EPR Senior Analyst

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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.

We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.

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Our Future Plans

The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/

Job overview

This role is in the Shared EPR Team, part of The Health Informatics Service hosted by CHFT. This job is also being advertised at BTHFT and AFT.

Applications with experience of configuring Oracle Health (previously Cerner) electronic patient record system are invited to apply to join the Shared EPR Team which maintains and develops the established Electronic Patient Record system used by 3 West Yorkshire Acute Trusts.

We welcome applications from individuals in other NHS organisations and from the private sector, please review the essential experience defined in the job description. It is important that our team continues to have a mix of clinical, administrative and technical experts and we can support you in developing skills in this fast growing and increasingly critical hospital system.

Main duties of the job

Airedale Foundation Trust are joining Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust and Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust by using their Electronic Patient Record.

We expect to welcome around 3000 new EPR users in November, and because of this we are looking for applicants to fill a range of clinical, technical and administrative roles in our Shared EPR Team.

The Team manages one of the most complex hospital systems in the UK, building new content, improving clinical workflows and ensuring that interfaces to other clinical systems are operating correctly.

If you already use the Cerner EPR (provided by Oracle Health) or are interested in being part of our team to help improve patient outcomes and staff working practice, then please take a look at the different roles on offer.

The Shared EPR Team is made up of colleagues from BTHFT, CHFT and AFT, and if you work at one of these Trusts today you can still be employed by them and join us.

These same vacancies are being advertised by all 3 Trusts, you only need to apply via the one Trust you would like to work for. Please note, you may receive communication from any of the 3 Trusts regarding shortlisting or interview. The 3 Trusts have a data-sharing agreement and information you submit will be securely held and managed.

Working for our organisation

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS - yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The EPR Senior Analyst roles (for ClinicalDocuments/ED/Paediatrics & Patient Administration Systems / Capacity Management) are part of the core team for the programme and are some of the most pivotal in the Shared Electronic Patient Record Team and are key to the continued success or EPR. The post holder will have a knowledge of clinical process and informatics skills and act as the interface between the clinical and the technical.

The EPR Senior Analysts will be responsible for analysis of current work practices/workflows and supporting process redesign utilising the EPR and will provide a key role in EPR system design, configuration and maintenance. They will work with system users, clinical and digital leaders in the Trusts and colleagues across the EPR workstreams. They will also collaborate with other Cerner Trusts and attend Cerner Special Interest Groups to ensure high quality design and testing of the clinical configuration and to develop future state maps and standard operating procedures for the new proceses developed. The role will be varied and evolve over the lifecycle of the programme.

There are 2 new posts available and applicants will be invited to express their interest in one of the following:
• Clinical Documentaton/Emergency Department and Paediatrics - includes nursing documentation, assessments, ward rounds, triage, emergency specific order sets, emergency clinical documentation, tracking etc
• Patient Administration & Capacity Management - includes outpatient clinics, bed management, patient flow, Admissions Discharge and Transfer (ADT), scheduling and patient letters.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience (>3 years) within the relevant clinical area/similar department
• A good level of IT literacy with Microsoft Office Package experience
• Specialist experience of change & in the improvement of business processes
• Experience of design and configuration of a clinical system or patient administration system
• Experience of process mapping and current state analysis
• Key board skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to deliver effective training to staff members within the trust and partner organisations.
• Ability to influence improvement and changes in practice (including the understanding of principles of change management).
• Organisational skills and the ability to prioritise and manage own workload
• Innovative & forward thinking
• Excellent Organisational skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills with staff at all levels
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in a clear, concise and effective manner
• Ability to manage a diverse workload and to meet set deadlines
• Committed to accomplishing challenging objectives
• Ability to identify potential problems/issues and apply effective problem solving methodologies
• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
• Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
• Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients and colleagues.
• Specialist knowledge and expertise in a range of work, hospital processes and practices.
• Knowledge of clinical information systems and how they are implemented or used in clinical practise
• Evidence of current CPD
• Evidence of continuous learning

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of project management or service improvement methodology
• Postgraduate Qualification or Informatics qualification
• Degree, clinical qualification or equivalent experience
• English and Maths qualification (GCSE)
• ECDL or Equivalent IT qualification/skills
• PRINCE2 Foundation
• Healthcare professional qualification

Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that's why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.

Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.

If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.

CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

If you have any questions please contact ask.recruitment@cht.nhs.uk for assistance.

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Documents to download

• EPR Senior Analyst JD&PS (PDF, 392.4KB)
• Job Description Appendix A (PDF, 259.2KB)