Job summary
We are seeking an exceptional and highly credible candidate to lead our IT and digital portfolio at a pivotal time. Working closely with key stakeholders, you will be responsible for all IT and digital services across the trust, ensuring optimised delivery now and in the future. This is an interim role with the successful candidate having demonstratable experience at a very senior level in large complex organisations, and a proven track record of leading on, and securing delivery of, the successful procurement and management of multi-million pound contracts. You will also need to demonstrate their ability to lead services at a very senior/executive level with the capability to develop both strategic and service design. Experience in electronic patient record (EPR) systems such as EPIC is essential.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the provision of strategic and operational digital, technology and IT Services to the Trust.
Working in partnership with the organisational and clinical leadership teams in order to deliver our Digital Strategy, aligned with the Trust's overall strategy and priorities.
Establish digital and technology as a key enabler and an integral part of Trust strategies and business plans.
Establish a funded and achievable technology programme that delivers the Digital Strategy. Take accountability for, and drive delivery of, the programmes of work.
Lead digital services including IT hardware & infrastructure, clinical & non-clinical systems, business intelligence, information governance, medical records and clinical coding.
Provide leadership and direction to Trust Digital and IT staff. Undertake performance management in line with Trust policy and procedure, ensuring the provision of annual appraisal, the setting of clear objectives, and the development and support of Personal Development Plans.
About us
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can only apply for this post as a secondment and must have the approval of your current line manager before applying.
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 20th November 2024.
Interviews are due to be held on w/c 25th November 2024.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
As an executive/senior officer at CUH, you are accountable for the health and safety of employees and other persons who may be affected by the Trusts work activities in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. You must ensure workplace injuries and work-related ill-health are prevented so far as is reasonably practicable and provide strong leadership and commitment to health and safety by ensuring that the principles and practices described within the Trusts H&S Policy are discharged and embedded throughout the organisation. You must also ensure your responsibilities are discharged in accordance with the policy and that the necessary resources and infrastructure for health and safety are provided.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can only apply for this post as a secondment and must have the approval of your current line manager before applying.
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 20th November 2024.
Interviews are due to be held on w/c 25th November 2024.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
As an executive/senior officer at CUH, you are accountable for the health and safety of employees and other persons who may be affected by the Trusts work activities in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. You must ensure workplace injuries and work-related ill-health are prevented so far as is reasonably practicable and provide strong leadership and commitment to health and safety by ensuring that the principles and practices described within the Trusts H&S Policy are discharged and embedded throughout the organisation. You must also ensure your responsibilities are discharged in accordance with the policy and that the necessary resources and infrastructure for health and safety are provided.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area with additional specialist training in relevant field.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Management / Leadership qualification or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Additional management qualifications and national engagement roles commensurate with a senior NHS position.
Experience
Essential
- Significant strategic-level digital/IT leadership experience gained in large complex organisations.
- An understanding of the NHS, clinical systems or medical research sector and familiarity with Epic as an EPR.
- Proven ability translating organisational needs into a well thought out, logical IT strategy.
- Significant demonstrable experience of developing and delivering management information systems that improve operational performance, organisational efficiency and the quality of healthcare services provided.
- Significant IT software, hardware and services supplier engagement experience including commercial negotiation and contract management experience.
- Experience of managing substantial (multi-million) revenue budgets and capital investment programmes.
- An impactful, influential and articulate communicator. Significant experience engaging with diverse and challenging stakeholder communities.
- Significant experience of working with Board members. Understanding of corporate governance requirements, effective and legal functioning of a Board.
- An excellent people leader with experience forming cohesive teams, creating and sharing strategic visions and enthusing large digital technology functions.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- An impactful, influential and articulate communicator.
- Significant experience engaging with diverse and challenging stakeholder communities.
- Significant experience of working with Board members. Understanding of corporate governance requirements, effective and legal functioning of a Board.
- An excellent people leader with experience forming cohesive teams, creating and sharing strategic visions and enthusing large digital technology functions.
- Ability to communicate in hostile, emotional, antagonistic or complex environments (e.g. consultations and organisational change).
- Exceptional written and verbal skills - communicating, negotiating and influencing with impact verbally and in writing at the highest levels - with a particular emphasis on writing for business purposes and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
- Effective negotiation and listening skills, ability to develop creative 'win win' solutions and manage a wide variety of situations.
- Ability to influence and engage clinical and non-clinical, internal and external colleagues, directors and the public.
- Ability to use judgment to weigh up diverse, and complex numerical and qualitative information and views to identify key issues and make recommendations for action.
- Ability to adopt a systematic approach to making judgments regarding highly complex situations using varied sources of information, managing competing priorities and conflicting information.
- Analytical, numeracy and financial management skills.
Desirable
- Evidence of management of a large multi-disciplinary team.
- Coaching skills.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area with additional specialist training in relevant field.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Management / Leadership qualification or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Additional management qualifications and national engagement roles commensurate with a senior NHS position.
Experience
Essential
- Significant strategic-level digital/IT leadership experience gained in large complex organisations.
- An understanding of the NHS, clinical systems or medical research sector and familiarity with Epic as an EPR.
- Proven ability translating organisational needs into a well thought out, logical IT strategy.
- Significant demonstrable experience of developing and delivering management information systems that improve operational performance, organisational efficiency and the quality of healthcare services provided.
- Significant IT software, hardware and services supplier engagement experience including commercial negotiation and contract management experience.
- Experience of managing substantial (multi-million) revenue budgets and capital investment programmes.
- An impactful, influential and articulate communicator. Significant experience engaging with diverse and challenging stakeholder communities.
- Significant experience of working with Board members. Understanding of corporate governance requirements, effective and legal functioning of a Board.
- An excellent people leader with experience forming cohesive teams, creating and sharing strategic visions and enthusing large digital technology functions.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- An impactful, influential and articulate communicator.
- Significant experience engaging with diverse and challenging stakeholder communities.
- Significant experience of working with Board members. Understanding of corporate governance requirements, effective and legal functioning of a Board.
- An excellent people leader with experience forming cohesive teams, creating and sharing strategic visions and enthusing large digital technology functions.
- Ability to communicate in hostile, emotional, antagonistic or complex environments (e.g. consultations and organisational change).
- Exceptional written and verbal skills - communicating, negotiating and influencing with impact verbally and in writing at the highest levels - with a particular emphasis on writing for business purposes and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
- Effective negotiation and listening skills, ability to develop creative 'win win' solutions and manage a wide variety of situations.
- Ability to influence and engage clinical and non-clinical, internal and external colleagues, directors and the public.
- Ability to use judgment to weigh up diverse, and complex numerical and qualitative information and views to identify key issues and make recommendations for action.
- Ability to adopt a systematic approach to making judgments regarding highly complex situations using varied sources of information, managing competing priorities and conflicting information.
- Analytical, numeracy and financial management skills.
Desirable
- Evidence of management of a large multi-disciplinary team.
- Coaching skills.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Addenbrookes Hospital-Division Corporate
Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 0QQ
Employer's website
https://www.cuh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)