Subject Matter Expert – EPR

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust seeks a passionate SME to help implement a new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system across key specialties, including Maternity/NICU, Theatres & Anaesthetics, Clinical Documentation, Front Door/ED, EMPA and Patient Flow. You will shape safe, efficient workflows reflecting clinical practice.

This role is hands-on and collaborative, influencing design, testing, training and go-live, aligned with national standards and better patient care outcomes

Qualifications

• Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
• You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in workflow localisation sessions relevant to your area of expertise, acting as a champion for the programme and promoting engagement across your team or wider care setting.
• You will be expected to commit to the full lifecycle of the project, offering specialist input into solution design, ensuring national standards and requirements are fully considered.
• Help to identify risks and issues within your domain alongside contributing to mitigation planning.

Job description

Job Overview

We are seeking passionate, knowledgeable and forward‑thinking colleagues to play a key role in the successful implementation of our new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system. Whether your expertise lies in;

• Maternity/NICU (RUH)
• Theatres & Anaesthetics (RUH)
• Clinical Documentation (RUH/ GWH / SFT)
• Front Door/ED (RUH/ GWH/ SFT)
• EMPA (RUH/ GWH/ SFT)
• Patient Flow (RUH, GWH)

Job Overview

We are seeking passionate, knowledgeable and forward‑thinking colleagues to play a key role in the successful implementation of our new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system. Whether your expertise lies in;

• Maternity/NICU (RUH)
• Order Comms Endoscopy, Cardiology - RUH/ GWH/ SFT)
• Theatres & Anaesthetics (RUH)
• Clinical Documentation (RUH/ GWH / SFT)
• Front Door/ED (RUH/ GWH/ SFT)
• EMPA (RUH/ GWH/ SFT)
• Patient Flow (RUH, GWH)
• PAS Outpatients /Inpatients (RUH/ GWH/SFT)

This is your opportunity to help shape the future of digital care across our organisation. You will act as a subject matter expert (SME) for your specialty area, ensuring that the new EPR reflects safe, efficient and clinically meaningful workflows. Depending on the banding applied for, you may champion the programme within your department or across the wider health system, supporting colleagues through design, testing, training and go‑live.

This is a hands‑on, collaborative role where your insight into real‑world clinical and operational practice will directly influence how our new system is built and adopted.

Main duties of the job

As a subject matter expert, you will bring a strong understanding of current working practices within your specialty area, including the use of paper records, existing electronic systems and any supporting materials.

The depth of expertise required will vary depending on the banding, but you will be expected to provide accurate, experience‑based insight into how care is currently delivered and how it can be improved through the new EPR. Throughout the duration of the programme, you will

• Actively participate in workflow localisation sessions relevant to your area of expertise, acting as a champion for the programme and promoting engagement across your team or wider care setting.
• You will be expected to commit to the full lifecycle of the project, offering specialist input into solution design, ensuring national standards and requirements are fully considered.
• Help to identify risks and issues within your domain alongside contributing to mitigation planning.

You will play a key role in aligning and engaging colleagues by supporting data collection, contributing to design decisions and liaising with clinical and operational teams to ensure the future system reflects safe and effective practice. You will review future‑state workflows from a clinical safety perspective, identifying potential hazards and recommending appropriate mitigations.

As the programme progresses, you will assist with testing cycles to validate the system’s functionality and readiness, and you will support training and go‑live activities in the role of a Super User, providing hands‑on guidance and reassurance to end users as they transition to the new EPR.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group – a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 136.6KB)

Further details / informal visits contact

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