Sirona care & health CIC

Digital Programme Manager

The closing date is 06 June 2025

Job summary

Are you passionate about digital developments making a difference to patients and staff?

We will be embarking on an 18-month programme to implement and embed a digital Patient Engagement Platform (PEP) across all operational services. This is a unique opportunity to progress the digital agenda, contributing to the 'analogue to digital' shift and will transform and modernise the way services work and engage with patients and the public.

Delivery of the PEP is a key enabler to Sirona's 'Improved Outcomes for All' 2025-28 strategy and associated 2025/26 annual Business Plan.The Programme Manager will play an instrumental role in leading and delivering implementation of the PEP. This will require significant transformation across the organisation to deliver, and the Programme Manager, in collaboration with the Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) and Head of Digital Clinical Systems, will recruit a dedicated project team to support achievement of this.

We are looking for an individual who is driven to improve the experience of patients through technology. We need someone who is enthused by large scale change and is able to work collaboratively across a wide variety of teams to deliver new ways of working. The successful post holder will ensure improved health equity and outcomes with a focus on personalised care is at the heart of everything they do. If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

The overarching aim of the job is to deliver implementation of a PEP to operational services in a way that delivers maximum benefits for patients and the organisation within the 18 month programme timeframe.

To achieve this, you will:

Be responsible for the oversight and delivery of the programme. This role will manage a programme of complex projects to deliver implementation of the PEP through collaboration and partnership both internal and external to Sirona.
Co-ordinate work using a shared framework for project and programme management that will be developed collaboratively with partner organisations to deliver strategic priorities.
Demonstrate technical programme management skills and offer innovation and creativity to the project teams to fully support the project and programme outcomes, including design and delivery of teaching packages to all levels of staff.
Provide expertise and leadership to support the project team to develop their projects and deliver required objectives, manage effective working relationships in the team, and be active in motivating and inspiring staff to produce their deliverables to the required standard and within budget.
Be politically astute and strategically aware to successfully oversee service reconfiguration and redesign. They will need to be able to manage multiple stakeholders and generate improvement opportunities, using their experience to influence teams to work in new ways.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Date posted

27 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year Per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

083-7221200-SL

Job locations

Badminton Rd Office

Badminton Rd

Yate

BS37 5AF

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role and can only accept applications from UK based applicants.

If you are currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 12 months from your start date until the expiry date.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role and can only accept applications from UK based applicants.

If you are currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 12 months from your start date until the expiry date.

Person Specification

Skills, Experience and Knowledge

Essential

In depth experience of managing complex, major change/service improvement digital projects to patient services in healthcare, delivering tangible sustained improvements
Experience of managing staff from different professional backgrounds in projects
Ability to collaborate and communicate constructively with internal and external partners, creating conditions for good partnership and ensuring clear presentation of programme progress
Operational or technical knowledge of Patient Engagement Platforms
Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes, problem solve and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Ability to make decisions when required and/or know when to escalate difficult issues working to tight and often changing timescales.
Demonstrable ability to build rapport and credibility with senior clinical and managerial teams and influence teams to work in new ways to achieve programme objectives

Desirable

Experience of implementing a Patient Engagement Platform
Experience with external supplier/contract management
Ability to identify new ideas and innovative ways of working
Experience of improving health equity and outcomes and/or personalised care

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Educated to masters level and/or demonstrable experience at this level
Format project management training (eg Prince2)
Knowledge of Project and Programme Management techniques with evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development gained through post graduate qualifications or equivalent experience or training
Hold a UK Driving License and have access to a vehicle during working hours

Desirable

Training in Quality, Service Improvement, and Redesign (QSIR)
Management qualification, e.g. MBA

Person Specification

Skills, Experience and Knowledge

Essential

In depth experience of managing complex, major change/service improvement digital projects to patient services in healthcare, delivering tangible sustained improvements
Experience of managing staff from different professional backgrounds in projects
Ability to collaborate and communicate constructively with internal and external partners, creating conditions for good partnership and ensuring clear presentation of programme progress
Operational or technical knowledge of Patient Engagement Platforms
Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes, problem solve and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Ability to make decisions when required and/or know when to escalate difficult issues working to tight and often changing timescales.
Demonstrable ability to build rapport and credibility with senior clinical and managerial teams and influence teams to work in new ways to achieve programme objectives

Desirable

Experience of implementing a Patient Engagement Platform
Experience with external supplier/contract management
Ability to identify new ideas and innovative ways of working
Experience of improving health equity and outcomes and/or personalised care

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Educated to masters level and/or demonstrable experience at this level
Format project management training (eg Prince2)
Knowledge of Project and Programme Management techniques with evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development gained through post graduate qualifications or equivalent experience or training
Hold a UK Driving License and have access to a vehicle during working hours

Desirable

Training in Quality, Service Improvement, and Redesign (QSIR)
Management qualification, e.g. MBA

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Sirona care & health CIC

Address

Badminton Rd Office

Badminton Rd

Yate

BS37 5AF

Employer's website

https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sirona care & health CIC

Address

Badminton Rd Office

Badminton Rd

Yate

BS37 5AF

Employer's website

https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)