Job Description

Company Description

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 vision for our single corporate services is to:

Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer. Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts. Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities. Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations. Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts. Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing. Build resilience for individuals and our teams.

Band: 6

Hours: 37.5

Contract Type: Fixed-Term for 2 years

Closing date - 17 November 2025

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:


1. Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT)


2. Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU)


3. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT)


4. 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 program are:



1. Enhance patient care by empowering clinicians, providing them with the right information at the right time and in the right place


2. Improved continuity of care for many of our patients who receive treatment at more than one Trust


3. Provide a 'single source of truth', making sharing information across pathways much simpler


4. Maximise efficient working and reduce errors when making decisions


5. Allow significantly greater clinical information-sharing with our partners in primary care, community care, mental health and ambulance


6. Enable integration of acute services across the four Trusts

Job purpose

As part of the One Electronic Patient Record (EPR) programme, this role will contribute to improve the effectiveness and value of health care delivery for Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (the Trusts). This post is a member of the Digital Service, within the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) function.

Job summary

Supporting Product management for the portfolio of patient facing IT products and managing the product(s) backlog Supporting Stakeholder and Supplier Management within the context of Agile Software Development Supporting the Maintenance Software User & Management Forums Represent the user within 'user stories' at sprint planning sessions and fulfilment of the sprint 'done' statement. Understand the 'product category' to a subject matter expert level. Promote the 'products' at various local, regional, and national forums. Ensure all relevant product documentation is maintained e.g. release notes, clinical safety, change management, communication notifications.

Specific Core Functions


IT Deputy Product Owners are responsible for supporting internal software applications and their Agile delivery in the Trust. Post holders play a key role in software implementations, migrations, upgrades, providing technical guidance and IT services to users and project teams. Post holders are also required to support the engagement stakeholders, Trust staff, and third-party suppliers where applicable to ensure services are delivered in a timely fashion to meet the requirements of the clinical and corporate business staff.

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Qualifications

Qualifications

Degree level qualification or equivalent relevant experience. ITIL Foundation ISEB Testing Certification

Experience

Excellent communications and interpersonal skills Experience managing Digital & IT and at a senior level, preferably in the public sector Successful implementation of significant change, both technical and organisational, in a complex setting. Experience of working in a large, complex organisation (in or outside the NHS) leading on digital, IT and information services. Experience of successfully operating in and delivering priorities in a partnership environment.

Additional Information

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.