About the role
Salary: £32073.00 to £39043.00
The post holder is responsible for the maintenance of the relevant applications within PAH.
A key component of the Princess Alexandra Hospitals application estate is the Electronic Health Record (EHR). The post-holder will ensure that the functionality reflects the operational working of the Trust and local Health Economy in recording patient activity and providing a means of communication with patients. They will manage the production of information used to support commissioning activity as well as statutory information requirements and at all times ensure the integrity, security and accuracy of the data recorded.
The EHR system comprises of the main Patient Administration System modules, Emergency
Department, Maternity, Admissions, Discharges and Transfers, Outpatient Referral and
Management, Bed Management and the Electronic Discharge Summary. The Application
Support team are responsible for support and assisting in developing this system.
The system must be maintained and made available to trained users to record patient
activity in a timely and accurate manner. Correct recording of data onto these systems is
fundamental for Information Governance, Patient Safety, Operational Management and
Commissioning. Many of the Trusts Performance Indicators are also dependant on the
quality and completeness of the data provided from the EHR for various external NHS
bodies.
The Application Support team will support additional Trust systems such as Electronic Observations, Summary Records / Portal View and numerous other systems. The postholder will be expected to provide management, support and development of such systems in a similar fashion to the EHR system.