Job summary
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Epic-certified or accredited professional with a keen interest in digital healthcare. The successful candidates will join an experienced and diverse team of analysts who support UCLH's digital infrastructure. Our current opportunity is in the inpatient team supporting the Stork application for maternity.
Patients are at the centre of everything we do.Our Electronic Health Record - Epic - helps to ensure that we continue to get better at delivering services and treatment plans designed around patient needs. Our vision is to create a digitally enabled organisation that supports the delivery of efficient and effective patient care, achieved through easy-to-use systems that provide staff and patients with access to the right information, in the right place, at the right time.To help us to achieve this vision, we are looking for passionate individuals to join our EHR team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will oversee and be responsible for the design, configuration, build, and testing of their application module. You will support the Management team to ensure the team execute relevant plans and deliver work on time in adherence to the established governance structure and quality standards. You will work with departmental leads, operational managers, super-users, and subject matter experts, analysing service needs to agree and deliver clinical best practice standards, future workflows and system optimisation. You will contribute to scoping and prioritisation of new projects in line with Trust strategic objectives.
The work will include developing, leading and supporting analysts within an application team, and working closely with training, technical, information, programme management, benefits and communications staff. You will spend a part of your time working with other EHR teams in several "integrated areas" requiring close collaborative and co-ordinated working with other applications, including: orders, users & security, reporting, testing, training, interfaces, and business continuity planning. We also have a rolling upgrade programme which delivers new features and functionality to ensure the system is up to date.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
- University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
- University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
- University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
- The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be successful in this role you should have a good understanding of inpatient services and ideally have some experience of Midwifery and Womens Health. It is a requirement that candidates also hold Epic certification or accreditation preferably within the Stork application. The EHR team currently work in a hybrid way which is predominantly remote. We are open to applications from outside of the London area.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Claire Fitzgerald, EHR Delivery Manager for Inpatients (claire.fitzgerald@nhs.net)
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be successful in this role you should have a good understanding of inpatient services and ideally have some experience of Midwifery and Womens Health. It is a requirement that candidates also hold Epic certification or accreditation preferably within the Stork application. The EHR team currently work in a hybrid way which is predominantly remote. We are open to applications from outside of the London area.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Claire Fitzgerald, EHR Delivery Manager for Inpatients (claire.fitzgerald@nhs.net)
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent through experience and professional development.
- Higher professional clinical or management degree or equivalent.
- Specialist knowledge across a wide range of subject areas in Maternity relating to EHRS and digital services including Epic certification in Stork
- Good knowledge and understanding of NHS clinical, administrative and operational workflows
Experience
Essential
- Relevant project management or improvement experience with a track record of delivery.
- Experience of change programmes while also developing and maintaining high standards of quality.
- A proven success in planning and effective implementation of software improvement plans.
- Experience of design, build, configuration and testing within Epic applications
- Experience of pulling reports and information from Maternity systems like Medway or Stork
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- The ability to work unsupervised and plan project work to agreed timescales to meet deadlines.
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Full understanding of and demonstrable commitment to the UCLH values.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent through experience and professional development.
- Higher professional clinical or management degree or equivalent.
- Specialist knowledge across a wide range of subject areas in Maternity relating to EHRS and digital services including Epic certification in Stork
- Good knowledge and understanding of NHS clinical, administrative and operational workflows
Experience
Essential
- Relevant project management or improvement experience with a track record of delivery.
- Experience of change programmes while also developing and maintaining high standards of quality.
- A proven success in planning and effective implementation of software improvement plans.
- Experience of design, build, configuration and testing within Epic applications
- Experience of pulling reports and information from Maternity systems like Medway or Stork
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- The ability to work unsupervised and plan project work to agreed timescales to meet deadlines.
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Full understanding of and demonstrable commitment to the UCLH values.
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).
