Job summary
- Main area
- Applications and Clinical Systems
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (may have to work part of a oncall management team)
- Job ref
- 200-NN-7730033-A&C-Z
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George's University Hospitials,
- Town
- Tooting
- Salary
- £85,431 - £97,148 p.a. pro rata inclusive of HCAS (Inner)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Head of Applications and Clinical Systems
Band 8c
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a band 8C, Deputy Head of Applications and Clinical Systems.
The Deputy Head of Applications and Clinical Systems will hold a senior role in the Applications & Clinical Systems Team as deputy for the Head of Applications and Clinical Systems.
The Applications and Clinical Systems Team is responsible for ensuring the Applications and Clinical Systems supported by the department, including the Millennium EPR, are suitably developed, maintained and delivered within the Trust, SWL and London in accordance with national, corporate and project directives for the delivery of configuration. The Applications Team also liaises with and provides expertise and advice to clinical services for systems owned by them, most of which are interfaced to the EPR.
They will be required to assist in planning and overseeing the activities and operations related to the applications and clinical systems supported by the department related to deployment, upgrades and enhancements across the Trust,
They will provide expert professional advice on Applications and Clinical Systems development matters to other IM&T colleagues, as well as a wider clinical and operational audience.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for previous experience of working in a high demanding environment with excellent communication skills and to be able to work well as part of a team.
Previous experience of clinical information systems and remote support software would be a definite advantage.
Please ensure you read the job description and person specification before applying.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
**Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role*
We are looking for previous experience of working in a high demanding environment with excellent communication skills and to be able to work well as part of a team.
Previous experience of working in an Acute NHS Trust with a significant EPR is highly desirable.
Please ensure you read the job description and person specification before applying.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- • Highly specialist education: PhD or equivalent experience including additional in-depth professional training and specialist knowledge in a relevant discipline to doctorate or equivalent level, acquired through training and experience over an extended period.
- • Formal qualification in Information Technology Services/Programme discipline
- • Evidence of continued professional and managerial development
- • A minimum of 7 years’ relevant professional experience of healthcare systems and applications
Desirable criteria
- ITIL Foundation Level Certification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Negotiations at senior level
- Understanding of project management tools and techniques
- Ability to provide informative reporting on finances and impact to management
- • Demonstrated capability of working on business cases, options appraisals and specifications to procure clinical systems; and of procurement processes for the same
- • The post holder will have a thorough understanding of the requirements for developing and implementing successful mechanisms for the provision of support to end users of Cerner Millennium/other EPR and other clinical systems
- • The post holder must be able to analyse complex facts and situations and be able to develop a range of options.
- • The post holder must work with his/her own initiative and organise workload of the team so the function is optimally delivered while working to tight and changing deadlines.
Desirable criteria
- • Knowledge of specialist system and application packages
Experience
Essential criteria
- • The post holder will have a senior level of experience of IM&T applications and systems management with a track record of achievement. Significant experience of complex SLA management
- • 5+ years equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in IT Applications preferably in Acute NHS
- • The role requires an individual with proven experience of leading, devising and implementing successful large scale change. at a senior levelExtensive experience in managing at a senior level, IDT infrastructure technical resources and operations in a large scale IT environments
- • The post holder must have a minimum of 5 years in team leadership roles in a healthcare environment, ideally an Acute NHS organisation.
- Experience of creating new team/s and motivating and inspiring staff to work together to achieve a common objective
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of working across organisational boundaries.
- • Experience of working with clinicians.
- • Senior level budget management experience within the NHS
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Brendan Davies
- Job title
- Associate Partner - Executive Search
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07585 356985
- Additional information
If you have any questions relating to this post, please direct your enquiry to the contact email address.
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