OneEPR Digital Clinical Lead Practitioner

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 single corporate service is delivered across both organisations.  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 need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust.

NHS Band 7 Salary Range - £49,387 - £56,515 per annum

Hours Per Week:  full time 37.5

Fixed term contract : 23 months

The OneEpr Program 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 .

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
• Maximise 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

Job Summary

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) and Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) are delivering a major digital transformation programme, centred on the implementation of a new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system and the optimisation of existing digital clinical platforms across both Trusts.

This role offers a unique opportunity to lead clinical innovation, influence digital strategy, and shape the future of patient care across both organisations.

This ambitious programme aims to digitise clinical workflows and enhance patient care through:

• Digital patient observations, early warning scores, and monitoring
• Medical device integration
• Electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA)
• Digital clinical pathways and documentation
• Clinical decision support tools
• Advanced reporting for quality improvement and research

The Band 7 Digital Clinical Lead will be a registered Nurse, Midwife, or Allied Health Professional (AHP) with strong clinical experience and a passion for digital innovation. They will play a pivotal role in the configuration, deployment, and optimisation of the EPR and associated systems, ensuring safe, efficient, and user-centred adoption across PHU and IWT.

Please read the full job description attached before applying - Job Description

Essential

• Educated to degree level or holds an equivalent professional qualification / significant relevant experience.

Desirable

• Strong Foundation Course or similar leadership qualification

Experience:

Essential

• Significant clinical experience of working as a nurse, AHP or Midwife within adult acute or specialist services.
• Working in a band 6 nursing or related setting for 6-12 months.
• Evidence of progressing clinical practice.
• In audit, research and clinical effectiveness.
• Demonstrate evidence of successfully leading change.
• Using an EPR or other digital clinical systems.

Desirable

• Experience of Using an EPR (Electronic Patient Record).
• Using technology to improve processes
• Presenting to large and mixed audiences.
• Preparing/ delivering workshops.
• Coaching, teaching, or training including development and delivery of materials.

Skills and Knowledge:

Essential

• In depth knowledge of patient flows and process.
• Overview of clinical workflows.
• Knowledge of NHS structure, organisations, and management.
• Decision making skills with ability to work autonomously without direct supervision.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships including with executives where required
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Desirable

• Excellent overview of digital solutions in the Trust

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. 

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026