EPR Communications Manager

Job overview

EPR Communications Manager (Band 7)

Initially Stepping Hill Hospital although working across Stockport & Tameside 37.5 hours per week | 2-year secondment or Fixed  term contract

We are seeking expressions of interest for a Band 7 EPR Communications Manager role within our joint EPR Programme across Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.

We need someone who can make complex change feel simple.

This is a senior communications role at the heart of a major Electronic Patient Record programme across two NHS Trusts. You'll be shaping how 10,000+ staff, patients and partners understand and adopt transformational change.

Main duties of the job

You'll lead all communications and engagement for the EPR programme, working with communications staff across both Trusts through matrix management arrangements and with direct access to Programme Board.

Your remit:

Lead EPR communications strategies across all implementation phases

Translate complex EPR functionality into clear messaging for clinicians, managers and patients

Manage communications during resistance, crisis and critical moments like go-live

Build networks of EPR Ambassadors and create multimedia content that cuts through

Provide expert counsel to the Programme Director and senior leaders

Strong track record in strategic communications for major transformation programmes. What matters most is whether you can:

Take technical complexity and make it accessible

Keep people on board when change gets hard

Work at pace across multiple channels - digital, video, events, campaigns

Give honest advice to senior stakeholders

Navigate organisational politics without losing your way

Your job is to stop this feeling like it's done to people. You'll make sure this stays focused on patient care and staff experience, not just new software. And you'll bring people along so adoption is embraced, not forced.

If you understand that great communications is about people first, messages second - and you're ready to lead that at scale - get in touch.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.