EPR Programme Director

The EPR Programme Director will provide strategic leadership, direction and accountability for the successful delivery of the Trust's Nervecentre Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Programme.

The postholder will be responsible for leading a complex, multi-year digital transformation programme, ensuring delivery of the Nervecentre EPR within agreed scope, timescales, budget and quality standards. They will oversee all programme workstreams including clinical transformation, business change, technical delivery, integration, testing, training, deployment, operational readiness and benefits realisation.

Working closely with Executive Directors, clinical leaders, operational teams, system partners and Nervecentre, the Programme Director will ensure the EPR delivers measurable improvements in patient safety, quality of care, operational efficiency and user experience.

Hybrid working is in place and available across the team, as this role will be key to the EPR programme there will be a requirement to be on site at Sherwood Forest Hospital a minimum of 3 days per week.

Provide strategic leadership and accountability for the successful delivery of the Nervecentre EPR Programme. Lead programme planning, governance, delivery, finances, risks and benefits, ensuring achievement of agreed objectives, milestones and budget.

Drive clinical and operational transformation, working with stakeholders to maximise adoption, patient safety and service improvement. Build strong relationships with senior leaders, clinicians, suppliers and external partners, acting as the senior escalation point for programme issues.

Lead multidisciplinary teams, oversee go-live and operational readiness activities, and ensure effective resource, contract and supplier management. Deliver programme assurance, benefits realisation and continuous optimisation following deployment.

Accountable for ensuring the Nervecentre EPR delivers improvements in patient care, staff experience, operational performance and digital maturity across the Trust.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone’s abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

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