EPR Programme Manager

EPR Programme Manager

Start in February. 12 month role. Mainly remote working. Inside IR35. Band 8D. 

Numerous trusts within the North East are seeking to implement an EPR system on a shared domain. The EPR will be implemented across the Trusts to improve quality & safety and to enable efficient working practises, leading to better patient experiences.

The EPR implementation forms an integral part of an innovative and exciting transformation programme that will provide a comprehensive digital experience, incorporating the full range of functionality required to deliver excellent patient care.

The Programme Manager will play a pivotal role in the implementation of the EPR, managing the successful delivery of the programme, ensuring milestones are met and risks appropriately managed. Overall, there is a need for the Programme Manager to ensure that the associated transformation change benefits are captured, measured, and delivered.

The main responsibilities of this role will be to deliver the EPR Programme, adhering to programme assurance. The Programme Manager will manage the overall implementation ensuring successful engagement with all stakeholders; ensuring risks are managed appropriately throughout the programme and reporting through the EPR Programme governance structure.

Roles and Responsibilities: 

• Create and lead a team of projects and workstream leads to replace legacy electronic patient systems, meeting the priorities for services and the organisations.
• Accountable for the development of implementation plans, tracking progress, recording risks / hazards, and establishing robust mitigation plans, seeking approval, and escalating where present  
• Identify, track, and support the realisation of benefits available from the EPR and changes in working practices
• Ensure a detailed approach to maintaining safety throughout the planning and implementation process, working with the Trust’s Clinical Safety teams.
• Produce regular written updates to the EPR Steering Group Work closely with senior clinicians and managers throughout the Trusts to ensure that members of staff understand how a new EPR can facilitate change and put methods and process in place to enable the change
• Responsible for process redesign for the introduction of the electronic patient record across the Trust. This will include redesign of clinical processes working jointly with clinical staff, including challenging existing work practices and job roles and responsibilities
• Ensure procedures are created and implemented to analyse existing work processes and to design alternative and effective ways of working with clinical and managerial staff at the Trust. This may include processes within clinical teams for which precedents may not yet exist.
• Develop and implement methods to share expert knowledge of the EPR with the wider organisations.
• Utilise proven change management techniques and procedures. Responsible for the delivery of the EPR change management within programme milestones and within agreed budgets.