Specialty Doctor in General and Colorectal Robotic Surgery - Colchester, United Kingdom - East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Job overview

We are looking to recruit two clinical digital fellows at FY3 level in combined posts to include digital transformation, secondment to the EPR programme and clinical work. The aim of these posts is to help coordinate and deliver digital transformation within the implementation of our Epic electronic patient record, expected to go live at the end of 2025.

This fixed term post will be from August 24 to February 26.

The posts share a clinical job role and will be balanced as follows:
Post 1: 2 days digital Thursday & Friday/ 2 days clinical Monday & Tuesday
Post 2: 2 days digital Monday & Tuesday/ 2 days clinical Thursday & Friday
Alternative Wednesday Clinical/Digital.
The post holders will also take part in the medical on call rota.
The digital component of the post will be supervised by the CMIO's, working as part of the digital team. The post holder will learn to develop influencing skills and gain knowledge of the clinical challenges to the adoption of digital solutions
If potential applicants wish to discuss these posts in more detail then please contact the CMIOs (Dermot O'Riordan / Damian Morris )

Main duties of the job

It is critical for safe and effective patient care that clinicians play an active role in the development, training and optimization of the EPR system. Two clinical digital fellows are being recruited to work with the digital, clinical and managerial teams.
The post-holders will provide high-quality clinical leadership to the EPR programme as members of the clinical information team. They will join a multidisciplinary team leading the EPR programme.
These post will support the Trust to deliver the Epic electronic patient record (EPR). This represents a unique opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge in digital healthcare as well as providing valuable experience and continued clinical development in clinical practice. It will be enjoyable, relevant to the future practice of any doctor and will enhance professional and personal development. The roles report directly to the joint Chief Medical Information Officers (CMIO's) with whom they will be mentored and agree their work plan and expected outcomes. The post holders will also have a named clinical and educational supervisor for their clinical work.
The post has been created to allow post holders to maintain their clinical skills by combining their digital role approximately half-time with clinical practice in stroke medicine at Colchester hospital.
As a result, the post provides a fantastic opportunity to develop and demonstrate leadership, management and information technology skills whilst gaining more clinical experience.
The post holder will have access to all the education facilities offered to doctors in training, as well as attending external learning events and healthcare information management and technology conferences. The fellow will be encouraged to disseminate their work nationally and internationally

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Provide the clinical focus to support junior doctors to become involved in the design and implementation of the EPR.

• To attend EPR events and workflow testing as required.

• To agree to undertake activities that arise during the project ( the collection of material; seeking of clarification from colleagues; making contact with professional bodies), and to feedback the results of these activities as requested.

• To provide specialist input to the project.

• To provide relevant expertise according to their role and care setting.

• To provide input concerning the national standards and requirements which need to be considered for the EPR project.

• To review the future state workflow from a clinical safety perspective, identifying any potential hazard, putting forward mitigation and control suggestions to mitigate these.

• To participate in end-user testing.

• Undertake training of staff in the EPR and support the go-live as a floor walker.

• Assist with testing during test cycles

• Promote the adoption of transformational clinical workflows supported by the use of the EPR ensuring patient safety and quality at all times

• Support delivery of the trust clinical digital strategy by providing clinical insight in line with your clinical practice

• Weekly attendance at workstream and project meetings

• Provide care to stroke patients

• Take part in the On Call Medical Rota

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