Senior Configuration Analyst

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as part of our Digital Health Epic Connect Team at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and Great Ormond Street Hospital. We are recruiting a Senior Configuration Analyst for 12 months to support and enhance our Epic electronic patient record (EPR) system at The Royal Marsden, specifically working in the Beaker (labs) team directly supporting our Molecular Diagnostic/Genomics laboratories to deliver some major workflow improvement projects.

We are seeking an experienced and passionate individual who is ideally certified or accredited in at least one Epic application, preferably with experience in Beaker or has experience working in Molecular Diagnostic labs. A strong track record of collaborating with operational/lab teams and managing configuration change in a live EPR environment is highly desirable.

Please be advised that the successful candidate will be expected to work in a hybrid capacity — please do not to apply if you are seeking a fully remote position. Our team works flexibly with a combination of remote and office based working days. The successful candidate will be required to travel to all sites at Great Ormond Street Hospital and The Royal Marsden Hospital sites (Bloomsbury, Chelsea and Sutton). The successful candidate would be well supported by an experienced team and line management structure.

Main duties of the job

As a Digital Health Record (DHR) Senior Configuration Analyst for Genetics the post holder is responsible for:

• Assisting with the delivery of Genetics related projects in the Trust’s DHR system within a designated team
• Working on several integrated areas to ensure a coordinated approach across all teams
• Working in partnership with our partners, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Epic
• Analysing and suggesting ways to improve current workflows and working practices
• Facilitating agreement for changes in working practices with appropriate stakeholders
• Matching agreed workflows with those already built into DHR system and/or configuring the DHR system using configuration tools to tailor the system
• Assisting with testing of the systems to ensure it is safe, usable, secure and robust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification

• Work with the Molecular Diagnostics laboratories to analyse, plan and implement a programme of work to improve laboratory workflows.
• Analyse and document simple to highly complex clinical and administrative workflows, information, data collection and/or reporting requirements.
• Investigate end users’ preferences and populate databases as part of the configuration process.
• Be an expert in the application area, troubleshoot problems and address questions from end users regarding the application.