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Job summary

Main area
Digital
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 9
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment only for current NHS employees)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
990-NHP-6663940-E-A
Employer
NHS England
Employer type
NHS
Site
Any NHSE Office
Town
National
Salary
£105,385 - £121,271 per annum (excluding London Weighting)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/12/2024 23:59

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Head of Digital Delivery - New Hospital Programme

NHS AfC: Band 9

Our Organisation

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.

As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

As the Head of Digital Delivery, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering a comprehensive digital strategy to enable the realisation of Intelligent Hospitals for the Programme.    

The post holder will develop and manage a delivery framework for the Digital Workstream ensuring the digital team is aligned with the wider programme delivery strategy.  

They will work with the NHP Transformation Directorate workstreams to align delivery approaches and ensure the digital agenda is embedded in everything we do, both internally and externally.  

Main duties of the job

  • Leading the development of the Digital Workstreams Delivery framework. Ensuring it supports the delivery of the Digital Strategy, Transformation Directorate Strategy and the wider Programme Delivery model.  

  • Working with the Digital Workstreams strategic objectives, implement, and monitor the delivery framework; ensure it remains current and in alignment with the wider Transformation Directorate and Programme Delivery objectives 

  • Working collaboratively across NHS England, strategic partners, national and regional teams. Align with NHSE Standards and Guidance, understand NHSE programmes to promote alignment on integration and interpret how to leverage and deliver into the NHP programme. 

  • Developing a digital delivery team to provide support of the digital delivery framework. to the programme schemes, ensuring the necessary capacity and capability are in place. Support and mentor this team building in a culture of ongoing improvement. 

  • Establishing a matrix working governance with Programme Delivery groups to ensure a joined-up approach to reimagining the delivery of healthcare within the context of NHP. 

  • In alignment with the Transformation Delivery Strategy, Establish and develop partnerships with NHP Trusts and communities, embedding a robust approach to people participation in our work, supporting the New Hospital Programme in meeting the statutory duties to involve patients, public and staff.

Working for our organisation

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

  • Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
  • Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
  • Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
  • Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
  • Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on the role please see attached Job Description.

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application 

If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
  • Experience of project and programme management techniques and tools such as Prince 2 or Managing Successful Projects

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Proven and significant Experience of working in leadership role
  • Experience delivering large complex digital agendas within healthcare
  • Experience in implementing infrastructure programmes across industry sectors
  • Proven Board level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
  • Experience in providing assurance for large digital programmes

Skills Capabilities & Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
  • Strong external communications skills in a politically sensitive environment with knowledge of and experience in handling media relations
  • Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources (verbal, written and numerical).
  • Demonstrable leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills

Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria
  • Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients
  • Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda
  • Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Shahina Rashid
Job title
Business Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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