The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Clinical Change Manager - EPR

The closing date is 03 May 2026

Job summary

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is embarking on a major digital transformation through the implementation of the award-winning Nervecentre Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system. This programme will play a key role in improving the quality, safety, and experience of patient care across the organisation.

We are seeking an experienced and driven Clinical Change Manager to lead and deliver impactful change initiatives within a healthcare environment. This is a hands-on role requiring strong stakeholder engagement across clinical and operational teams, with a focus on embedding sustainable, patient-centred transformation. The role involves regular on-site engagement, working directly with frontline teams to support adoption and ensure successful delivery of change.

Why Join Us?

Opportunity to play a key role in shaping and delivering meaningful transformation.
Collaborative and supportive working environment
Exposure to high-impact programmes and senior stakeholders

If you are passionate about improving healthcare services through effective change management while upholding the highest standards of clinical safety, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

You will lead end-to-end clinical change initiatives, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities, regulatory requirements, and patient care standards. This includes developing and delivering structured change management approaches such as clinical impact assessments, stakeholder engagement, and communication planning.

Working closely with clinicians, senior leaders, and operational teams, you will support the implementation of new clinical processes, systems, and pathways. You will assess readiness for change, identify risks to patient safety and service delivery, and proactively manage resistance to ensure smooth implementation.

A key focus of the role will be maintaining clinical safety throughout the change lifecycle, ensuring all changes are assessed, governed, and implemented in line with clinical risk management standards. You will work with clinical safety leads and governance teams to ensure appropriate safety cases, hazard logs, and mitigation plans are in place.

You will also monitor adoption, clinical effectiveness, and benefits realisation, using insights to drive continuous improvement, while coaching and supporting staff to build change capability.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers,home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Date posted

15 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

2 years

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

001215

Job locations

Trust-wide

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Educated to degree level or equivalent professional/ managerial qualification ·
Evidence of regular attendance at relevant training and professional development, events and activities
Experience of diverse major NHS projects ·
Experience of working independently and in a team orientated collaborative environment ·
Experience of working in a clinical environment
Knowledge of health service management, including change management/service improvement processes and redesign ·
Awareness of own limitations.
Have a keen interest in IT ·
Ability to interact with various groups of staff ·
Be passionate about excellent patient care ·
Ability to identify areas for collaborative working where there may be resistance to change ·
Ability to take the lead business change specialist role in IT projects ·
Ability to work under pressure to meet the requirements of conflicting deadlines and targets ·
Flexible, well organized and self motivated ·
Ability to plan and implement new ways of working. ·
Ability to problem solve ·
Highly developed communication skills (verbal and written)
Evidence of commitment to personal development ·
Maintain confidentiality ·
Flexible approach to working hours to meet the needs of the service ·
Full driving license
Access to a vehicle ·
Ability to work with staff at all levels both internally and externally
Ability to perform the duties of the role

Job description

Job responsibilities

Educated to degree level or equivalent professional/ managerial qualification ·
Evidence of regular attendance at relevant training and professional development, events and activities
Experience of diverse major NHS projects ·
Experience of working independently and in a team orientated collaborative environment ·
Experience of working in a clinical environment
Knowledge of health service management, including change management/service improvement processes and redesign ·
Awareness of own limitations.
Have a keen interest in IT ·
Ability to interact with various groups of staff ·
Be passionate about excellent patient care ·
Ability to identify areas for collaborative working where there may be resistance to change ·
Ability to take the lead business change specialist role in IT projects ·
Ability to work under pressure to meet the requirements of conflicting deadlines and targets ·
Flexible, well organized and self motivated ·
Ability to plan and implement new ways of working. ·
Ability to problem solve ·
Highly developed communication skills (verbal and written)
Evidence of commitment to personal development ·
Maintain confidentiality ·
Flexible approach to working hours to meet the needs of the service ·
Full driving license
Access to a vehicle ·
Ability to work with staff at all levels both internally and externally
Ability to perform the duties of the role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please click 'apply now' to view full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please click 'apply now' to view full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application

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.