# Head of Operational Change - EPR

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Doncaster
- **Region:** North East and Yorkshire
- **Country:** England
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 Pro Rata Per Annum
- **Contract type:** 23 months (Fixed Term)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-13T09:52:09.461Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Doncaster/Doncaster_Bassetlaw_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Digital_Transformation/Digital_Transformation-v8044491
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8044491?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.dbth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The overriding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.' Reporting to the DCOO/Programme Director, the Head of EPR Operational Change will be part of the senior management team for the EPR programme.

The Head of EPR Operational Change is responsible for four key workstreams for the programme covering, benefits realisation, communications, training, and business change. They will be critical to ensuring divisions and corporate services are operational ready for the change being delivered.

### Main duties of the job

Managing the overall workstreams for Benefits, Business Change, Communications and Training for the EPR programme ensuring coordinated plans are in place.

Report to the EPR Programme Board on benefits baselining and realisation.

Responsible for monitoring the scope and progress of the changes in working practice and benefits planning/realisation to ensure that the benefits set out in the FBC are owned operationally.

Holding accountability for understanding the underlying configuration, decision support and working processes that will be required deliver the EPR deployment and enable associated early benefits realisation.

Ensuring that the EPR complies with corporate and departmental policies and meets all statutory regulations and requirements.  identifying project related risks, report and manage project risks and take appropriate steps to mitigate all identified risks and issues.

Holding overall accountability for base-lining the benefits in each specialty area to ensure that best practice measures are applied when planning the benefits.

Advising and providing recommendations to the EPR Programme Board/Trust Board on EPR workstream.

Holding accountability for working with local operational leads to ensure that new ‘best practice’ ways of working are developed, to achieve cost-saving benefits and improved workflow processes, whilst working to relevant legal and regulatory frameworks, Information Governance and other statutory audits and policies.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read this document carefully.

Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential. Certificate of sponsorship

Applications from individuals who require a Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applicants. For further information and to check your eligibility for this post please following the link UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UKPlease note that from April 9th 2025, band 2 & 3 entry roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge & Experience

**Essential**

- Significant knowledge in operational delivery and managing acute services
- Significant management experience of working in an acute organisation
- Experience of delivering transformation projects
- Experience of being able to balance competing priorities and meet personal and EPR targets within a fluctuating and demanding workload.
- Experience of presenting to board members
- Information about risks and issues to a senior audience in a clear and concise way

### Qualifications & Training

**Essential**

- Master’s degree level, or equivalent professional qualification
- Evidence of continued learning/development

## Documents

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- [guidance for applicants (pdf, 752.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1737)
- [health & wellbeing - staff benefits (pdf, 214.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2222)
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