Job summary
An opportunity to join the UCLH Electronic Health Record (EHR) Pharmacy, Cancer Chemotherapy, and Clinical Trial team. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic individual with a keen interest in digital healthcare. The successful candidate will help support UCLH's digital infrastructure.
Patients are at the centre of everything we do. Our EHR - Epic - helps ensure 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. At UCLH, Digital Services is central to our transformation programme. To help us to achieve our vision, we are looking for passionate individuals to join our team.
The new and exciting field of Digital Healthcare looks to improve patient care and staff working experience by using technology and digital pathways. More and more job opportunities are being created for people with an interest and experience in implementing and designing digital health solutions. From patient records to research, health economics to clinical decision support, Digital Health aims to bring current IT technology to healthcare settings.
Main duties of the job
The team consists of several applications that cover pharmacy, chemotherapy workflows, and clinical trial management. The post holder will oversee and be responsible for the design, configuration, build, and testing of these application modules. Working in conjunction with the EHR delivery managers, they will be responsible for close integration of their application teams with the other application teams in the EHR programme (e.g. outpatients). This includes supporting the managers to ensure the team execute relevant plans and deliver work on time in adherence to the established governance structure and quality standards. They will engage regularly with clinicians and operational managers, analysing service needs, and helping them to agree and deliver clinical best practice standards, future workflows and system optimisation. They will help solution and prioritise new projects in line with Trust strategic objectives.
The work will include developing, managing and supporting the analysts, and working closely with training, technical, information, programme management, benefits and communications staff. We have excellent relationships with departmental leads, super-users and subject matter experts who help prioritise our workstreams. 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
For those candidates who are not already Epic certified in the Willow (Pharmacy) and Beacon (cancer protocol) applications, we will offer training and you will be supported to attain certification as a requirement during your 6 month probation period. Candidates without Epic certification will start at band 7 and progress to band 8a after certification and after passing their probationary period.Applicants without an Epic certification will also be required to undertake the Epic aptitude assessment (the Sphinx test) prior to interview.The team work on site once every 2 weeks. Team members may choose to work on site or remotely the remaining time. We are open to applications from outside the London area
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For those candidates who are not already Epic certified in the Willow (Pharmacy) and Beacon (cancer protocol) applications, we will offer training and you will be supported to attain certification as a requirement during your 6 month probation period. Candidates without Epic certification will start at band 7 and progress to band 8a after certification and after passing their probationary period.Applicants without an Epic certification will also be required to undertake the Epic aptitude assessment (the Sphinx test) prior to interview.The team work on site once every 2 weeks. Team members may choose to work on site or remotely the remaining time. We are open to applications from outside the London area
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
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.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacy, nursing or other health related degree or equivalent through experience and professional development.
- Specialist knowledge across a wide range of subject areas relating to EHR systems and digital services.
- Good knowledge and understanding of NHS clinical, administrative and operational workflows.
- Epic certification in the Willow Inpatient module
Desirable
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or General Pharmacy Practice, or equivalent
- Epic certification in the Beacon or Research modules
- Epic certification in the Willow Ambulatory or Willow Inventory modules
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience as a hospital practitioner
Desirable
- Experience configuring an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) system or configuration of medication within an EHR system, such as Epic or Cerner
- Experience working in the field of oncology/ haematology pharmacy
- Experience of change programmes while also developing and maintaining high standards of quality.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- The ability to work unsupervised and plan project work to agreed timescales to meet deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills, with the proven ability to liaise and influence effectively at all levels within a multidisciplinary team based environment.
- Ability to meet deadlines and complete tasks within agreed time scales.
- Ability to analyse the interdependencies between complex clinical information systems and pathways and assess and resolve potentially conflicting options
Specific Requirements
Desirable
- Full understanding of and demonstrable commitment to the UCLH values
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacy, nursing or other health related degree or equivalent through experience and professional development.
- Specialist knowledge across a wide range of subject areas relating to EHR systems and digital services.
- Good knowledge and understanding of NHS clinical, administrative and operational workflows.
- Epic certification in the Willow Inpatient module
Desirable
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or General Pharmacy Practice, or equivalent
- Epic certification in the Beacon or Research modules
- Epic certification in the Willow Ambulatory or Willow Inventory modules
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience as a hospital practitioner
Desirable
- Experience configuring an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) system or configuration of medication within an EHR system, such as Epic or Cerner
- Experience working in the field of oncology/ haematology pharmacy
- Experience of change programmes while also developing and maintaining high standards of quality.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- The ability to work unsupervised and plan project work to agreed timescales to meet deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills, with the proven ability to liaise and influence effectively at all levels within a multidisciplinary team based environment.
- Ability to meet deadlines and complete tasks within agreed time scales.
- Ability to analyse the interdependencies between complex clinical information systems and pathways and assess and resolve potentially conflicting options
Specific Requirements
Desirable
- 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).
