Job summary
WXH Clinical Informatics Team
Whipps Cross University Hospital
We want to continue developing our clinical informatics team by appointing a clinical informatics lead at WXH. This is an opportunity for a healthcare professional with proven leadership abilities and a passion for improving health care delivery using digital tools and data science. The current clinical informatics team consists of the chief clinical information officer (CCIO), the Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO), their deputies and Hospital based Clinical Informatics Leads (CILs) and Nursing Information Officers (NIOs)
Main duties of the job
The key responsibility will be to drive the adoption of the Trust Electronic Health Record (Millennium Powerchart) and support teams to use point of care collected data to drive quality improvement. Working with the nursing information officers will be central to the successful delivery of our vision of developing real world clinical data into a valuable asset for patient care, audit and research.
The JD sets expectations of the role and a time commitment of 1 PA/week.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Role description
We will appoint a health professional who can show experience in improving care using electronic systems and data who is able to influence colleagues in changing working practices via new technology and our Trusts information systems. The key attributes of the successful candidates include, but are not limited to:
- Create commitment for using the Trust EHR which aligns with the Barts Health clinical and health Informatics strategy
- The ability to develop trust and confidence with clinical groups and work in collaboration with teams across our sites
- Experience of using health IT systems and data to achieve clinical change
- Responsibility for supporting site-based teams to articulate their information needs and to achieve clinical quality goals using the Trust electronic systems
- Promote education and training of clinical staff to use the Trust EHR effectively, ensure deeper adoption, and use new functionality when released into the Trust domain
- Proven ability to own specific tasks and follow through with assigned actions as the norm
- Contribute to the development of local clinical design and configuration of Oracle-Cerner Millennium
- Develop the use of actionable insights derived from point-of-care recorded data into the EHR
- Work with site-based teams to optimise the system and improve usability.
- Develop and implement strategies to ensure best use of the Trust systems in the specialties based at Barts and particularly in cancer.
- Work with the CCIOs and CIO to produce audit data for local and national reporting purposes and research-quality data to achieve the aims of our Life Sciences strategy.
- Work with the CCIOs and CIO in creating a culture of health innovation and change using health IT
- Attendance at clinical network and programme boards, as required during large implementations
- Attendance at quarterly Clinical Informatics Board to provide input, updates and contribution to overall health informatics initiatives and priorities
- Monthly attendance for the CCIO/CIL meeting
- Excellent written and verbal presentation skills, and willingness to represent the Trust in external meetings/forums in the area of clinical health informatics
- Willing to host/participate in reference site visits for visiting organisations which may include but is not limited to NHSE, NHSI, NHSD and other NHS providers
Job description
Job responsibilities
Role description
We will appoint a health professional who can show experience in improving care using electronic systems and data who is able to influence colleagues in changing working practices via new technology and our Trusts information systems. The key attributes of the successful candidates include, but are not limited to:
- Create commitment for using the Trust EHR which aligns with the Barts Health clinical and health Informatics strategy
- The ability to develop trust and confidence with clinical groups and work in collaboration with teams across our sites
- Experience of using health IT systems and data to achieve clinical change
- Responsibility for supporting site-based teams to articulate their information needs and to achieve clinical quality goals using the Trust electronic systems
- Promote education and training of clinical staff to use the Trust EHR effectively, ensure deeper adoption, and use new functionality when released into the Trust domain
- Proven ability to own specific tasks and follow through with assigned actions as the norm
- Contribute to the development of local clinical design and configuration of Oracle-Cerner Millennium
- Develop the use of actionable insights derived from point-of-care recorded data into the EHR
- Work with site-based teams to optimise the system and improve usability.
- Develop and implement strategies to ensure best use of the Trust systems in the specialties based at Barts and particularly in cancer.
- Work with the CCIOs and CIO to produce audit data for local and national reporting purposes and research-quality data to achieve the aims of our Life Sciences strategy.
- Work with the CCIOs and CIO in creating a culture of health innovation and change using health IT
- Attendance at clinical network and programme boards, as required during large implementations
- Attendance at quarterly Clinical Informatics Board to provide input, updates and contribution to overall health informatics initiatives and priorities
- Monthly attendance for the CCIO/CIL meeting
- Excellent written and verbal presentation skills, and willingness to represent the Trust in external meetings/forums in the area of clinical health informatics
- Willing to host/participate in reference site visits for visiting organisations which may include but is not limited to NHSE, NHSI, NHSD and other NHS providers
Person Specification
Key Attributes
Essential
- Create commitment for using the Trust EHR which aligns with the Barts Health clinical and health Informatics strategy
- The ability to develop trust and confidence with clinical groups and work in collaboration with teams across our sites
- Experience of using health IT systems and data to achieve clinical change
- Responsibility for supporting site-based teams to articulate their information needs and to achieve clinical quality goals using the Trust electronic systems
- Promote education and training of clinical staff to use the Trust EHR effectively, ensure deeper adoption, and use new functionality when released into the Trust domain
- Proven ability to own specific tasks and follow through with assigned actions as the norm
- Contribute to the development of local clinical design and configuration of Oracle-Cerner Millennium
- Develop the use of actionable insights derived from point-of-care recorded data into the EHR
- Work with site-based teams to optimise the system and improve usability.
- Develop and implement strategies to ensure best use of the Trust systems in the specialties based at Barts and particularly in cancer.
Desirable
- Excellent written and verbal presentation skills, and willingness to represent the Trust in external meetings/forums in the area of clinical health informatics
Person Specification
Key Attributes
Essential
- Create commitment for using the Trust EHR which aligns with the Barts Health clinical and health Informatics strategy
- The ability to develop trust and confidence with clinical groups and work in collaboration with teams across our sites
- Experience of using health IT systems and data to achieve clinical change
- Responsibility for supporting site-based teams to articulate their information needs and to achieve clinical quality goals using the Trust electronic systems
- Promote education and training of clinical staff to use the Trust EHR effectively, ensure deeper adoption, and use new functionality when released into the Trust domain
- Proven ability to own specific tasks and follow through with assigned actions as the norm
- Contribute to the development of local clinical design and configuration of Oracle-Cerner Millennium
- Develop the use of actionable insights derived from point-of-care recorded data into the EHR
- Work with site-based teams to optimise the system and improve usability.
- Develop and implement strategies to ensure best use of the Trust systems in the specialties based at Barts and particularly in cancer.
Desirable
- Excellent written and verbal presentation skills, and willingness to represent the Trust in external meetings/forums in the area of clinical health informatics
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
