Job summary
In recognising our commitment to closer working relationships as part of an acute provider collaborative, we are looking for an outstanding individual to join us as Joint Deputy Chief Digital Information Officer, and work across University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) and North Bristol NHS Trust.(NBT)
This is a hugely exciting, innovative, and ambitious role in a newly evolving Group Model environment, with a joint annual income of c £1.7b and over 21,000 dedicated staff.
This is a significant, high-profile role which offers a unique opportunity to be part of shaping and delivering exceptional Digital Health and Care across the Southwest as we become a truly high performing acute provider collaborative, leveraging digital solutions and innovation whilst testing and piloting new ways of working.
This role is not just about improved hospital care, we are transforming the way in which we work together, making better use of our technology, information, and insight to improve services and deliver better health outcomes, whilst utilising digital to empower our patients and clinical staff.
UHBW and NBT are seeking an ambitious and influential senior leader that demonstrates the vision and leadership qualities to support significant digital innovation, with a focus on delivering a shared digital and data infrastructure providing a platform for transformation.
Main duties of the job
- Support the Joint Executive CDIO in the bringing together of teams across digital and data in both organisations into a single integrated team brining the best elements from both organisational cultures together to a provide a unified and user-centred experience.
- Lead with expertise, the on-going development and implementation of the UHBW and NBT strategic digital vision as an enabler of the joint clinical strategy
- Deputise for the joint Executive CDIO by working collaboratively with the Trust's digital senior leadership team and senior partners across the wider healthcare economy in Bristol North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG). They will play a critical role in supporting the joint Executive CDIO in the full range of their internal and external responsibilities. The deputy CDIO is a member and serves on a variety of Trust committees, boards and events representing Digital. Critically they also act as an escalation point for major incidents and critical issues.
- Deputise for the joint Executive CDIO at Trust, System and National Levels and will be a key member of the digital senior leadership team and hold a specific portfolio of work as determined by the joint Executive CDIO.
- Deputise for the Joint CDIO at Trust, System and National Levels and will be a key member of the IM&T senior leadership team and hold a specific portfolio of work as determined by the Joint CDIO.
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.
UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing a budget of circa £50m or larger and delivering significant and challenging annual savings plans.
- Extensive experience of managing at a senior level in a medium/large acute healthcare provider setting.
- A background in healthcare IT and a good understanding of the national NHS digital and clinical strategies
- Advanced knowledge and experience in managing large groups of personnel, significant budget, commercial contracts and supplier relationships and complex strategic programmes of work.
- Line management experience of leading a complex and varied team delivering a large portfolio of work across multidisciplinary teams.
- An excellent knowledge of the operations of a health and social care system, and the business processes that surround it
- Proven experience of implementing a multi-pound Trust/System wide IT System
- Experience of managing significant budgets, analysing financial reports, and making data-driven decisions
- A detailed knowledge and understanding of the Trust's clinical strategies, their enabling strategies, the ICS Digital Strategy and the NHS England Long Term Plan
- Experience of developing and maintaining relationships across an ICS
- Experience of managing complex and cross-functional teams including training and performance management
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of all principles of project management methodologies
- Strong track record of achievement and evidence of significant achievement in strategic level projects or work streams
- Ability and experience of identifying cost-saving opportunities and driving efficiencies in both the area of accountability and through delivery of digital transformation and change management.
- Ability to transform culture and build psychologically safe teams to encourage an environment in which teams can continually learn and grow through without the fear of making mistakes.
- Detailed understanding of business change relating to digital transformation
- Successful track record of implementing change at a senior level
- A significant and demonstrable, in depth, detailed understanding of all aspects of ICT and its application in the business environment
- Ability and experience of managing significant budgets, analysing financial reports, and making data-driven decisions
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to lead and develop teams via successful succession planning, coaching and mentoring
- Ability to produce and present reports of a high standard to Trusts boards and committees
- Ability to manage complex and cross-functional teams including training and performance management
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to deliver highly sensitive or contentious information in a sensitive way
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level and or professional qualification or equivalent, ideally in Information Technology, Computing, Informatics or a related field
- Post-graduate qualification to master's degree/MBA or equivalent experience
- Evidence of extensive and recent commitment to continuing leadership development
- Prince 2/programme management/MSP qualification or equivalent
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing a budget of circa £50m or larger and delivering significant and challenging annual savings plans.
- Extensive experience of managing at a senior level in a medium/large acute healthcare provider setting.
- A background in healthcare IT and a good understanding of the national NHS digital and clinical strategies
- Advanced knowledge and experience in managing large groups of personnel, significant budget, commercial contracts and supplier relationships and complex strategic programmes of work.
- Line management experience of leading a complex and varied team delivering a large portfolio of work across multidisciplinary teams.
- An excellent knowledge of the operations of a health and social care system, and the business processes that surround it
- Proven experience of implementing a multi-pound Trust/System wide IT System
- Experience of managing significant budgets, analysing financial reports, and making data-driven decisions
- A detailed knowledge and understanding of the Trust's clinical strategies, their enabling strategies, the ICS Digital Strategy and the NHS England Long Term Plan
- Experience of developing and maintaining relationships across an ICS
- Experience of managing complex and cross-functional teams including training and performance management
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of all principles of project management methodologies
- Strong track record of achievement and evidence of significant achievement in strategic level projects or work streams
- Ability and experience of identifying cost-saving opportunities and driving efficiencies in both the area of accountability and through delivery of digital transformation and change management.
- Ability to transform culture and build psychologically safe teams to encourage an environment in which teams can continually learn and grow through without the fear of making mistakes.
- Detailed understanding of business change relating to digital transformation
- Successful track record of implementing change at a senior level
- A significant and demonstrable, in depth, detailed understanding of all aspects of ICT and its application in the business environment
- Ability and experience of managing significant budgets, analysing financial reports, and making data-driven decisions
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to lead and develop teams via successful succession planning, coaching and mentoring
- Ability to produce and present reports of a high standard to Trusts boards and committees
- Ability to manage complex and cross-functional teams including training and performance management
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to deliver highly sensitive or contentious information in a sensitive way
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level and or professional qualification or equivalent, ideally in Information Technology, Computing, Informatics or a related field
- Post-graduate qualification to master's degree/MBA or equivalent experience
- Evidence of extensive and recent commitment to continuing leadership development
- Prince 2/programme management/MSP qualification or equivalent
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).
