge of Electronic Patient Record systems
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of acute settings with varied experience, good knowledge of clinical documentation, pathways, national guidance, local SOP's
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level qualification
Desirable
- Leadership/Management qualification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to interface between clinical staff and the DCS team to provide advice and clarity
Desirable
- Knowledge of Electronic Patient Record systems
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of acute settings with varied experience, good knowledge of clinical documentation, pathways, national guidance, local SOP's
Desirable
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).
