EPR Trainer

For further information about this role, please email Sharon Quinn (EPR Training Manager) via sharon.quinn11@nhs.net

About The Role

Join Our EPR Programme and Help Shape the Future of Patient Care

Join our Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Programme as an EPR Trainer and help deliver one of the Trust’s largest digital transformation programmes, supporting around 10,000 staff to adopt the new system.

We welcome enthusiastic, adaptable and proactive applicants with clinical, operational or administrative healthcare experience, an understanding of NHS workflows and the confidence to support colleagues through change.

Following Train-the-Trainer programmes, you will create learning materials, deliver training and provide at-the-elbow support during implementation and go-live. You should learn systems quickly, work independently and engage confidently with staff at all levels.

We Particularly Welcome Applicants With Experience In

• Emergency care and patient flow
• Patient access, admissions and outpatients
• Clinical administration and documentation
• Inpatient and diagnostic services
• EMPA
  
  

We Are Looking For People Who

• Learn systems quickly and adapt training to different audiences
• Work proactively with minimal supervision
• Communicate and influence effectively
• Remain calm under pressure and support colleagues through change
• Are passionate about supporting colleagues through change
  
  

We welcome applications from candidates seeking part-time hours.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We therefore encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Main duties

The post holder will support the implementation and adoption of the Trust’s Electronic Patient Record (EPR), developing and delivering role-based training to prepare staff for new ways of working and ensure safe, effective system use.

As part of the EPR Training Team, you will create learning materials, deliver adaptable training, support workflow adoption and provide go-live support across Trust locations. The role requires the ability to learn systems quickly and work independently in a fast-paced environment.

What You’ll Do

• Deliver role-based EPR training to clinical and non-clinical staff in classroom, workplace and virtual settings
• Create clear training guides, presentations and learning resources
• Work with clinical and operational teams to understand workflows and training needs
• Support staff, Digital Champions and Super Users through change
• Provide floorwalking and at-the-elbow support during go-live
  
  

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Qualifications

Essential person specification requirements

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• ECDL or equivalent
  
  

Experience

• Experience of designing leaflets, posters and booklets
• Experience of delivering training either formal or informal
• Experience of engaging with staff on a 1:1 or group basis
  
  

Knowledge And Awareness

• Knowledge and use of a Clinical system, eg Patient Administration system
• Awareness of own limitations
• Knowledge and use of Microsoft Office applications
  
  

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

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Our Benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Cycle to work scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support
  
  

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