Associate Director of IT EPR Programme – Technology
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This is a rare and exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in one of the most transformative digital health initiatives at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT). As the Associate Director, EPR Programme Technology, you will be at the heart of our Electronic Patient Record (EPR) programme, leading the deployment of new End User Technology (EUT), supporting equipment, and enabling infrastructure across all LGT sites.
This role is a critical enabler for the success of the Trust’s digital transformation programme, ensuring that our clinical and operational teams have the modern, reliable, and secure tools they need to deliver outstanding care.
Reporting directly to the EPR Chief Enterprise Solution Architect, you will work closely with IT colleagues, external technology partners, and clinical and operational leaders to ensure the efficient delivery of assigned EUT projects within agreed timescales and budgets.
You will operate across the Trust’s acute and community settings, helping to shape the digital landscape of the organisation, drive innovation, and make a tangible impact on patient outcomes.
As a senior member of the IT Department and EPR Programme, the post holder will provide strategic and operational leadership for end user technology and infrastructure elements supporting the Trust’s EPR and digital transformation objectives.
This role requires a capable and experienced leader who can operate effectively in a complex, fast‑paced environment, working at local and regional levels. The post holder will be responsible for aligning business objectives, technology delivery, and innovation initiatives into a cohesive strategic plan, and ensuring its successful implementation.
The Associate Director, EPR Programme Technology will be responsible for leading highly complex programmes of IT transformation and change related to the technology delivery elements of the EPR Programme, which underpin the rollout across acute and community sites.
Key responsibilities include:
* Leading and implementing EPR priority projects across the Trust with effective project management processes and systems that guarantee delivery and identify risks; ensuring risks and issues are effectively managed.
* Writing complex reports and business cases, supporting Divisional, IT and EPR Teams.
* Ensuring accurate and regular highlight reports are reported at the relevant EPR project/programme boards and Digital Steering Group, including exception reporting.
* Building effective relationships with senior managers and clinicians within the Trust and key external partners in Primary and Secondary Care to achieve maximum benefits for patients and carers.
* Analyzing and interpreting complex data for local use and exercising effective judgement to make recommendations.
* Leading on technical policy development for the EPR Change Programme and establishing procedures and systems that support the delivery of an effective and efficient service, meeting standards specified by the Trust.
* Developing working relationships with facilities, procurement, HR and finance with reference to the EPR programme.
* Negotiating and managing resource bids to take projects/schemes of work forward as necessary and demonstrating cost‑benefit analysis.
* Providing strategic leadership for the EPR technology Pilar and supporting day‑to‑day management of the EPR IT project delivery teams.
* Managing substantial capital and revenue budgets across all hospital sites.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives:
* Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identifying as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development.
* Widening access (anchor institution) and employability.
* Improving the experience of staff with disability.
* Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development.
* Making equalities mainstream.
* Establishing a programme of works to facilitate delivery of the EPR technology Pilar.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Information Technology – Research Services
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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