EPR Business Analyst

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are seeking a number of EPR Business Analysts (up to 10 posts) to play a key part in its journey towards implementing a new, fully integrated Electronic Patient Record (EPR). The EPR is aboutbringing all patient information together, enabling us to hold a single Trust-wide hospital record for each patient, helping us work together to improve our services.

The role of the EPR Business Analyst at the Trust is to work closely with end users to understand current business processes and to critically appraise how best technology can support their day-to-day work.

The post holder will work within the programme team and across the wider digital clinical and operational teams. They will collaborate in the design and standardisation of pathways and processes across the Trust and will work closely with Workstream Leads, other Analysts and with the Change & Benefits Leads to identify and analyse benefits.

Whilst the role offers flexibility with on-site and home working, there is a requirement to attend site regularly to comply with the Trusts Home Working Policy.

The ideal applicants will possess highly developed skills in team leadership, workshop facilitation, pathway redesign, coordination and process mapping, change management and benefits analysis. They will have a strong track record of using and maintaining standardised project documentation and reporting tools, with the skills to communicate with stakeholders at all levels on progress and requirements.

We are looking for talented, enthusiastic and driven individuals who have extensive analytical experience, leadership skills and a breadth and depth of knowledge utilised on large transformation projects/programmes, ideally in healthcare IT or service improvement. Knowledge and understanding of the benefits that an EPR implementation brings, of digital related change, and of how to leverage change to achieve benefits would also be ideal.

The successful applicant will help plan, organise and co-ordinate business analysis as part of a particular functional workstream under the umbrella of the Transformation and Adoption work area.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Our PROUD values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are.

Patients First– Ensure that the people we serve are at the heart of all that we do that the people we serve are

Respect– Be kind, respectful to everyone and value diversity

Ownership –Celebrate our successes, learn continuously and ensure we improve

Unity– Work in partnership and value the roles of others

Delivery– Be efficient, effective and accountable for our actions

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period until 31st May 2024 due to the post being recruited as part of a limited term project within the Trust. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts taking into consideration the requirement for the post to be maintained as a part of the project’s implementation and the timescales associated with this.

Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.