Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Senior Systems Specialist
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Senior System Specialist
The Senior System Specialist provides strategic leadership, governance, configuration, and development of the Trust’s SystmOne environment. As the Trust’s senior SystmOne subject matter expert, the post holder ensures the system supports safe patient care, efficient service delivery, and compliance with organisational and NHS requirements.
Working with clinical, operational, and digital teams, the post holder leads complex system developments, standardisation initiatives, and service improvements, providing expert advice on configuration, data quality, information governance, reporting, and digital transformation. The role also includes line management responsibility for Clinical Systems Analysts, promoting best practice, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Proposed Interview Date
18th August 2026
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the governance, configuration, standardisation, and strategic development of SystmOne across the Trust.
- Provide expert advice on SystmOne functionality, configuration, development, and clinical system optimisation.
- Lead the assessment, testing, implementation, and governance of system changes, ensuring risks are identified and managed.
- Develop and maintain system standards, policies, procedures, documentation, and operational guidance.
- Support organisational transformation and service improvement through effective use of SystmOne.
- Manage and develop Clinical Systems Analysts and other team members through leadership, coaching, and performance management.
- Engage with stakeholders to capture requirements, manage expectations, and deliver agreed system developments.
- Ensure accurate data capture, reporting, data quality, clinical coding, and compliance with local and national standards.
- Conduct audits, impact assessments, and reviews to support governance, compliance, and continuous improvement.
- Oversee system integrations and interoperability with other clinical and operational systems.
- Provide advice on clinical risk related to system design and configuration.
- Deliver knowledge sharing, training, and support to develop system expertise across the organisation.
- Represent the Trust at internal and external groups relating to clinical systems and digital transformation.
- Contribute to service planning, resource management, and the continuous improvement of digital services.
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Why Join Us?
A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust.
- You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff.
- We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities.
- Our staff are proud to be Caring, Pioneering and Inclusive in their work to help achieve the Trust vision.
- We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Davidson Sawyerr
- Job title: Senior Systems Specialist
- Email address: Davidson.sawyerr@nhs.net
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