Initially Stepping Hill Hospital although working across Stockport & Tameside 37.5 hours per week | 2-year secondment or Fixed term contract
Job Summary
EPR Communications Manager (Band 7)
This is a senior communications role at the heart of a major Electronic Patient Record programme across two NHS Trusts. You will shape how 10,000+ staff, patients and partners understand and adopt transformational change.
Main duties of the job
You'll lead all communications and engagement for the EPR programme, working with communications staff across both Trusts through matrix management arrangements and with direct access to Programme Board.
Your remit:
* Lead EPR communications strategies across all implementation phases
* Translate complex EPR functionality into clear messaging for clinicians, managers and patients
* Manage communications during resistance, crisis and critical moments like go‑live
* Build networks of EPR Ambassadors and create multimedia content that cuts through
* Provide expert counsel to the Programme Director and senior leaders
What you’ll need
Strong track record in strategic communications for major transformation programmes. What matters most is whether you can:
* Take technical complexity and make it accessible
* Keep people on board when change gets hard
* Work at pace across multiple channels – digital, video, events, campaigns
* Give honest advice to senior stakeholders
* Navigate organisational politics without losing your way
Why it matters
Your job is to stop the feeling that change is imposed on people. You’ll ensure the focus remains on patient care and staff experience, not just new software, and you’ll bring people along so adoption is embraced, not forced.
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as a provider of healthcare and are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are under‑represented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
Benefits we offer to you
* Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
* NHS pension scheme membership
* Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
* NHS Staff discounts
* Cycle to work scheme
* Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
* Stockport Credit Union – for local financial advice
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications & Knowledge
* Academic/Professional Qualifications
* Strategic Communications & Change Management
Desirable Qualifications & Knowledge
* NHS Governance & Standards
* EPR/Health Informatics
Experience – Essential
* Senior Healthcare Communications
* Strategy Development & Delivery
* Senior Stakeholder Engagement
* People & Budget Management
Experience – Desirable
* EPR/Digital Health
* NHS/Multi‑Organisational
Skills and Abilities – Essential
* Strategic Planning & Analysis
* Stakeholder Engagement
* Content Creation & Communication
* Risk & Issues Management
* Influence & Leadership
* Digital & Technical Skills
* Programme Management
Skills and Abilities – Desirable
* Video/Multimedia & Social Media
Work‑related Circumstances – Essential
* Flexibility & Mobility
* IT & Compliance
Work‑related Circumstances – Desirable
* Professional Membership
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
Employer details
Employer name
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Poplar Grove
Stockport
SK2 7JE
Employer's website
http://www.stockport.nhs.uk/
£49,387 to £56,515 a year pro rata, per annum
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