EPR Data Engineer | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 30 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £56,276 - £63,176 Per Annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 April 2026 |
| Location: | London, SE5 8AB |
| Company: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7866644/334-NCL-7866644-MU |
Summary
SLaM is migrating from our current EPR to a new system throughout 2026 and 2027. The EPR implementation forms an integral part of an innovative and exciting Clinical Transformation programme that will be enabled by a comprehensive digital experience, incorporating a wide range of EPR functionality required to deliver excellent patient care.
Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:
We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. In addition, we offer ongoing training and development in conjunction with the BCS membership.
The post holder will support the new EPR Programme to deliver a reliable dataset for migration to our new system. They will use excellent SQL skills to build and test datasets, and knowledge of ETL and warehouse design (Microsoft Azure environment), to contribute to a new data warehouse to hold Trust reporting. They will work with technical colleagues within the EPR team, as well as colleagues in Transformation and Training to ensure data integrity and continuity for frontline clinical staff. They will be committed to data quality, principles of information governance and will be highly motivated to deliver accurate, valid and timely work.
Flexible working:
As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 8am to 6pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance.
This role is in the EPR which sits under the Digital Services Directorate. The Directorate utilises technology and digital solutions to empower our staff to work effectively and to improve the care our service users receive. The postholder will report to the Chief Clinical Information Officer and work closely with multidisciplinary project workstreams, Digital and external departments / teams across the Trust as directed.
About our location:
The EPR team are located at:
IOPPN, 16 De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8ABless than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2) and is within walking distance from the beautiful green spaces of Ruskin park and the vibrant high-street that offers great shopping opportunities and with a wide range restaurants.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Build and test clinical datasets using SQL queries, views and stored procedures, to stakeholder requirements and detailed specifications.
2. Developing and amending data models within the data warehouse which the mirror the business requirements of the organisation and then developing auditable data flows which populate them.
3. Provide a high level of documentation which tracks build and test activities throughout the data migration, and warehouse build.
4. Ensure accurate reporting flows from the Trust's data warehouse, in line with stakeholder requirements and Trust business needs.
5. Work with clinical and operational stakeholders to understand clinical data usage, purpose and constraints, and the impact of poor data quality.
6. Monitor typical errors or issues with clinical data capture throughout the migration period and lead on the development of data quality monitoring tools and techniques to support uptake of the new EPR.
7. Work alongside business analysts, EPR configuration colleagues and clinical testers to develop functional test scenarios for data validation and user acceptance testing. Lead during testing period to document, investigate and resolve issues arising from testing.
8. Presenting of highly complex information to a wide range of stakeholders. This includes dealing with complex ad hoc queries and prototyping dataset solutions..
9. Supporting research and development by working with research colleagues on build and test of specialist datasets.
10. The post holder will take part in meetings with the EPR supplier technical team, and present results of build and test activities
This advert closes on Monday 13 Apr 2026