Job summary
INTERNAL APPLICATIONS ONLY
We're seeking a dynamic and experienced person to join a fantastic Digital Team as the 'Deputy Head of Digital -- Programmes and Projects'.
This is an extremely exciting and rewarding role with the scope and opportunity to lead on all our Digital Programmes and Projects, from the Ideas stage right through to Implementation and flow into Business as Usual.
It is a senior digital leadership role that is pivotal in driving the successful delivery of highly impactful programmes and projects across the Trust, to support the provision of high-quality, safe and effective patient care.
You will:
*Drive the development of a dynamic operational programme plan aligned to our strategic priorities.
*Monitor and report on progress of all programmes and projects.
*Grow the skills of your teams, enabling them to deliver high quality reporting, analysis, and insight.
*Foster and integrate a culture of continuous improvement and accountability through clinical and non-clinical stakeholder collaboration.
*Ensure high levels of satisfaction across all internal stakeholders related to digital projects.
*Utilise your experience of project management techniques, people skills, tenacity and perseverance to deliver on time and budget.
This is a wonderful opportunity within a highly respected Hospital to work with amazing people.
Main duties of the job
This role has responsibility for delivery of Digital Programmes and Projects. It will provide subject matter expertise on strategic and operational matters, maintaining a strong working relationship with all key clinical and non-clinical stakeholders.
Key duties:
*Design and implement a best-in-class PMO function, defining governance, processes and reporting standards.
*Lead high-priority strategic initiatives, ensuring cross-functional alignment and successful execution.
*Stakeholder management and ability to influence at all levels.
*Evaluate the challenges faced and take action to mitigate risks and develop opportunities.
*Articulate complex information and ideas for a non-technical audience.
Required skills and experiences:
*Excellent track record of delivering high priority, critical projects.
*Skilled in Agile, Waterfall, Prince2 or similar project methodologies.
*Proven ability to successfully manage project teams in the administration of PMO and project control process, particularly with respect to the cost, schedule, change, risk and mitigation.
*Ability to influence and persuade senior management towards a desired course of action.
*Strong attention to detail and ability to 'deep dive' into topics.
Managing a Project Management Team this role has the opportunity to make an enormous impact for good in patient care.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Educated to Degree level in a Digital or related subject or equivalent experience.
- *PRINCE 2/Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner or equivalent project/programme management qualification.
- *Evidence of personal and professional development.
Desirable
- *Registered Digital Professional (e.g. BCS, FedIP, FCI, AphA).
Experience
Essential
- *Understanding of project and programme methodology to deliver change in public sector organisations.
- *Working with and directly influencing clinicians or equivalent staff groups.
- *Presentation skills and the ability to present to large multi-level groups.
- *Evidence of effective influence over a wide range of key stakeholders.
- *Able to interpret highly complex data and information to inform decision making at Executive level.
- *Discuss and explain complex issues to non-specialist staff.
- *Understanding of NHS organisations and governance arrangements.
- *Examples of creation and delivery of innovative digital solutions.
- *Digital leadership roles in large complex organisations.
- *Experience in managing large scale digital projects and programmes successfully.
- *Developing PMO teams.
- *Extensive experience of providing strategic and Digital advice to the NHS or comparable organisations.
- *Significant experience in managing teams and building staff capacity and capability.
- *Experience of working across partnerships.
- *Evidence of current business change knowledge and experience.
- *Project implementation including process analysis and mapping.
- *Write clearly and appropriately for a particular purpose or target group.
- *Use of Office 365 Suite: Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Projects
- *Demonstrates professional and personal credibility and integrity and is a respected leader.
- *Able to take difficult and challenging decisions that support strategic aims and long -term vision.
- *The analytical and judgmental skills necessary to process assess and make decisions on highly complex matters, with conflicting information and a comparison of a range of options.
- *Ability to motivate people and strong interpersonal skills.
- *Ability to create focused teams across organisations.
- *Prioritise, delegate and meet challenging deadlines.
- *Embrace and promote diversity and inclusion within the workforce and for patients.
- *Work autonomously, prioritising work appropriately and managing a changing workload.
- *Presentation skills using a variety of resources.
- *Gather and interpret stakeholder Digital requirements.
Desirable
- *Understanding and use of business case development in line with 5 case model.
- *Understanding of data protection, information governance and confidentiality.
- *Experience and understanding of NHS patient based information, pathways and protocols.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Educated to Degree level in a Digital or related subject or equivalent experience.
- *PRINCE 2/Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner or equivalent project/programme management qualification.
- *Evidence of personal and professional development.
Desirable
- *Registered Digital Professional (e.g. BCS, FedIP, FCI, AphA).
Experience
Essential
- *Understanding of project and programme methodology to deliver change in public sector organisations.
- *Working with and directly influencing clinicians or equivalent staff groups.
- *Presentation skills and the ability to present to large multi-level groups.
- *Evidence of effective influence over a wide range of key stakeholders.
- *Able to interpret highly complex data and information to inform decision making at Executive level.
- *Discuss and explain complex issues to non-specialist staff.
- *Understanding of NHS organisations and governance arrangements.
- *Examples of creation and delivery of innovative digital solutions.
- *Digital leadership roles in large complex organisations.
- *Experience in managing large scale digital projects and programmes successfully.
- *Developing PMO teams.
- *Extensive experience of providing strategic and Digital advice to the NHS or comparable organisations.
- *Significant experience in managing teams and building staff capacity and capability.
- *Experience of working across partnerships.
- *Evidence of current business change knowledge and experience.
- *Project implementation including process analysis and mapping.
- *Write clearly and appropriately for a particular purpose or target group.
- *Use of Office 365 Suite: Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Projects
- *Demonstrates professional and personal credibility and integrity and is a respected leader.
- *Able to take difficult and challenging decisions that support strategic aims and long -term vision.
- *The analytical and judgmental skills necessary to process assess and make decisions on highly complex matters, with conflicting information and a comparison of a range of options.
- *Ability to motivate people and strong interpersonal skills.
- *Ability to create focused teams across organisations.
- *Prioritise, delegate and meet challenging deadlines.
- *Embrace and promote diversity and inclusion within the workforce and for patients.
- *Work autonomously, prioritising work appropriately and managing a changing workload.
- *Presentation skills using a variety of resources.
- *Gather and interpret stakeholder Digital requirements.
Desirable
- *Understanding and use of business case development in line with 5 case model.
- *Understanding of data protection, information governance and confidentiality.
- *Experience and understanding of NHS patient based information, pathways and protocols.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
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.
