EPR Communications Manager

Job summary

EPR Communications Manager (Band 7)

Initially Stepping Hill Hospital although working across Stockport & Tameside37.5 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.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice