Be at the centre of an exciting, digitally-enabled future at one of the UK’s largest Acute Trusts.
On 1 October 2017, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) was created from the merger of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) and University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust (UHSM). The merger was founded on a desire to deliver significant improvements in health outcomes and healthcare for the people of Manchester and surrounding areas.
We are the main provider of hospital care to approximately 750,000 people in Manchester and Trafford and the single biggest provider of specialised services in the North West of England. We are also the lead provider for a significant number of specialised services including Breast Care, Vascular, Cardiac, Respiratory, Urology Cancer, Paediatrics, Women’s Services, Ophthalmology and Genomic Medicine.
The Trust comprises of nine hospitals across six separate sites, providing a wide range of services from comprehensive local general hospital care through to highly specialised regional and national services.
Our vision is to improve the health and quality of life of our diverse population by building an organisation that:
- Excels in quality, safety, patient experience, research, innovation and teaching
- Attracts, develops and retains great people
- Is recognised internationally as a leading healthcare provider
Did we mention these are exciting times?
The MFT Group Informatics service must respond quickly and flexibly to the demands of this new organisation, ensuring that we provide multiple services fit for purpose, whilst evolving our capability and tools to deliver an ambitious transformation change programme for the future.
This exciting post will provide an opportunity for you to join a team of senior Informatics specialists reporting directly to an Associate CIO to help develop, support and drive forward the Clinical Application functions within Group Informatics.
The Technology function of group informatics is constructed into four distinct areas,
- IT Operations
- IT Infrastructure
- Applications & Systems
- Software Development
We are looking for an experienced, talented and motivated individual to lead on delivering the future strategy for clinical applications and systems across the Trust. This role is responsible for Clinical Information Systems within the Trust, ensuring the appropriate support is in place to provide seamless support as projects transition from implementation to ‘business as usual’ along with embedding the associated change management business processes, integration with other systems and improvements to information collection.
You will be take a leading role in influencing and delivering the future road map of applications and systems and will be joining the Trust at a time where we are embarking on a journey to procure a unified EPR solution across all sites therefore it is key that you can demonstrate a track record in relationship management, negotiation and stakeholder engagement.
The Trust’s Technology teams are going through a transformational programme that is focused on improving our digital maturity whilst consolidating clinical applications and systems from the legacy organisations. The Trust is also underway with the procurement of an Electronic Patient Record and the necessary transition from paper to electronic health records. We need to prepare our existing clinical applications and systems in readiness for the implementation of a new EPR platform.
To succeed in this role you will be an excellent communicator, with a proven record of managing staff, understanding of the pressures in healthcare, and show an ability to learn and respond to demands in a fast-paced technical environment. You will able to work autonomously, within the boundaries of the role, as well as, importantly, being part of a team. Please note you will be required to work across all Trust sites for this role.
If you strive for excellence, have an appetite for improvement and want your service to be at the vanguard of the NHS then this role is for you.
