EPR Workstream Lead in Doncaster

Main area: Digital Transformation

Grade Band: 8a

Contract: Fixed term: 24 months (or end of EPR project.)

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 272-7657971

Employer: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Site: Doncaster Royal

Salary: £55,690 - £62,682 per annum pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 11/02/2026 23:59

Job overview: You will join the team working on our organisation's digital transformation (EPR). The post holder will work on a series of assignments that will be integral to the success of Digitising Health Records and will be part of the EPR programme team working primarily on Clinical documentation reporting into the EPR programme Manager. You will need to demonstrate a high degree of commitment, the ability to work under pressure, be able to work effectively with minimum supervision and communicate easily with workforce, patients and various stakeholders. Previous experience working within the digital clinical documentation department workspace is essential.

The successful candidates will be based at the Doncaster site; however, you will be asked to work at any location within the Trust. Demands on the service may require changes in hours of work or base.

Main duties of the job: The post holder will primarily manage the Clinical documentation function of the OH EPR aligning the goals and priorities to achieve the overall project plan. Working collaboratively with ICT and Supplier Deployment Teams to deliver new systems to support DBTH clinical staff to include mobile technologies within the delivery of healthcare services. The post holder will work closely with staff at DBTH to deliver paperless implementations of innovative, effective and lasting solutions to complex information requirements. Improving patient safety, quality and patient experience is an explicit priority rather than an assumption and needs to underpin all elements of initiatives undertaken. The post holder will have line manager duties within the Digital Practitioners team.

Working for our organisation: DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues. At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarification on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:

• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities: Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read this document carefully. Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

Person specification:

Qualifications and Training: Master’s qualification or working towards a Master’s or equivalent experience of working at Master’s level. Applicants with a clinical background must have the relevant clinical qualification and registration with the relevant professional body: NMC, GMC, HPCP.

Knowledge and Experience: Specialist knowledge, experience and expertise of information analysis and the use of information across the NHS. Experience of leading large teams across areas of either operational services or digital transformation or both. Demonstrable experience of leading successful programmes of work affecting multiple stakeholders. Significant knowledge and experience of managing change and implementing new ideas. Experience of realisation of benefits within a healthcare setting. Experience in a management role.

Personal Attributes and Skills: Ability to concentrate when analysing programme issues, whilst subject to interruptions/urgent requests for information from colleagues/senior managers. Self-motivated and able to deliver work to a high quality with little or no supervision. Requires advanced keyboard skills/ability to manipulate complex data at speed. Significant knowledge of Microsoft Office–Teams, Word, Excel and Outlook. Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills evidenced by the ability to establish productive working relationships at all levels of the organisation.

Please note that all correspondence will be sent to you via email. If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed. We reserve the right to close down this advert early should there be a high number of applicants. The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.