EPR Programme Director

PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Ashton-under-Lyne is seeking an experienced EPR Programme Director to manage the delivery of a unified Electronic Patient Record (EPR) across two NHS trusts. This role involves strategic leadership, overseeing a large multi-disciplinary team, and ensuring successful programme implementation to enhance patient care. Applicants should possess strong communication and organisational skills, along with experience in health care management. Competitive compensation and opportunities for professional development are offered.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in leading large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Ability to work across complex organisational boundaries.
• Understanding of programme governance in healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Overall leadership of the joint EPR Programme.
• Define and deliver the joint EPR programme strategy.
• Lead development of business cases and oversee programme planning.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Leadership

Programme management

Education

Relevant health care management qualification

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, motivated individual with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills to work as an EPR Programme Director leading on the delivery of a unified Electronic Patient Record (EPR) across GMMH NHS FT and PCFT. This joint programme is a significant, multi-year transformation initiative requiring a strategic, collaborative leader who can operate across complex organisational boundaries. The postholder will ensure successful implementation of the EPR, transitioning from mobilisation through business case approval and into operational delivery and go-live readiness, with a sharp focus on clinical safety, stakeholder engagement, and digital maturity. The postholder will establish and lead a large, multi-disciplinary team, and coordinate a federated governance model that enables both Trusts to retain appropriate organisational oversight and decision-making responsibilities while working within a shared framework for programme delivery, assurance, and accountability. This includes designing joint governance forums, clarifying roles and responsibilities across both organisations, and ensuring that programme decisions are informed by clinical, operational, digital and financial leads from each Trust. They will serve as the central point of leadership across the partnership, ensuring the programme delivers to time, scope, and budget, whilst also realising long-term strategic benefits and improving patient care.

Responsibilities

• Overall leadership of the joint EPR Programme.
• Define and deliver the joint EPR programme strategy, aligned to the Trusts\' digital strategies, ICS priorities and national frameworks.
• Lead the development of business cases (SOC, OBC, FBC), ensuring they meet NHS assurance requirements.
• Oversee all stages of programme planning, implementation and benefits realisation, including procurement, contract negotiation and configuration.
• Establish effective programme governance, reporting to executive SROs, Boards and system partners.
• Coordinate joint planning, resourcing and governance structures across both Trusts.
• Translate strategic aims into clear operational plans with measurable outcomes.
• Establish the Benefits Realisation Strategy for the EPR programme, and approach to monitoring release of benefits.
• Build and lead a high-performing joint programme team, including programme managers, technical leads, clinical safety officers and training staff.

Pre-employment checks

By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. The checks are carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards and may include:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation
• All applicants external to the NHS will be required to provide their HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years employment

If you are offered a position with us and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance. If the role you have been offered is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence own your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.

What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?

Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.

Other important information

• We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
• If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
• If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
• Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
• We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.
• We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure your application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We\'re proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we\'re a great place to work. GMMH: The Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the northwest of England and beyond. Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.