EPR Transformation and Benefits Lead
Job summary
EPR Transformation and Benefits Lead (Band 8b)
Initially Stepping Hill Hospital although working across Stockport & Tameside37.5 hours per week | 2-year secondment or Fixed term contract until March 2028.
We need someone who knows how to make change work.
This is a senior role at the centre of a major joint Electronic Patient Record (EPR) programme across two NHS Trusts. You won't be sitting on the sidelines; you'll be deciding what gets delivered, when, and how we know it's worked.
The job is simple to describe: make sure the multimillion EPR investment actually improves things for patients and staff.
Why it matters
EPR programmes default to being about technology. This role stops that happening.
You'll be the one making sure this stays focused on patient care, staff experience, and better services, not just new systems. And you'll make sure the benefits last beyond go-live.
Why work with us?
- Central role in a major transformation programme across two Trusts
- Real influence at the highest level of programme governance
- Lead a capable team and shape how benefits work is done at scale
- Work with organisations serious about getting this right
If you understand that transformation is about people and outcomes first, systems second, and you're ready to lead that, get in touch.
Key Dates
- Interviews: week commencing 18th May
- Expected start: ASAP
Main duties of the job
The role
You'll lead benefits and transformation across the programme as MSP Business Change Manager, with a vote at Programme Board.
Your remit:
- Own the Benefits Realisation Strategy from start to finish
- Work with clinical, operational and executive leaders to make change happen
- Manage a team of transformation and benefits specialists
- Chair governance that tracks whether benefits are being delivered
- Decide when organisations are ready for change (and when they're not)
- Voting member of the EPR Programme Board
It's a strategic role with real teeth. You'll make decisions, push back when needed, and keep people honest about what this programme is actually for.
What you'll need
Strong track record in benefits management, transformation and large-scale programmes. NHS experience helps, but what matters more is whether you can:
- Turn plans into things that actually happen
- Hold your own with senior stakeholders and Boards
- Lead change across messy organisational boundaries
- Use frameworks without becoming a slave to them
- Keep people on board when the going gets tough
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
Job description
Job 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 personspecification, butoutlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Degree level qualification or equivalent experience in relevant field (e.g. business management, healthcare, organisational development)
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to benefits management, transformation and digital change
- Masters level qualification in relevant discipline (e.g. MBA, MSc Change Management, MSc Digital Health)
- MSP Practitioner or Advanced Practitioner qualification
Experience
- Proven expertise in benefits realisation, including designing frameworks, establishing baselines, tracking delivery, and embedding benefits into business-as-usual operations
- Demonstrable success leading large-scale transformation and clinical pathway redesign, applying structured methodologies (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma) across complex, multi-stakeholder environments
- Broad experience in organisational change and resource leadership, including change readiness assessments, cross-organisation working, digital/EPR programmes, financial and workforce management, and reporting to Boards
- Extensive senior leadership experience within large, complex NHS organisations, operating at Band 8A level or above with responsibility for strategy, governance, and delivery
- Strong track record in MSP-aligned programme delivery, including acting as a Business Change Manager and contributing at Programme Board level with accountability for decisions and outcomes
Knowledge
- Understanding of benefits management frameworks and best practice, including baseline setting, tracking mechanisms, and embedding outcomes into business-as-usual operations
- Broad contextual knowledge of the NHS landscape and digital transformation agenda, including governance structures, national programmes (e.g. Frontline Digitalisation, EPR frameworks), and the role of digital in enabling modern care delivery
- Advanced specialist knowledge of MSP (Managing Successful Programmes) methodology, particularly the Business Change Manager role, supported by Master's-level expertise or equivalent experience in benefits management and organisational change
- Strong command of the end-to-end benefits lifecycle, including the 5-stage model (Identify & Quantify, Value & Appraise, Plan, Deliver, Review) and its practical application in complex programmes
- Comprehensive knowledge of change management and service improvement methodologies (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma, PDSA, Model for Improvement) applied to healthcare transformation and clinical pathway redesign
Skills & Abilities
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to convey complex, sensitive and contentious information to all levels--including Trust Boards--and overcome barriers to acceptance
- Advanced analytical and strategic capability, translating complex data into evidence-based strategies, long-term plans, and actionable delivery aligned to benefits realisation
- Highly developed negotiation, influencing and facilitation skills, enabling consensus-building, conflict resolution, co-design, and securing accountability from stakeholders and benefit owners
- Strong leadership, autonomy and decision-making capability, operating independently in complex environments, interpreting policy, assessing change readiness, and driving benefits-led transformation
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
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Poplar Grove
Stockport
SK2 7JE
Employer's website
http://www.stockport.nhs.uk/