Job summary
- Main area
- Digital Transformation
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 303-6404630
- Employer
- The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Orthopaedic NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £70,417 - £81,138 per annum pro rata if part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Head of EPR and Digital Transformation
NHS AfC: Band 8c
Job overview
We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Head of EPR and Digital Transformation at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. This crucial role will manage a high-profile programme of work across the ROH, leading the Business Case submission and implementation of its new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) transformation programme. This challenging programme is the largest clinical system transformation programme the Trust has undertaken and is key to the Trust’s future strategy and aims to fundamentally transform ways of working.
Main duties of the job
The Head of EPR and Digital Transformation will report to the Chief Digital Information Officer (CDIO), utilising exceptional leadership skills, and extensive understanding and experience of delivering complex programmes.
They will build and maintain positive working relationships with staff at all levels and across all professional groups, including working with local and national system partners and diverse patient groups.
To be accountable setting the direction and providing ongoing leadership and management of the programme to ensure that desired programme outcomes and objectives are delivered on behalf of the CDIO, SRO/Executive Lead and Executive Team.
The need for Digital Health services and innovation and ensuring the safe use of data has never been more important and we are seeking a forward-thinking individual with the passion and capacity to lead the DDaT service in its continuous improvement quest whilst working across the system and nationally to identify and exploit opportunities to innovate.
You will have successfully implemented large scale organisational change and have considerable demonstrable experience of managing large teams of staff where possible. We have a dedicated team who strive to do the best for our patients and service users.
So, if you are an experienced, inspirational, and values-based leader wishing to meet this challenge leading the EPR and digital transformation programmes, to deliver our ambitious agenda, please get in touch.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest specialist orthopaedic units in Europe. We offer planned orthopaedic surgery to people locally, nationally and internationally.
Our Trust is a very special hospital; big enough to deliver world class services and small enough to offer exceptional patient and staff experience. We offer a working experience unique in the West Midlands and we're always on the lookout for passionate people to join our award-winning team.
The ROH is an equal opportunities employer. We employ people of difference and are committed to growing an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated, and people feel able to bring their whole and authentic self to work.
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a range of inclusive, family friendly and flexible working arrangements and policies, to support our people in the workplace. Flexible working requests will be considered.
The Trust is committed to the Disability Confident Interview Scheme and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy and consider them on their abilities.
If you have a disability and need any support with your application or require any reasonable adjustments to be implemented please do get in touch with the Recruiting Manager for this position so that the team can support you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.
For an informal conversation about the role please contact our Chief Digital Information Officer Shakeel Sabir
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Educated to Masters Level (or equivalent level of experience)
- Management qualification or equivalent level of knowledge and experience
- Project management qualification or proven equivalent project management experience
Desirable criteria
- PRINCE2 methodology or alternative project management qualification
- Culture/change management and/or quality improvement training
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of large scale, complex transformational programme management
- Experience of working with stakeholders/partners inside and outside own organisation
- Significant and extensive demonstrable knowledge and experience within an organisation, influencing and supporting decision making
- Experience of process redesign / change management / transformation
- Track record of contributing collaboratively as part of a high performing team
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable experience in managing complex programmes in an NHS Trust/Organisation
- Demonstrable experience in delivery an EPR / clinical system implementation
- In depth knowledge of the current NHS agenda and challenges
- Experience in leading public and stakeholder engagement
- Demonstrable understanding/knowledge of system wide partnership working
- Clear commitment and understanding of leading involvement and engagement of patients, staff, or individual organisations and other stakeholders
- Experience of building effective working relationships with clinical leaders in a complex system and environment
- Demonstrable knowledge of the national and local political context for this programme
- Be able to articulate the wider economic and social context for this programme including housing, population, and economic growth
- Understand the population health approach to reviewing and planning health services Commercial negotiations
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Leadership of multidisciplinary teams with a range of seniority of staff
- Exceptional presentational abilities including paper reporting and formal presenting to senior leaders and clinicians and large groups, managing and reconciling conflicting views where there are significant barriers to acceptance and/or understanding in a hostile, antagonistic of highly emotive atmosphere
- A track record of delivering successful change programmes to time with lasting impact and managing large budgets
- Highly developed digital skills with expertise in Microsoft Office and project management systems
- Demonstrable track record of developing effective, constructive relationships with senior stakeholders, working across organisational boundaries
- Experience of effective negotiating and influencing skills to realise change within complex environments (ideally within the public sector)
- Demonstrable evidence of the ability to work under pressure, prioritise and to deliver
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivery of Strategic Outline Case, Outline and Full Business Cases (Green Book)
- Experience of business case financial planning and modelling
- The ability to switch easily from high level to detailed planning
- An evidenced portfolio demonstrating exceptional ability in delivery of sustainable changes
- Ability to analyse, interpret and ,compare complex facts or situations and make judgements where opinion may differ e.g. service, organisational and staffing issues
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills appropriate to communicating with very senior leaders across the system
- Programme leadership and change management skills
- Advanced keyboard skills, to manipulate complex data with speed and accuracy.
Other Job Requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to manage staff and achieve optimum performance
- Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines whilst maintaining a high quality of work
- Ability to prioritise and quickly identify the core issues in a situation
- Ability to quickly grasp new ideas and concepts
- Willing to challenge traditional practices and wins support from peers to new initiatives by reconciling conflicts and applying rational thinking
- Ability to set high standards for self and others to deliver service priorities
- Ability to maintain credibility amongst all levels of staff
- Intellectual capacity to provide the leadership and direction to develop services and opportunities
- Commitment to own personal development
- Emotionally resilient to competing demands within the organisation and local health economy
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shakeel Sabir
- Job title
- Chief Digital and Information Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]