Job summary
Major transformation programme seeks enthusiastic, committed individuals to join its dedicated EPR team
We are recruiting a new team to work on our exciting new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) programme.
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is bringing in a new Electronic Patient Record. This is major transformation programme that will affect almost all Trust employees, supporting them to provide better quality care for our patients and families.
We are currently recruiting for a EPR Application Project Manager (B8a) for Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital.
This role is also available as a secondment to existing NHS Staff. Please contact the recruitment manager for more information.
We're looking for the right people to join us on this exciting digital journey and be part of our vision to be a world-leading team, providing world-leading care.
The EPR will be a big change for all our patient-facing teams, so we are looking for people with the energy, passion and resilience to manage the complexities and high risks involved to help us deliver this critical programme of work.
Main duties of the job
This is a team management role within the EPR Programme Implementation Team.
The Application Project Manager will lead and co-ordinate the work of the application analysts for a group of modules. They will work with the other application module leads to ensure a consistent approach to the configuration and integration between all Epic modules is taken.
This will involve providing guidance, ensuring compliance around information standards and quality across the configuration teams and to the wider EPR Programme.
They will work in a complex multi-disciplinary environment and need to be able to act with minimum guidelines whilst setting standards for others. They will need to thrive in a fast-paced environment and be adaptable to changing priorities.
The Application Project Manager will use expert programme knowledge to support and guide the team in making appropriate decisions when working with stakeholders to configure best practice workflows and designing EPR configuration to ensure data and workflows align with reporting and clinical audit requirements. This will involve the module teams working closely alongside clinical and operational colleagues throughout the duration of the programme.
The Applications Project manager will represent the module team providing assurance and guidance around their areas of responsibility at management and stakeholder meetings. They will always act as an ambassador for the BWCH EPR programme.
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Bachelor's degree and evidence of further learning or relevant experience
- Formal project management qualification e.g. PRINCE2 Practioner
KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Significant experience of successful delivery of multiple projects in a complex environment, planning and organising a broad range of complex activities that require the formulation and adjustment of plans and strategies.
- Detailed understanding of robust project governance and management principles
- Experience leading & managing staff of diverse professional backgrounds.
- Substantial experience of complex stakeholder management
- Experience of successfully managing budgets
- Sound understanding IT and basic architecture and systems
- Demonstrable experience of change management in a complex environment
- Excellent knowledge of process mapping and management
- Knowledge of relevant NHS data protection and confidentiality regulations
Desirable
- Experience of supporting major ICT/Transformation programmes within health service arena
ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex technical information and disseminate it effectively.
- Ability to make judgements involving complex facts requiring analysis and interpretation of a range of options.
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Evidence of ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting set deadlines
- Ability to initiate, plan and manage own workload and that of others.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Bachelor's degree and evidence of further learning or relevant experience
- Formal project management qualification e.g. PRINCE2 Practioner
KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Significant experience of successful delivery of multiple projects in a complex environment, planning and organising a broad range of complex activities that require the formulation and adjustment of plans and strategies.
- Detailed understanding of robust project governance and management principles
- Experience leading & managing staff of diverse professional backgrounds.
- Substantial experience of complex stakeholder management
- Experience of successfully managing budgets
- Sound understanding IT and basic architecture and systems
- Demonstrable experience of change management in a complex environment
- Excellent knowledge of process mapping and management
- Knowledge of relevant NHS data protection and confidentiality regulations
Desirable
- Experience of supporting major ICT/Transformation programmes within health service arena
ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex technical information and disseminate it effectively.
- Ability to make judgements involving complex facts requiring analysis and interpretation of a range of options.
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Evidence of ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting set deadlines
- Ability to initiate, plan and manage own workload and that of others.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS
Steelhouse Labe
Birmingham
B4 6NH
Employer's website
https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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