Job summary
- Main area
- Digital
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- 23 months (Fixed term/secondment for 23 months)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 374-LVB1325-A
- Employer
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Eastbourne DGH
- Town
- Eastbourne
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Digital Trainer/Change Analyst
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.
We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £700 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.
Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.
Job overview
Previous applicants need not apply.
We're looking for a Senior Digital Trainer/Change Analysts to support the training and change elements of key digital projects, including EmPoweR, our programme to deliver a full Electronic Patient Record to our acute services.
This role is as a secondment/fixed term for 23 months.
The roles can be based at either Conquest Hospital, St Leonards or Eastbourne DGH with the requirement to travel cross-site and work from both acute and community locations.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will assist in the identification, development and provision of effective focused training on our digital systems. You will ensure that the training provided to colleagues is of a high standard and be responsible for the delivery of the training scripts and manuals required for this training.
Working alongside Business Analysts, you will facilitate process mapping for digital change and ensure that staff engage in effective change management processes to enable the delivery of identified benefits from clinical and non-clinical digital systems.
You will need to engage effectively with staff at all levels of the Trust to identify and facilitate changes required such as role and business process redesign, utilising different methods of engagement to realise the end vision.
You will also be expected to line manage junior staff within the Change and Training team and support the Digital Change and Training Lead in achieving the Trust's objectives.
Working for our organisation
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Please contact us if you have any further queries.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or proven equivalent
- Postgraduate training qualification or equivalent knowledge/experience
Desirable criteria
- Project Management qualification e.g. PRINCE
- Change Management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum two years' experience as a Digital Trainer/Change Analyst
- Experience of working in a senior administrative or managerial role
- Experience of process redesign, organisational development and/or change management
Desirable criteria
- Line management of junior staff
Skills
Essential criteria
- Digital literacy, confident use of Microsoft packages
- Excellent communication skills including both written and presentational
- Ability to motivate and encourage others and take them through change process design/redesign
- Understanding of benefits realisation
- Ability to empathise with and build positive working relationships with range of stakeholders
- Enthusiasm for transforming healthcare services
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Allan Hillier
- Job title
- Change and Training Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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