Job summary
We are at an exciting phase in our digital transformation journey here at the Trust having started to implement an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) solution in 2018 we continue on our digital journey. Our focus is to provide digital care that is patient focused, clinically led, and this role will play a key part in shaping and driving this ambition, recognising that the optimised use of technology and data is critical to the future of the Trust.
We are seeking to recruit a dynamic digital leader who is passionate about positive change, can build an inspiring vision, and lead the delivery of the digital and data agenda in collaboration with the digital leadership team and the wider Trust to ensure our future hospital digital vision provides a unified, digitally mature infrastructure across our integrated health and care system.
Main duties of the job
A key aspect of this role will be to lead the transformational change associated with the 'Digital First' agenda that will include leading the trusts digital strategy of which the Trust's Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Programme is the cornerstone. They will act as the liaison between the digital team and senior leadership across the organisation.
The post holder will be a strong digital leader and will actively promote and champion the development of digital and information culture to support clinical care, using digital and data as an enabler of change and quality improvement across the organisation.
They will lead the digital team to deliver robust digital services including:
- Clinical Systems
- Integration and Development
- Clinical Informatics
- Information Governance
- IT Service Delivery and Infrastructure
- Primary Care IT
- Digital Education
It's a high profile and wide reaching role, with the opportunity for a flexible and motivated individual to make a real difference to how our services are delivered.
About us
We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work
Cultural diversity is one of our greatest assets at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. We are committed to ensuring staff and patients are free from discrimination regardless of their ethnicity, background, gender or sexual orientation.
Every person should be able to fulfil their potential at work and we pride ourselves on using this knowledge to provide personalised care and ensure that we are a supportive environment in which to work .We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to 300,000 people living or visiting Bolton (the biggest Town in the UK) and the surrounding areas. Bolton has been ranked as one of the happiest places to live in the North west.
In 2019 the Care Quality Commission rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Good' for being caring and effective.
Extensive redevelopment of a new Hospital and a New College of Medical Sciences is currently underway - 'Building for our Future' programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospital, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come."
In 2020 we came together with our partners to radically change the way we deliver health and care services in Bolton. The aim was to build an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) where we all worked together to improve people's health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities across the system.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties of the role are included within our recruitment pack.
To find out more about the role, or to arrange an informal discussion please get in touch.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties of the role are included within our recruitment pack.
To find out more about the role, or to arrange an informal discussion please get in touch.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level in an informatics discipline or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Management Qualification or equivalent experience
- Finance Qualification e.g HfMA Finance for Non-Financial Managers
- Coaching or Mentoring Qualification
- Prince 2 or ITIL Qualification
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
Desirable
- Member of relevant professional body
- Prince 2 project management practitioner
- MSP Foundation & Practitioner
- SQL or Analytics Qualification
- IG Qualification
- EPR Configuration
Experience
Essential
- Extensive senior experience in Digital / Informatics
- Experience of working across multiple Digital disciplines
- Experience of Financial management of multi million pound capital investment and revenue budgets
- Experience of System wide working
- Experience of producing and appraising large scale business cases
- Experience of managing large scale informatics programmes.
- Experience in deploying / supporting: EPR/ clinical Applications and patient administration systems.
- Experience of working at or very close to Board level
- Experience of working in a large Acute provider
- Experience of significant Digital procurement, contract management and negotiation
- Experience of coaching and developing a digital team
- Experience of risk management, assurance and good governance practises
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level in an informatics discipline or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Management Qualification or equivalent experience
- Finance Qualification e.g HfMA Finance for Non-Financial Managers
- Coaching or Mentoring Qualification
- Prince 2 or ITIL Qualification
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
Desirable
- Member of relevant professional body
- Prince 2 project management practitioner
- MSP Foundation & Practitioner
- SQL or Analytics Qualification
- IG Qualification
- EPR Configuration
Experience
Essential
- Extensive senior experience in Digital / Informatics
- Experience of working across multiple Digital disciplines
- Experience of Financial management of multi million pound capital investment and revenue budgets
- Experience of System wide working
- Experience of producing and appraising large scale business cases
- Experience of managing large scale informatics programmes.
- Experience in deploying / supporting: EPR/ clinical Applications and patient administration systems.
- Experience of working at or very close to Board level
- Experience of working in a large Acute provider
- Experience of significant Digital procurement, contract management and negotiation
- Experience of coaching and developing a digital team
- Experience of risk management, assurance and good governance practises
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).
