Main area Digital systems and Nursing Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: On call as rota Hours
* Full time
* Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week (on call as per rota) Job ref 229-COR-6707563
Employer Wye Valley NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Franklin Barnes Town Hereford Salary £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 05/12/2024 23:59
EPMA Nurse
Band 6
Job overview
As the digital space evolves within the NHS it is key to provide clinical and technical oversight of digital systems. Having implemented a successful EPMA system to Wye Valley Trust we now move forward with developing, maintaining and implementing future plans. To aid in this process we are looking to find an exceptional nurse to join our EPMA team. They will form part of the wider Clinical Systems Group which manages and supports EPR, EPMA and community EMIS for Wye Valley Trust.
The nurse applying for this permanent post should enjoy the challenge of not only engaging with clinical staff but also learning the technical processes applied to system management to be a subject matter expert.
A core part of the role is defining the art of the possible while providing insight on ward based practices that can be part of change management to provide the right tools for frontline staff. Of course with any system your role will include clinical safety and risk management working alongside the clinical safety officer to provide the continued high levels of care for our patients.
Main duties of the job
1. Exercise professional accountability and responsibility using professional skills, knowledge and expertise in changing inpatient environments across professional boundaries and in unfamiliar situations.
2. Engage key stakeholders, including patient groups, with planned service changes in relation to EPMA process, patient experience and/or service re-design.
3. Communicate, in the most appropriate manner, technical and non-technical information to staff and suppliers.
4. Convey information from experiences and clinical situations to the multi-disciplinary implementation team, contributing in all its’ meetings and maintaining open communication.
5. Participate in on-call cover by providing remote support overnight and on the weekends according to the team rota.
6. Work collaboratively with the wider clinical systems support team to jointly co-ordinate upgrade workflows, testing, reviews and updates of training and support resources and procedures, change management and issue management.
Working for our organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward-looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
* RGN
* Post Graduate Diploma in relevant subject or equivalent experience
* Evidence of ongoing professional development
* Evidence of pre and post registration supervision of students
Experience
* Extensive and up to date knowledge of nursing role(s) and medicines management including NMC standards and requirements
* Understanding the importance of data confidentiality
* Sound working knowledge of medicines management within a ward environment
* Use of clinical computer systems and familiarity with the Trust's Clinical IT systems
* NHS Policies and Strategies, including Data Protection & IG Toolkit requirements
* Knowledge and practical experience of change management and business re-design
Communication Skills
* Ability to participate in discussions which challenge the current ways of working with staff within and outside of the immediate team
* Ability to convey new requirements or processes, which may contain some information to both technical and non-technical staff within and outside of the Trust
* Ability to communicate clearly with colleagues, managers and suppliers
* Ability to support staff in adopting new methods of working
* Able to work in a team with good interpersonal skills including tact, discretion and empathy
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Working hours are between 9am and 5pm if you wish to discuss the position.
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