CHIS Senior Systems Specialist

NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

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Job summary

SCW are a leading healthcare provider committed to delivering high-quality child health services. Following the successful tender of the East Midlands contract, we are expanding our team to enhance our capabilities and continue providing exceptional care to our patients.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated SystmOne Child Health System Specialist to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in managing and optimizing the SystmOne Child Health System (TPP), ensuring accurate and efficient health record management, and supporting our strategic initiatives in the East Midlands region.

The primary aim of the CHIS Senior Systems Specialist role is to manage the administration of the CHIS system, ensure the accuracy of the data held therein, and to monitor and maintain all incoming data flows.

Main duties of the job

o Provide system configuration and administration of the child health information systems, including the maintenance of reference data and configuration of templates and protocols.o Monitor and maintain effective data flows, supporting the uploading of data to the systems.o Coordinating the testing of software upgrades and data migrations.o Provide line management for the CHIS System Specialists.

About us

Joining our team means becoming part of a dedicated group committed to excellence in child health services. The role will be based within the Child Health Systems team that form part of the CHIS Informatics. The Systems Team Consists of 11 members of staff, and the post holder will report to the Child Health Systems Manager.

The team operates in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, driven by the need to provide timely and high-quality care to children and their families. Despite the fast-paced nature, we maintain a strong focus on work-life balance, ensuring our team members have the support they need to thrive both professionally and personally.

To find out more about what SCW has to offer, please visit Our offer to you page.

Date posted

12 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

891-CSU-7846EB

Job locations

CHIS Manchester

Manchester

M14 7HR


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details and information regarding this role.

SCW is committed to our process of redeployment of at-risk members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details and information regarding this role.

SCW is committed to our process of redeployment of at-risk members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Person Specification

Values & Behaviours

Essential

  • Patient First - Customer Excellence
  • Aspirational
  • Collaborative
  • Insightful
  • Respectful

Education

Essential

  • Educated to degree level in relevant subject or experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
  • A level or equivalent in a numerate subject

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with NHS data sets and processes
  • Experience of managing clinical/patient administration systems (i.e., SystmOne)
  • Knowledge of NHS Information Governance policies
  • Experience of writing technical documentation and standard operating procedures
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft products such as Excel, Word and Access
  • Experience of working to tight timescales in high-pressure environments

Desirable

  • Experience of project management

Skills & Capabilities

Essential

  • Analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
  • Effective stakeholder engagement and ability to manage expectations to ensure positive working relationships
  • Good numeracy skills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with people on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations
  • Ability to communicate complex information to non-technical audiences and to communicate detailed information within peer groups
  • Ability to exercise sound judgement, maintain discretion and use initiative
  • Ability to work unsupervised and implement planned work to agreed timescales
  • Ability to develop oneself and contribute to the development of others
  • Advanced keyboard skills required to fulfil duties where there is a specific requirement for speed and accuracy and the ability to manipulate complex data at speed
Person Specification

Values & Behaviours

Essential

  • Patient First - Customer Excellence
  • Aspirational
  • Collaborative
  • Insightful
  • Respectful

Education

Essential

  • Educated to degree level in relevant subject or experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
  • A level or equivalent in a numerate subject

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with NHS data sets and processes
  • Experience of managing clinical/patient administration systems (i.e., SystmOne)
  • Knowledge of NHS Information Governance policies
  • Experience of writing technical documentation and standard operating procedures
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft products such as Excel, Word and Access
  • Experience of working to tight timescales in high-pressure environments

Desirable

  • Experience of project management

Skills & Capabilities

Essential

  • Analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
  • Effective stakeholder engagement and ability to manage expectations to ensure positive working relationships
  • Good numeracy skills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with people on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations
  • Ability to communicate complex information to non-technical audiences and to communicate detailed information within peer groups
  • Ability to exercise sound judgement, maintain discretion and use initiative
  • Ability to work unsupervised and implement planned work to agreed timescales
  • Ability to develop oneself and contribute to the development of others
  • Advanced keyboard skills required to fulfil duties where there is a specific requirement for speed and accuracy and the ability to manipulate complex data at speed

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

Address

CHIS Manchester

Manchester

M14 7HR


Employer's website

https://www.scwcsu.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

Address

CHIS Manchester

Manchester

M14 7HR


Employer's website

https://www.scwcsu.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

System Manager

Paul Westhead

paul.westhead3@nhs.net

Date posted

12 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

891-CSU-7846EB

Job locations

CHIS Manchester

Manchester

M14 7HR


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