Clinical Informaticist

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior nurse/midwife/AHP(Allied Health Professional)to helpdevelopour Clinical Informatics Team ona permanentcontract as a Clinical Informaticist. The term clinical informaticist isrelatively newto the NHS but incorporates digital nurse, midwife or AHP roles.They will work across different clinical and non-clinical areas to support a collaborative approach to improve how the Trust works digitally.

We are looking for a highly motivated, innovative, and enthusiastic leader who is passionate about enablingsafepatient care using digital technology, ensuring a proactive approach to quality of care and will play a key role in the implementation of the Trust's Digital Strategy. You will need to be passionate about technology use in the NHS,can see the big picture in relation to workflowandunderstandprocess analysisin support ofthe future electronic patient record (EPR).

The role will be allocated a base of operations in Ipswich or Colchester however will also be expected to travel to accommodate stakeholder engagement across the Trust’s community areas. There will also be an expectation to meet face to face with the EPR team members on a regular basis while virtual meetings will also be prominent, working from home is an option, however will not always be possible.

The post holder willbe responsible forfacilitatingstakeholder meetings, leadingworkshops,and ensuring the maintenance of clinical safety in the utilisation of digital technology.Youwill work as part of a team but may hold individual portfolios, as such there will be a level of autonomous work,reporting back to your team or leadership. Communication within the team is vital when dealing with a complex health information system (HIS) such as an EPR.The post will align to a professional development pathway set out by the CNIO and CCIOtoconsolidatelearning opportunities arising from thecomplexity of the role.

As part of your duties, you will build collaborative relationships across several areas, including IT, Projects, Business Informatics, Transformation, Innovation, Operations and of course act as liaison with all Clinical & non-Clinical stakeholders. You will act as both a mediator and translator in facilitating and designing clinical processes to be supported through digital enablement.

The Clinical Informaticist will engage the clinical management teams in preparation of detailed operational policies and procedures related to a new or optimised systems implementation to ensure the clinical safety standards are met and information governance requirements are adhered to.

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
- Assess the digital information and knowledge needs of health care professionals in order to ensure positive digital literacy development
- Characterise, evaluate, and refine clinical processes within a digital environment while promoting standardisation of care pathways.
- Develop, implement, and refine clinical decision support systems within a digital environment, ensuring patient safety and quality care delivery
- Lead or participate in procurement, customisation, development, implementation, management, evaluation, and continuous improvement of clinical information systems.
- Lead stakeholder meetings from all clinical areas and ensuring all key information is captured to enable appropriate requirements gathering for the project/initiative in question.
- Report concerns, issues, or risks as well as deviations from original scope from the project.
- The post holder will be accountable to ensure the appropriate functionality of a digital system is utilised to support safe patient care.
- Collaborate with project leads, key stakeholders, and ICT specialists in areas of infrastructure, operations, and desk side support.
- Support the development and implementation of an Electronic Patient Record (EPR)
- Engage with clinical and non-clinical stakehold