Application Systems Manager

The Health Board is implementing an Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration system (EPMA). The post holder will have a key role in a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and wider professionals, to ensure the successful implementation and safe utilisation of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board EPMA system.
It is an exciting opportunity to work on an innovative and progressive product. The post holder will have considerable experience on all aspects of ICT skills from applications to networks., The Post holder will use their specialist knowledge and experience, alongside EPMA team colleagues, to test, develop and configure systems. They will also be required to provide advice to the programme lead, Ward Managers, ward staff and other clinical staff, assisting in developing effective and efficient workflows for the project implementation and roll-out of EPMA system across the Health Board.
A key element will be to facilitate and participate in the pre implementation planning and delivery of specialist training to Registered Nurses, Consultants, Doctors, Pharmacy, Therapy staff and other specialities who will interact with the EPMA system across the Health Board. They will demonstrate the system, promote the benefits of EPMA and work with the EMPA team to ensure that the system is implemented in a safe and timely manner.
Alongside the EPMA team you will be required to:
+ Manage the service delivery of the clinical information system.
+ Act as an advocate for and to promote best practice with regard to the clinical information systems.
+ Risk identification and production of mitigation plans.
+ Develop standard operating procedures, maximising benefits from clinical systems and their interaction with other clinical and hospital systems/devices.
+ Be responsible for formulating and monitoring policies and protocols to support the clinical information systems.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve


• We treat everyone with respect


• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 13,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Band 7
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales's capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed