Clinical Digital Change Lead

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Derby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Are you a Nurse/ Midwife or Allied Health Professional (AHP) and do you want to play a crucial role in shaping digital advances in healthcare?

We are excited to be offering this meaningful and engaging opportunity to join the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Programme Team across Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (CRH) and University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) in collaboration with Nervecentre.

We are on a journey to deliver digital excellence and will be implementing a leading Derbyshire and South Staffordshire wide EPR system that will transform the quality of care for our patients and colleagues by having instantly accessible information using the latest mobile technology, reducing paper usage and utilising clinical decision support tools.

This is a first of type implementation across the ICB and offers the opportunity to embrace truly unique working environments.

You will be part of a dynamic and agile team, and we will provide you with significant personal opportunities to grow and develop, as well as to tangibly impact how care is delivered in the future.

You will support our strategic priorities and have the energy and passion for delivering results that make a difference to our patients and the care we provide.

The Clinical Digital Change Lead provides high-quality clinical guidance and supports the collaborative EPR strategy of UHDB and CRH. The role fosters clinical engagement and transformation within programme workstreams, supports patient involvement, system training, and education, and ensures clinical safety throughout. As an advocate for all clinical staff, the Clinical Digital Change Lead ensures best practices through digital technologies to enhance patient experience and quality of care. They are crucial to the Trust's Digital Strategy and EPR programme, identifying risks and ensuring governance for safety. This position optimizes configuration, workflows, and system functionalities to improve usability and efficiency of the Trust's clinical systems, tools, and healthcare solutions, supporting the delivery of safe, efficient, and high-quality patient care. The post holder plans and delivers role-based training and education to optimise the functionality of the EPR and provides ongoing support to clinical staff. They maintain documentation, promote staff digital engagement, and collaborate with stakeholders to implement digital transformation.

Closing date of applications: 28 April 2025

Interview date: 6 May 2025

If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development.
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Claire Conboy Job title: EPR Matron Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07553749321