EPR Programme Director

Dsfs Ltd; Stanton Hill; Hybrid; GBP 79,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) seeks an experienced Programme Director to lead the Nervecentre EPR programme. You will deliver strategic direction, governance, and multi-year transformation across clinical, operational and technical workstreams.

You will oversee budgets, supplier management and benefits realisation, ensuring safe, on-time delivery and impact on patient care and staff experience. Hybrid working with site presence three days a week.

Qualifications

• Master’s level education or equivalent experience.
• Programme or project management qualification (MSP, PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent).
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Leadership qualification or equivalent senior management experience.
• MBA or postgraduate qualification in Digital Health, Healthcare Management or Informatics.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and accountability for the Nervecentre EPR Programme delivery.
• Lead programme planning, governance, finances, risks and benefits achievement.
• Drive clinical and operational transformation with stakeholders.
• Build relationships with senior leaders, clinicians and partners.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams and oversee go-live and readiness activities.
• Ensure assurance, benefits realisation and continuous optimisation post deployment.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Financial acumen

Change management

Board level experience

Negotiation

Risk management

Education

Master’s level or equivalent

Programme/Project management qualification (MSP/PRINCE2 Practitioner)

CPD evidence

Leadership qualification or senior management experience

MBA or postgraduate in Digital Health/Healthcare Management/Informatics

Job description

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Main area Programme Director Grade G Contract 15 months (Fixed Term Contract until February 2028) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 166-DSFS-8354076

Site Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Town Sutton-In-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire Salary £78,801 - £91,255 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 29/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

The EPR Programme Director will provide strategic leadership, direction and accountability for the successful delivery of the Trust's Nervecentre Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Programme.

The postholder will be responsible for leading a complex, multi-year digital transformation programme, ensuring delivery of the Nervecentre EPR within agreed scope, timescales, budget and quality standards. They will oversee all programme workstreams including clinical transformation, business change, technical delivery, integration, testing, training, deployment, operational readiness and benefits realisation.

Working closely with Executive Directors, clinical leaders, operational teams, system partners and Nervecentre, the Programme Director will ensure the EPR delivers measurable improvements in patient safety, quality of care, operational efficiency and user experience.

Hybrid working is in place and available across the team, as this role will be key to the EPR programme there will be a requirement to be on site at Sherwood Forest Hospital a minimum of 3 days per week.

Main duties of the job

Provide strategic leadership and accountability for the successful delivery of the Nervecentre EPR Programme. Lead programme planning, governance, delivery, finances, risks and benefits, ensuring achievement of agreed objectives, milestones and budget.

Drive clinical and operational transformation, working with stakeholders to maximise adoption, patient safety and service improvement. Build strong relationships with senior leaders, clinicians, suppliers and external partners, acting as the senior escalation point for programme issues.

Lead multidisciplinary teams, oversee go-live and operational readiness activities, and ensure effective resource, contract and supplier management. Deliver programme assurance, benefits realisation and continuous optimisation following deployment.

Accountable for ensuring the Nervecentre EPR delivers improvements in patient care, staff experience, operational performance and digital maturity across the Trust.

Working for our organisation

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone’s abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this role, including the key responsibilities, expected outcomes, knowledge, skills, experience and person specification requirements, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to master’s level or equivalent experience.
• Programme or project management qualification (MSP, PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent).
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Leadership qualification or equivalent senior management experience.
• MBA or postgraduate qualification in Digital Health, Healthcare Management or Informatics.

Experience

• Significant senior leadership experience delivering major digital transformation programmes
• Proven track record of leading large-scale EPR implementations.
• Experience managing complex programmes with budgets exceeding £10m.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across clinical, operational and technical environments.
• Experience working directly with Executive Boards and Senior Leadership Teams.
• Experience managing suppliers and commercial contracts.
• Experience delivering transformational change within healthcare organisations.
• NHS Acute Trust experience.
• Experience of regional or system-wide digital programmes.

Knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of EPR implementation methodologies.
• Understanding of NHS healthcare delivery and operational processes.
• Knowledge of programme governance and assurance frameworks.
• Understanding of clinical safety, risk management and information governance.
• Knowledge of change management and organisational transformation.
• Knowledge of NHS England digital standards.
• Understanding of interoperability and integration technologies.
• Knowledge of benefits realisation frameworks.

Skills

• Outstanding leadership and influencing skills.
• Exceptional stakeholder management abilities.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen.
• Strategic thinking and decision-making capability.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to manage complex risks and competing priorities.
• Advanced facilitation and coaching skills.
• Experience of leading organisational culture change.
• Experience operating at Board level.

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

VISA's and Immigration system

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered at this point in time.

When DSFS Ltd are able to offer sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK), applicants will be required to provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services (‘DSFS’) is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

Communications

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account, spam folders and NHS Jobs (where applicable) account regularly.

References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore, to speed up the recruitment process please provide an up to date email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the DSFS Human Resources team on 01246 513737 / [e-mail] and we will be happy to provide assistance.

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