Digital E-Learning Developer
Job summary
The Digital E-Learning Developer is a specialist role within Group Digital Services, responsible for designing, developing and maintaining high-quality digital learning solutions to support the adoption of digital systems across the UHL Group. Working within the Clinical Leadership (CxIO) and Digital Pharmacy portfolios, the postholder will play a key role in delivering innovative and user-centred learning resources that enable staff to effectively use systems such as Electronic Patient Records (EPR) and associated technologies.
The role contributes to the delivery of a modern, digitally enabled workforce aligned to the Group Strategy, supporting the ambition to create a digitally confident workforce and improve patient outcomes through effective training and capability development. Education and training are central to achieving this ambition, including the development of simulation-based and digital learning approaches to support workforce transformation and lifelong learning.
Main duties of the job
Create engaging, accessible and high-quality e-learning content that supports clinical and operational workflows, ensuring staff are equipped to adopt new digital systems. This supports the Digital Learning and Development function which delivers blended learning, simulation and digital literacy campaigns across the Group.
Apply user-centred design principles to ensure learning solutions meet workforce needs and improve usability, accessibility and engagement. Digital services must be designed around user needs to drive adoption and deliver measurable outcomes in workforce capability and service improvement.
Embed learning solutions within programme delivery, including EPR and Digital Pharmacy initiatives, ensuring training aligns with implementation timelines and change management activity. Training should support structured programme delivery through defined needs analysis, course development and continuous improvement processes.
Support a culture of continuous improvement by evaluating learning effectiveness, incorporating feedback and utilising data to refine training approaches. This aligns to national expectations for iterative development, testing and improvement of digital services and products.
About us
NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities.
We are one of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West.
We operate from five hospital sites:Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospitalprovide specialist services incardiothoracic surgery,cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Design and develop digital learning content including e-learning modules, videos and interactive resources
Work with subject matter experts to translate clinical and system requirements into effective training materials
Support delivery of training for digital systems including EPR and Digital Pharmacy solutions
Apply user-centred design principles to ensure training meets workforce needs and accessibility standards
Evaluate training effectiveness and refine learning materials based on user feedback and performance data
Contribute to digital literacy initiatives and workforce capability programmes
Support implementation of digital training strategies across the UHL Group
Maintain and update existing digital learning content in line with system or process changes
Ensure compliance with clinical safety, governance and information standards in all training materials
Collaborate with programme teams to ensure alignment of training with project timelines and objectives
Ensure all digital learning content supports safe clinical practice and complies with relevant governance frameworks
Align training materials to system workflows and clinical safety standards including EPR implementations
Contribute to safe adoption of digital systems through effective training design and validation
Develop engaging and effective e-learning modules using standard development tools and platforms
Support blended learning approaches including simulation, classroom and digital delivery
Evaluate and continuously improve training programmes based on feedback and performance data
Ensure training supports high standards of data quality and digital system usage
Promote accurate and consistent data entry through effective training design
Maintain quality assurance of digital learning materials and associated documentation
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Degree in relevant subject (e.g. digital learning, education, IT, healthcare) or demonstrable knowledge and operational experience to an equivalent level
- Recognised qualification in learning and development or instructional design or demonstrable knowledge and operational experience to an equivalent level
- Specialist qualification in e-learning development tools (e.g. Articulate, Captivate)
- Postgraduate qualification in education or digital technologies
- Professional membership of relevant body
- Training or teaching qualification
Experience
- Experience in designing and developing digital learning or e-learning content
- Experience working within digital, IT or healthcare environments
- Experience translating complex technical or clinical information into accessible training materials
- Experience evaluating training effectiveness and improving learning resources
- Experience supporting EPR or digital system implementations
- Experience using simulation or blended learning approaches
Knowledge
- Knowledge of instructional design principles and digital learning methodologies
- Understanding of digital systems and workflows within healthcare environments
- Knowledge of data quality, information governance and clinical safety considerations
- Understanding of user-centred design approaches for digital products and services
- Knowledge of NHS digital policy and standards
- Awareness of emerging technologies including AI in digital learning
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
Employer details
Employer name
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Liverpool Innovation Park
360 Edge Lane
Liverpool
L7 9NJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/