EHRS System Analyst / Designer

at  University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking to recruit & train enthusiastic healthcare & administrative professionals with a keen interest in digital healthcare to our Electronic Health Record (EHR) team. The successful candidates will join an experienced & diverse team of analysts who support UCLH’s digital EHR. Patients are at the centre of everything we do. Our Electronic Health Record, Epic, helps to ensure that we continue to get better at delivering services & treatment plans designed around patient needs. Our vision is to create a digitally enabled organisation that supports the delivery of efficient & effective patient care, achieved through easy-to-use systems that provide staff & patients with access to the right information, in the right place, at the right time. To help us to achieve this vision, we are looking for passionate individuals to join our EHR team. This is an exciting time to join our team, with significant growth planned for the department. UCLH will be supporting the implementation of Epic for another NHS Trust & is therefore holding a dedicated recruitment drive. We are looking to hire analysts across a range of applications & have a range of roles on offer both within this new project & within our existing Epic teams aligned to UCLH. We have vacancies in the following applications:

• Orders
• Ambulatory (including Bones)

If you have a preference to work in a particular area, please indicate this at the beginning of your personal statement of your application.
We work closely with clinical, administrative & managerial staff, analysing their processes & helping them agree clinical best practice standards & workflows. We modify Epic to reflect & support these working practices. We test changes to ensure they fulfil organisation requirements, are safe, & work as expected. We provide end-user support using specialist application knowledge through regular meetings & incident investigation & resolution. We have excellent relationships with departmental leads, super-users & subject matter experts. We have a rolling upgrade programme which delivers new features & functionality.
Candidates already Epic certified will be employed at band 7. Otherwise, you will start at band 6 & undertake a period of training to obtain certification. You will progress to Band 7 when you achieve this & demonstrate competence via assessment across all role elements. You will be fully supported by your manager & team in this process.
Applicants without an Epic certification will be required to undertake an Epic aptitude assessment (the Sphinx test) prior to interview.
To be successful in this role, you should have a good understanding of NHS services, ideally some experience in the area you are interested in applying for, & have enthusiasm to improve services through digital technology.
It is anticipated that post holders will need to spend up to 2 days on site per week, depending on business need. This would include travel to outer London & other sites.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology .
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running ! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust .
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work .
This vacancy has been advertised in accordance with the new NHS pay rate which will take effect from autumn 2024. Please note if your employment starts before the 24/25 pay scales are implemented you will be paid under the 23/24 pay scales and any backpay will be adjusted accordingly. Further information can be found at https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/pay-scales-20242

• Orders
• Ambulatory (including Bones