Clinical Systems Specialist - Band 7
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves optimising and training on clinical systems, primarily SystmOne, EMIS, and Medicus, across Essex for the ICB and GP sites. The specialist will develop an innovative training platform, provide support for system migrations and mergers, and offer subject matter expertise. The position is a 2-year fixed-term contract, or a secondment for NHS staff, focusing on improving healthcare delivery through digital innovation.
Essential criteria
- Personal commitment to the values of the NHS 10-year Plan, the NHS People Plan, the Nolan Principles, to championing equality, diversity and inclusion within the ICB and the wider health system
- Strategy & Analysis
- Experience using proven programme service development and project management methodologies to ensure delivery
- Able to translate complex information into clear communications for a range of audiences, including to deliver effective reports to senior leadership
- Experience scoping and delivering effective evaluations of projects and interventions, including understanding relevant data and evaluation tools and methods for formal and informal evaluations
- Enthusiasm for and experience of championing the critical role of technology and digitalisation in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery and associated outcomes
- Educated to master degree level (relevant focus) or equivalent managerial experience
- Evidence of sustained commitment to continuing professional development
- Partnerships & Communities
- Experience working across organisational boundaries in the development and delivery of projects
- Able to represent the organisation credibly and positively
- Able to effective influencing and challenge within areas of responsibility, escalating appropriately where necessary
- Experience of delivering complex and contentious change and transformation projects
- Expertise in clinical systems, including but not limited to SystmOne, EMIS and Medicus
- Ability to plan, lead and deliver clinical system training either face to face or virtually
- Experience in delivering general practice clinical system migrations
- Experience in developing a general practice clinical systems virtual training hub
- Experience working with the Electronic Referral Service (eRS)
- Knowledge of other clinical systems such as Clinisys, ICE
- People & Culture
- Line management experience, including supporting individual development and addressing under-performance, when necessary
- Acts as a positive, compassionate and inclusive manager, demonstrating commitment to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity
- A commitment to continuous improvement, organisation learning and achieving positive outcomes for all staff, patients, service users and carers working in line with the NHS People Promise
- Governance & Assurance
- Understanding of IG, GDPR. Confidentiality and Data Protection Act.
- Knowledge of national policy in relations to key NHS initiatives.
- Personal Attributes and Values
- Personal commitment to the values of the NHS 10-year Plan, the NHS People Plan, the Nolan Principles, to championing equality, diversity and inclusion within the ICB and the wider health system
- Strategy & Analysis
- Experience using proven programme service development and project management methodologies to ensure delivery
- Able to translate complex information into clear communications for a range of audiences, including to deliver effective reports to senior leadership
- Experience scoping and delivering effective evaluations of projects and interventions, including understanding relevant data and evaluation tools and methods for formal and informal evaluations
- Enthusiasm for and experience of championing the critical role of technology and digitalisation in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery and associated outcomes
- Educated to master degree level (relevant focus) or equivalent managerial experience
- Evidence of sustained commitment to continuing professional development
- Partnerships & Communities
- Experience working across organisational boundaries in the development and delivery of projects
- Able to represent the organisation credibly and positively
- Able to effective influencing and challenge within areas of responsibility, escalating appropriately where necessary
- Experience of delivering complex and contentious change and transformation projects
- Expertise in cli
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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NHS Essex Integrated Care Board
Clinical Systems Specialist - Band 7
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
2 year contract.
- Position will be offered as a secondment if
coming from an NHS organisation.
- Position will be offered as a fixed term
contract if coming from outside organisation.
This is an exciting time to join the Essex ICB IT team. Digital and IT are a key pillar of the NHS plan and this role will help shape a the clinical system optimisation and training across Essex. You will supporting the ICB and the GP sites, helping them get the most out of their clinical systems.
This is a great opportunity for you to develop a innovate clinical system training platform and assist practices and ICB staff with clinical system training and support (predominantly SystmOne, but there is some EMIS). You will be supporting practices through clinical system mergers and migrations and will be on hand to offer subject matter expertise. This role will be key in helping the practices deliver excellent care for their patients.
Main duties of the job
You will:
Be passionate about primary care and digital tools
Be an expert in the use of primary care clinical system tools, namely SystmOne, EMIS and Medicus
Be able to plan, manage and provide onsite support for clinical system migrations
Work with practices providing clinical system expertise and training
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