Job summary
We are seeking an experienced individual with talent, expertise, and ambition in managing large-scale change in the NHS. We can offer the opportunity to work on innovative solutions that will transform scientific research and healthcare delivery.
The successful candidate will work as part of the R&D Clinical Informatics team within Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) to manage major clinical informatics programmes locally and nationally. Leading on high-level programme management as part of the Thames Valley and Surrey (TVS) Secure Data Environment (SDE) Programme will be a key responsibility - the post holder will contribute to the design, delivery, and implementation of change across the region for this important national programme.
The projects and programmes they deliver will have a significant impact on the success of this and other programmes. Working with colleagues in the University-Hospital partnership and across the region, they will have the satisfaction of seeing their work lead to impactful progress in the way clinical informatics is used in the NHS: improving patient care and supporting cutting-edge research.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have strategic responsibility for the management of projects and programmes that contribute to the success and evolution of the TVS SDE. They must be skilled in the management of complex clinical informatics programmes, diverse stakeholder groups and interdisciplinary teams. They will be required to stay well informed of emerging policy, planning, cost and resource management, and work with information governance, legislative, research ethics, and regulatory (eg MHRA) frameworks.
Responsibilities include specific deliverables and planning, support, facilitation, monitoring and reporting progress both within the trust, the region and across the national programme, leading the TVS SDE programme through a programme management function. They will coordinate activity, act as a central point of contact for the programmes and the projects that sit underneath them, and lead on the planning, reporting and benefits realisation.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is an exciting time to be joining the OUH R&D Clinical Informatics team as we build up our existing team to deliver the TVS SDE programme. You will join a team of experienced and enthusiastic engineers, analysts, programme managers and subject matter experts within the team, and a wide network of peers within the network of SDEs around the country. You will have the opportunity to work with experts in the field, expand your knowledge through on the job and formal learning opportunities and share your knowledge across the network.
Please see the attached job description and personal specification for more information.
Interviews will take place approximately two weeks after the closing date.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is an exciting time to be joining the OUH R&D Clinical Informatics team as we build up our existing team to deliver the TVS SDE programme. You will join a team of experienced and enthusiastic engineers, analysts, programme managers and subject matter experts within the team, and a wide network of peers within the network of SDEs around the country. You will have the opportunity to work with experts in the field, expand your knowledge through on the job and formal learning opportunities and share your knowledge across the network.
Please see the attached job description and personal specification for more information.
Interviews will take place approximately two weeks after the closing date.
Person Specification
Qualifications/experience
Essential
- Educated to Masters-level degree in a relevant subject, or an equivalent level of postgraduate education, training or experience
- Project/Programme management qualifications (eg PRINCE2, Agile, MSP, ITIL, BCS)
Desirable
- Extensive, relevant professional experience may be considered against the requirement for a degree in relevant discipline (the expectation of professional, technical competence is at least that associated with a degree level education in this subject)
Leadership
Essential
- Excellent understanding and experience of the health research and clinical informatics landscape
- Demonstrable experience of working and leading in a technical environment, ideally within a clinical or healthcare setting
- Good experience and understanding of programme and project management, including strategy, planning, benefits, risks and issues tracking, and monitoring / tweaking to ensure desirability, feasibility and achievability
- Strong experience managing and delivering large technical projects locally, regionally, and nationally, ideally within the NHS
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS datasets and standards
- Understanding of infrastructure, software and data lifecycles with specialist knowledge acquired through relevant qualifications including waterfall and agile project methodologies
Person Specification
Qualifications/experience
Essential
- Educated to Masters-level degree in a relevant subject, or an equivalent level of postgraduate education, training or experience
- Project/Programme management qualifications (eg PRINCE2, Agile, MSP, ITIL, BCS)
Desirable
- Extensive, relevant professional experience may be considered against the requirement for a degree in relevant discipline (the expectation of professional, technical competence is at least that associated with a degree level education in this subject)
Leadership
Essential
- Excellent understanding and experience of the health research and clinical informatics landscape
- Demonstrable experience of working and leading in a technical environment, ideally within a clinical or healthcare setting
- Good experience and understanding of programme and project management, including strategy, planning, benefits, risks and issues tracking, and monitoring / tweaking to ensure desirability, feasibility and achievability
- Strong experience managing and delivering large technical projects locally, regionally, and nationally, ideally within the NHS
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS datasets and standards
- Understanding of infrastructure, software and data lifecycles with specialist knowledge acquired through relevant qualifications including waterfall and agile project methodologies
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).
