IT & Software

Data Migration Lead

National Health Service

Edinburgh · City of Edinburgh · United Kingdom

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Overview

In this role you lead end-to-end data migration projects within the Clinical Systems team to ensure safe, accurate transfer of patient records across clinical systems. You work with cross-functional clinical, technical, and governance teams to deliver on time while upholding data integrity and patient safety. The role is largely remote with UK travel when needed, and offers opportunities to contribute to healthcare service delivery and transformation.

Pay / Benefits
  • Competitive salary up to 50,000 per annum
  • Predominantly remote working
  • Group pension
  • My Reward Hub discounts
  • Wages as you earn
  • Wellbeing resources and support
Responsibilities
  • Lead and coordinate data migration projects with detailed plans, timelines and deliverables
  • Manage safe transfer and transformation of patient records between EPR systems ensuring data quality
  • Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including EPR suppliers
  • Coordinate data extraction, transformation, testing and migration activities with clear responsibilities and deadlines
  • Identify, manage and escalate risks, issues and dependencies; maintain RAID logs and decision records
  • Collaborate with Information Governance and Clinical Safety to meet regulatory and patient safety requirements
  • Support data validation and testing with technical teams to ensure correct data migration
  • Provide regular progress updates to programme boards and senior stakeholders
  • Contribute to planning of new healthcare service mobilisations and data migration requirements
  • Drive ongoing improvement of migration processes, documentation and delivery approaches
  • Serve as a central point of contact to align diverse teams and ensure progress under tight deadlines
Key requirements
  • Project Management qualification or extensive PM experience (min five years)
  • Technical qualification or ≥2 years' experience in data management, SQL Server or database engineering
  • Proven track record of managing complex data movements between systems
  • Strong understanding of PM methodologies and delivery approaches
  • Knowledge of healthcare datasets and SNOMED CT
  • Understanding of information governance and data protection for sensitive information
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities
  • Commitment to ongoing professional development
  • Desirable: experience with healthcare information systems (TPP SystmOne, EMIS Web), health informatics, BA, software development knowledge, Agile PM qualification
  • Communication
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Relationship management
  • Data management
  • SQL Server
  • EPR systems knowledge

Reference: WJ-747_31294784 · Posted 14 Nov 2026, 11:41 PM

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