Deputy Head of EPR

Salary:

Band 8C

Location:

St George’s Hospital but the post holder will be required to work at any of the Trust’s sites

Closing date:

19 September 2021

About the role:

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a large acute provider in the south west region of London. It serves the London Borough of Wandsworth, from its two sites, St George’s Hospital, Tooting and Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton. St George's Hospital is one of the UK's largest teaching hospitals and one of the largest hospitals in Europe. We offer a full range of local hospital services and are home to one of four major trauma centres and one of eight hyper-acute stroke units for London. As well as acute hospital services, we are proud to provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010. We care for a population of more than 1.3 million people and are one of the largest employers in the region, with 9,000 staff and volunteers. In addition, a large number of our services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling about 3.5 million people. Valuing the diversity of our local population is fundamental to realising our vision to provide outstanding healthcare to our diverse community

We aim to deliver outstanding care for our patients and provide the best working environment for our staff. As a Trust there is a lot to be excited about, we are on a journey of improvement and are extremely proud to have a national and international reputation for many of our specialist services. Our vision is to deliver outstanding care, every time for our patients, staff, and the communities we serve.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key senior role in the Information Communication & Technology (ICT) Directorate at the Trust. Accountable to the Chief Information Officer, you will be the Trust’s Lead for ensuring the Millennium EPR system (iClip) is suitably developed, maintained and delivered within the Trust, SWL and London in accordance with national, corporate and project directives for the delivery of configuration. You will work closely with key stakeholders and hold overall responsibility for the configuration, testing and integration activities for the EPR Programme.

We are looking for a motivated and experienced leader with excellent technical skills and a successful track record of delivery in senior EPR programmes. You will be accustomed to working with executive teams and be required to plan, direct, manage and oversee the activities and operations related to the EPR iClip deployment, upgrades and enhancements across the Trust.

In return, you could be part of an aspirational journey, in which there is both permission and support to be innovative, in order to ensure the Trust develops a leading ICT function.

If you would like a further discussion on the role, in the first instance please contact our executive search partner Finn McNulty at Hunter Healthcare on 07966 006 091 or [email protected]