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Job summary

Main area
Admin & Clerical
Grade
AFC Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
384-LG-EMF19476-B5
Employer
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Surrey
Town
Guildford
Salary
£32,602 - £39,686 Per Annum Pro rata including high cost area supplement
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/01/2026 23:59

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Digital Trainer

AFC Band 5

Job overview

The Digital Trainer will support delivery of the Clinical Informatics Training service across the Trust, including satellite sites across the local health community. 
You will be experienced in the delivery of digital systems training, creation of elearning content, course development and training administration tasks and activities.
Daily tasks include delivering Oracle Millennium training courses, other system training as identified, supporting end user queries, maintaining and developing course lesson plans and materials and capturing attendance records. 

Main duties of the job

You will be a highly experienced and competent trainer with a graduate qualification or equivalent experience. You will hold qualifications in teaching and ideally IT training qualifications.

 

You will have had experience of delivering training for Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems, ideally experience training Oracle Millennium.

 

You will be experienced in delivering training and support in a healthcare setting, ideally in acute secondary care.

 

You are able to engage effectively with staff across all levels and can demonstrate EPR knowledge and skills.

 

You will have excellent training, communication and IT skills with knowledge of a wide range of software packages. 

 

A standard DBS check will be required for the role. Some evening and weekend may be required to meet deadlines, so flexibility with regard to working hours is essential.

Working for our organisation

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Deliver end user training of Trust systems and standard desktop software 
applications to all levels of staff across the organisation in line with the standard 
operating procedure for IT Training
Function as a subject matter expert across a variety of topics
Produce and update training content including e learning and user guidance

The post-holder will provide comprehensive training, user guidance and support to improve 
business and clinical processes through electronic applications and systems for the Trust 
and satellite sites across the local health community. 
The post holder will be expected to take responsibility for aspects of the day to day 
administration and management of training provision. The role includes a focus on the 
exploitation of technology and solutions throughout the Trust, facilitating the realisation of 
benefits identified from the introduction of new technology

Deliver a programme of training in line with the Clinical Informatics Training team’s 
annual plans and standard operating procedures for training.
Assist in the planning and delivery of a Clinical Informatics digital training programme which supports the Clinical Informatics’ strategic objectives outlined in the Trust’s annual development plan.
Maintain a good understanding of the strategic direction for Clinical Informatics within the Trust 
Function as a subject matter expert across a variety of topics (e.g. Electronic Patient Record (EPR), Clinical Informatics’ managed systems, Core IT Skills, Microsoft 

Evaluate and assess new versions of software used in the Trust in order to provide appropriate training to users.

Assist with the design and collation of any training needs analysis required.

Assist in the evaluation process to continually assess the effectiveness of training and inform future training programmes.

Deliver Clinical Informatics’ managed systems induction training to all authorised new employees.

Deliver training to support the ongoing development of IT skills within the Trust.

Assist in the training planning and delivery of system implementations.

Assist in performing post implementation training support, including floor-walking.

Deliver end user training of the Trust’s Clinical Informatics’ managed systems, such as EPR, to all levels of staff across the organisation in line with the standard operating procedure for systems training.

Deliver end user training to all staff identified as part of Clinical Informatics’ system implementations and upgrades, providing floorwalking support at Go Live.

Liaise with Trust data quality facilitators in order to identify problem areas and identify potential solutions to problems.

Assist in the exploitation of technology throughout the Trust and facilitate the realisation of benefits identified from the introduction of new technology.

Actively promote electronic working at all levels within the Trust to support the Trusts’ organisational development and service modernisation plans.

Produce and update user documentation including guidance on information governance and data protection standards.

Assist in the creation and development of elearning content as directed by the Lead Trainers.

Ensure users are made aware of relevant Trust approved policies when receiving any training.

Ensure that scheduled work is completed on time and complies with the agreed quality standards.

Provide support, advice and guidance to Users from calls raised via the Digital Services IT Service Desk and IT Portal.

Maintain user accounts including the setup of new users for applications as identified.

Regularly review and update end user guidance documentation as appropriate including the Clinical Informatics Training team Standard Operating Procedures Version control July 2025 V1.

Promote new ways of working to all levels of staff throughout the organisation.

Carry out administration tasks as required by the team, including maintaining attendance records, booking confirmation, awarding certificates.

Assist in the management of the Clinical Informatics training facilities and equipment in order to ensure maximum use of resources.

Train Clinical Informatics teams where appropriate on new implementations and technologies in order to maintain a high-level quality of service.

Contribute to management reports and undertake service level targeting and reporting as and when required.

Work as part of the Clinical Informatics team and the Trust to support the development of the service, such that it continues to support the business needs of the organisation.

Undertake the lead in training related projects and tasks as determined by the Training and Service Transition Manager in conjunction, where necessary, with the Clinical Informatics Programme Office.

Identify, recommend and implement changes to the training service to improve capacity and performance and address potential risks as agreed with internal teams and customer.

Invigilate and process externally certified examinations hosted on site.

Maintain records in accordance with standards required for test centre accreditation with examining bodies for externally certified examinations hosted on site.

 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree level education or equivalent specialist knowledge acquired through relevant experience
  • Training related qualifications; for example TAP, City and Guilds 7307/7407 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Additional IT related qualifications
  • Oracle Millennium accredited trainer

Knoweledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in delivering digital systems training
  • Thorough understanding of Microsoft Office applications
  • Solid grasp of training principles and methodology
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
  • Experience of working in an IT training environment
  • Experience of using technology to improve working practices
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in delivering training for EPR systems
  • Oracle Millennium systems training as business as usual and for implementations
  • Experience of designing and delivering EPR training across multi-levels of staff
  • Understanding of TAP procedures
  • Familiarity with NHS patient related data
  • Familiarity with information security and confidentiality and date quality issues
  • Understanding of clinical and non-clinical healthcare processes
  • Understanding of change management issues
  • Experience of working in an NHS environment

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident committedStep into healthWe Work Flexibly

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sarah Cavaye
Job title
Training and Service Transition Manager
Telephone number
01483 571122
Additional information

For further information about this post, please contact Sarah Cavaye [email protected]

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