Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Sam is a General Practitioner working at a practice in Brighton and Hove. He also works part-time as Clinical Engagement and Redesign Lead for the EPR (electronic patient record) programme for University Hospitals Sussex, a large acute hospital trust where he has performed significant engagement work on EPR requirements and specifications, contributed to designing evaluation processes, organised digital-focused education sessions for the trust's clinical workforce, and been heavily involved in clinical safety and clinical governance processes. He has good knowledge and experience of artificial intelligence projects within the NHS, particularly from a clinical safety perspective. His particular expertise is EPRs and the interface between primary and secondary care.
Leading on clinical engagement and transformation for Electronic Patient Record programme at UHSussex, one of the UK's largest acute hospital trusts. This is a revolutionary programme, moving the trust from primarily paper-based processes to computer based, trust-wide processes that will revolutionise care for patients, as well as the working lives and job satisfaction for clinical and non-clinical staff.
ST1: General Practice (with Palliative Care and Public Health), Elderly Medicine/General Medicine ST2: Psychiatry, General Practice, Paediatrics, Genito-Urinary Medicine ST3: General Practice + Hospital IT role
- Implementing and evaluating new 'virtual clinic' pathway for prostate cancer patients as part of NHS Outpatient Recovery and Transformation Programme - Acting as a medical advisor on triaging requests for new hardware/software at the trust - Creating new Microsoft Sharepoint resource for encouraging collaboration and dissemination of Quality Improvement projects - Taking part in 'Emerging Digital Leaders' programme, organised by Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network - Engaging with clinicians across the trust through seminars showcasing successful digital projects - Developing skills in clinical safety including Clinical Safety Officer training