Lead Clinical Systems Specialist (OneEPR Programme)

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust; Newport; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Lead Clinical Systems Specialist to improve the effectiveness of health care delivery. This full-time role supports the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) function, ensuring optimal management and support of clinical systems that enrich patient care. The position involves implementing procedures, assisting with EPR applications, and training users. The ideal candidate will hold a relevant degree and have experience in application management and patient ECR systems. Salary ranges from £47,810 to £54,710 per annum with a fixed-term contract of 2 years.

Qualifications

• Degree in computing or related field required.
• Experience with patient ECR systems preferred.
• Technical qualifications in application management are needed.

Responsibilities

• Implement robust procedures for OneEPR management.
• Develop into a local expert on OneEPR applications.
• Enhance support for Digital Healthcare Systems.

Skills

Application management

Patient ECR systems experience

Training and development

Project management

Technical support

Education

Degree level qualification in computing or related field

Technical qualification relevant to application management

Project management qualification (PRINCE2)

Teaching/training qualification

ISTQB Qualification

Job description

Lead Clinical Systems Specialist (OneEPR Programme)

The closing date is 01 December 2025

The OneEPR Programme exists to implement a single integrated electronic patient record (EPR) designed to improve patient outcomes and the experience of delivering care for our colleagues.

The solution is the direct result of the combined vision and strategic goals of:

• Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT)
• Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU)
• Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT)
• University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust (UHS)

The Trusts will work together with their clinical and departmental experts alongside regional digital colleagues to procure and implement a joint EPR over the coming years.

Main duties of the job

The introduction of EPR will support us in transforming how we work every day, helping us to run our services with the information we need at our fingertips. It will also help us to deliver care in a different way, according to best practice, efficiently and consistently.

Our EPR will act as an enabler for a greatly improved integrated healthcare system, in which caregivers and patients have electronic access to more complete health records and are empowered to make better health decisions. The key objectives of the Programme are:

• Enhance patient care by empowering clinicians, providing them with the right information at the right time and in the right place
• Improved continuity of care for many of our patients who receive treatment at more than one Trust
• Provide a single source of truth, making sharing information across pathways much simpler
• Maximize efficient working and reduce errors when making decisions
• Allow significantly greater clinical information‑sharing with our partners in primary care, community care, mental health and ambulance
• Enable integration of acute services across the four Trusts

About us

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.

The vision for our single corporate services is to:

• Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.
• Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.
• Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.
• Co‑invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations.
• Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.
• Co‑locate teams in purpose‑built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.
• Build resilience for individuals and our teams.

You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi‑site locations, you will be visible and provide in‑person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

Job responsibilities

NHS Band 7: Salary £47,810 – £54,710 per annum.

Full‑time: 37.5 hours per week.

Fixed term contract: 2 years

Closing date for applications: 1st December 2025

Job Purpose:

To improve the effectiveness and value of health care delivery for Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (the Trusts). This post is a member of the Digital Service, within the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) function. Working as one service, to minimise the impact of IT services affecting service users and on patient care, support services and management by:

Job Summary

The Lead Clinical Systems Specialist has a key role in supporting the Digital Agenda and the Digital Strategy within the Group providing the technical knowledge and experience required for the successful development of the OneEPR, ensuring a smooth transition from a project environment to business as usual from a system support perspective. This role will also work alongside and support the other Team Leads, to ensure the Group Trusts clinical systems department delivers the appropriate and high‑quality support to our system users.

• Implementing robust procedures for the management of OneEPR
• Developing into a local expert on OneEPR and other departmental clinical applications, where required, and maximising the functionality.
• Act as an interface to the Digital Systems Programmes and IT Service Desk with the aim to enhance and support the levels of Digital Healthcare Systems maturity.
• Review Software Specifications, Technical Designs, Operational & Service Level Agreements for the OneEPR, and follow through implementation and deployment to the live environment to provide the highest levels of knowledge and support.

Specific Core Functions

• EPR Applications Management
• EPR Applications User Support & Development
• EPR Applications Development

For full details of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description before making your application.

Please note your application may be transferred to the Isle of Wight Applicant Tracking System (ATS) if you are selected for an interview.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification or equivalent in computing, information or related field
• Experience in a professional application management environment, preferably involving patient ECR systems
• Technical qualification relevant to application management, printer routing, etc.
• Project management qualification, preferably accredited PRINCE2 practitioner
• Teaching/training qualification, or equivalent experience.
• ISTQB Qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust