Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, motivated individual with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills to work as an EPR Programme Director leading on the delivery of a unified Electronic Patient Record (EPR) across GMMH NHS FT and PCFT.

This joint programme is a significant, multi-year transformation initiative requiring a strategic, collaborative leader who can operate across complex organisational boundaries. The postholder will ensure successful implementation of the EPR, transitioning from mobilisation through business case approval and into operational delivery and go-live readiness, with a sharp focus on clinical safety, stakeholder engagement, and digital maturity.

The postholder will establish and lead a large, multi-disciplinary team, and coordinate a federated governance model that enables both Trusts to retain appropriate organisational oversight and decision-making responsibilities while working within a shared framework for programme delivery, assurance, and accountability. This includes designing joint governance forums, clarifying roles and responsibilities across both organisations, and ensuring that programme decisions are informed by clinical, operational, digital and financial leads from each Trust.

They will serve as the central point of leadership across the partnership, ensuring the programme delivers to time, scope, and budget, whilst also realising long-term strategic benefits and improving patient care.

Main duties of the job

• Overall leadership of the joint EPR Programme.
• Define and deliver the joint EPR programme strategy, aligned to the Trusts’ digital strategies, ICS priorities and national frameworks.
• Lead the development of business cases (SOC, OBC, FBC), ensuring they meet NHS assurance requirements.
• Oversee all stages of programme planning, implementation and benefits realisation, including procurement, contract negotiation and configuration.  
• Establish effective programme governance, reporting to executive SROs, Boards and system partners.
• Coordinate joint planning, resourcing and governance structures across both Trusts.
• Translate strategic aims into clear operational plans with measurable outcomes.
• Establish the Benefits Realisation Strategy for the EPR programme, and approach to monitoring release of benefits.
• Build and lead a high-performing joint programme team, including programme managers, technical leads, clinical safety officers and training staff.

Working for our organisation

PCFT: We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.  

GMMH: The Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the northwest of England and beyond.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.