Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior nurse/midwife/AHP (Allied Health Professional) to help develop our Clinical Informatics Team on a permanent contract as a Clinical Informaticist. The term clinical informaticist is relatively new to the NHS but incorporates digital nurse, midwife or AHP roles. They will work across different clinical and non-clinical areas to support a collaborative approach to improve how the Trust works digitally.
We are looking for a highly motivated, innovative, and enthusiastic leader who is passionate about enabling safe patient care using digital technology, ensuring a proactive approach to quality of care and will play a key role in the implementation of the Trust's Digital Strategy. You will need to be passionate about technology use in the NHS, can see the big picture in relation to workflow and understand process analysis in support of the future electronic patient record (EPR).
Want to know more, please see our online brochure via this link or the link at the top of the job description:- https://esneft.pagetiger.com/bqetpoc/1
The role will be allocated a base of operations in Ipswich or Colchester however will also be expected to travel to accommodate stakeholder engagement across the Trust's community areas. There will also be an expectation to meet face to face with the EPR team members on a regular basis while virtual meetings will also be prominent, working from home is an option, however will not always be possible.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for facilitating stakeholder meetings, leading workshops, and ensuring the maintenance of clinical safety in the utilisation of digital technology. You will work as part of a team but may hold individual portfolios, as such there will be a level of autonomous work, reporting back to your team or leadership. Communication within the team is vital when dealing with a complex health information system (HIS) such as an EPR. The post will align to a professional development pathway set out by the CNIO and CCIO to consolidate learning opportunities arising from the complexity of the role.
As part of your duties, you will build collaborative relationships across several areas, including IT, Projects, Business Informatics, Transformation, Innovation, Operations and of course act as liaison with all Clinical & non-Clinical stakeholders. You will act as both a mediator and translator in facilitating and designing clinical processes to be supported through digital enablement.
The Clinical Informaticist will engage the clinical management teams in preparation of detailed operational policies and procedures related to a new or optimised systems implementation to ensure the clinical safety standards are met and information governance requirements are adhered to.
About us
One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assess the digital information and knowledge needs of health care professionals in order to ensure positive digital literacy development
- Characterise, evaluate, and refine clinical processes within a digital environment while promoting standardisation of care pathways.
- Develop, implement, and refine clinical decision support systems within a digital environment, ensuring patient safety and quality care delivery
- Lead or participate in procurement, customisation, development, implementation, management, evaluation, and continuous improvement of clinical information systems.
- Lead stakeholder meetings from all clinical areas and ensuring all key information is captured to enable appropriate requirements gathering for the project/initiative in question.
- Report concerns, issues, or risks as well as deviations from original scope from the project.
- The post holder will be accountable to ensure the appropriate functionality of a digital system is utilised to support safe patient care.
- Ensure data quality by liaising with the Business Informatics teams updating reporting structures in line with changes to process or clinical applications.
- Collaborate with project leads, key stakeholders, and ICT specialists in areas of infrastructure, operations, and desk side support.
- Support the development and implementation of an Electronic Patient Record (EPR)
- Engage with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders in order to elicit design requirements based on existing clinical tasks (workflows).
- Enable data driven health care decision making using clinical analytical skills within the confines of the technical solutions at hand.
- Engage in clinical informatics professional development programme set out by the CNIO and CCIOs in collaboration with Information & Communication Technology (ICT), Quality Improvement (QI) and Business Intelligence/Informatics (BI).
- Lead on the overall Change Management and Transformation agenda as required, including events such as quality improvement, pathway mapping within the wider context of the Digital Health Strategy
- Provide expert advice, guidance and coaching to staff on change activities and facilitate knowledge and skills transfer to the relevant clinical/operational teams and departments
- Promote and lead on the use of the new system within the Trust encouraging both data completeness and data quality
- Maintain good relationships with end users, acting on suggestions, contributing to the understanding and optimisation of system configuration options.
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assess the digital information and knowledge needs of health care professionals in order to ensure positive digital literacy development
- Characterise, evaluate, and refine clinical processes within a digital environment while promoting standardisation of care pathways.
- Develop, implement, and refine clinical decision support systems within a digital environment, ensuring patient safety and quality care delivery
- Lead or participate in procurement, customisation, development, implementation, management, evaluation, and continuous improvement of clinical information systems.
- Lead stakeholder meetings from all clinical areas and ensuring all key information is captured to enable appropriate requirements gathering for the project/initiative in question.
- Report concerns, issues, or risks as well as deviations from original scope from the project.
- The post holder will be accountable to ensure the appropriate functionality of a digital system is utilised to support safe patient care.
- Ensure data quality by liaising with the Business Informatics teams updating reporting structures in line with changes to process or clinical applications.
- Collaborate with project leads, key stakeholders, and ICT specialists in areas of infrastructure, operations, and desk side support.
- Support the development and implementation of an Electronic Patient Record (EPR)
- Engage with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders in order to elicit design requirements based on existing clinical tasks (workflows).
- Enable data driven health care decision making using clinical analytical skills within the confines of the technical solutions at hand.
- Engage in clinical informatics professional development programme set out by the CNIO and CCIOs in collaboration with Information & Communication Technology (ICT), Quality Improvement (QI) and Business Intelligence/Informatics (BI).
- Lead on the overall Change Management and Transformation agenda as required, including events such as quality improvement, pathway mapping within the wider context of the Digital Health Strategy
- Provide expert advice, guidance and coaching to staff on change activities and facilitate knowledge and skills transfer to the relevant clinical/operational teams and departments
- Promote and lead on the use of the new system within the Trust encouraging both data completeness and data quality
- Maintain good relationships with end users, acting on suggestions, contributing to the understanding and optimisation of system configuration options.
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant degree or equivalent qualification or significant experience of working at degree level in Clinical area
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Preceptorship Training
Desirable
- Project Management Qualification
- Management /leadership qualification or equivalent knowledge at post graduate level
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of working in a leadership role
- Experience of managing/leading a team
- Experience of facilitating change in practice to improve services
Desirable
- Project management/co-ordination
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of change management
- Use of IT systems (e.g. Word , Excel, Outlook) - standard keyboard skills
- Understanding of the NHS and current agenda
- Facilitation or participating member of working groups/committee/council
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills - ability to analyse complex data/information and make judgements/draw conclusions
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal
Desirable
- NHS IT systems
- Risk management and governance
- Critical Thinking Skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant degree or equivalent qualification or significant experience of working at degree level in Clinical area
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Preceptorship Training
Desirable
- Project Management Qualification
- Management /leadership qualification or equivalent knowledge at post graduate level
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of working in a leadership role
- Experience of managing/leading a team
- Experience of facilitating change in practice to improve services
Desirable
- Project management/co-ordination
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of change management
- Use of IT systems (e.g. Word , Excel, Outlook) - standard keyboard skills
- Understanding of the NHS and current agenda
- Facilitation or participating member of working groups/committee/council
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills - ability to analyse complex data/information and make judgements/draw conclusions
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal
Desirable
- NHS IT systems
- Risk management and governance
- Critical Thinking Skills
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).
