NOVA Training Lead

NHS; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a Training Lead to join their digital team. This role involves providing clinical digital leadership and executing the training strategy for electronic patient records across two NHS organizations. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in educational program design and delivery, alongside a strong understanding of clinical workflows. This full-time position offers a competitive salary of £64,455 per year.

Qualifications

• Significant experience at Band 7 in nursing/midwifery/AHP.
• Experience in designing and delivering education and training.
• Experience deploying IT systems in clinical settings.

Responsibilities

• Support the training and education strategy for the Nova Programme.
• Develop training plans and harmonize different approaches.
• Assist clinical staff during rollout and post-implementation.

Skills

Effective communication

Training delivery

Clinical workflows understanding

Education

Masters level education or equivalent

Recognised training and development qualification

Current professional registration

Job description

Go back Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

NOVA Training Lead

The closing date is 02 October 2025

This is an exciting opportunity to join the digital team on the joint MSE and EPUT electronic patient record (EPR) journey by joining the Nova Programme.

The Training Lead will beresponsible for providing effective clinical digital leadership to all staff andfor the execution of the Training Strategy for the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) across two NHS organisations (MSEFT and EPUT) aimed at enhancing clinical data quality and digital systems proficiency of healthcare professionals within the clinical setting,contributing to the development of a digitally skilled workforce to promote safe, effective, high-quality care.

The post holder will support the Digital Education and Training team which is comprised of Clinical Educators, and Digital trainers, ensuring the delivery of innovative, fit for purpose training, supporting the EPR project activities and transformational change.

This role is essential to prioritising continuous improvements to the digital culture of the organisation.

Main duties of the job

• Support the training and education strategy for the Nova Programme.
• Develop plans to harmonise different approaches to training and education on digital systems and work with internal and external partners to review and adopt policies and standards that supports high quality training opportunities.
• Work with clinical educators to develop and maintain the documentation standards and protocols for digital system training records.
• Participate in the design and acceptance testing of the digital systems to ensure that training requirements are fit for purpose and meets operational and clinical requirements.
• Provide support, advice, and assistance to clinical staff during the rollout and post-implementation, addressing user inquiries, troubleshooting issues, and providing guidance on digital system training.
• Work closely with the Clinical Informatics teams across both organisations, and the wider education and digital teams.
• Use knowledge, skills, and experience of workflows to influence and drive forward appropriate training and the uptake of new digital innovations.

About us

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities

Demonstrate effective communication systems which encourage engagement and gain commitment to policy and system adherence including the use of constructive feedback.

To effectively communicate the written, presentation and verbal format of materials and use these to communicate complex, sensitive and potentially contentious information.

To use facilitation skills and best practice to aid the dissemination of new knowledge.

To be able to vary communication styles depending in the audience and requirements.

To express views in an effective way and confident manner in meetings, particularly when communicating with senior colleagues of the Programme.

To communicate effectively and calmly in difficult and complex situations

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent senior nursing/midwifery/AHP experience
• Recognised training and development qualification
• Current professional registration
• Clinical Safety Officer trained

Knowledge

• Significant experience at Band 7 or equivalent in nursing/midwifery/AHP
• Experience in designing, planning and delivering education and training programmes
• Experience of deploying a significant IT system in a clinical setting
• Evidence of ability to prioritise workload, manage groups and deliver projects
• Experience of audit and data capture
• In depth understanding of clinical workflows and processes
• Experience working with IT systems
• Experience of budgeting

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.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£64,455 a yearPer Annum (Pro rata for part time)