Healthset is a joint programme across four trusts in Dorset and Somerset to deliver a shared electronic health record (EHR) for acute, community and mental health services, working with our system provider, Epic.

This once-in-a-generation programme will transform how information is recorded, shared and accessed, enabling colleagues to spend less time working around systems and more time caring.

Our teams deliver safe, compassionate care every day, but we still rely on multiple systems, separate records and paper processes. This can mean patients repeating their story and colleagues spending valuable time duplicating work or managing gaps in information. For our digital teams, this means managing multiple legacy systems and data sources to support users to deliver services.

Healthset is our shared response. By introducing one EHR across our organisations, we will support more joined up working, safer decision-making and better use of information, freeing up more time for care.

This ambitious programme will fundamentally change how health and care is delivered across Dorset and Somerset in a way that is clinically and financially sustainable. We will be guided by doing the right thing for our patients, carers, people and communities, while creating a working environment that better supports our colleagues.

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Recruitment update 

Healthset offers a range of opportunities throughout the programme, with vacancies becoming available at different stages of implementation.

Our recent recruitment campaign attracted a strong field of applicants, and we would like to thank everyone who expressed an interest in joining the programme.

Following feedback from colleagues and lessons learned from earlier recruitment rounds, we have introduced a number of improvements to further enhance both the recruitment process and candidate experience. We continue to welcome applications and encourage colleagues, including those who may wish to reapply, to consider future opportunities with Healthset.

There are currently no Healthset vacancies available. However, as the programme continues to develop and expand, further recruitment activity is expected, so please keep an eye out here for future opportunities.