Job summary
Across our Digital portfolio we are working to the following principles:
- Putting users' needs first
- Designing for simplicity
- Working in an agile way
- Communicating and engaging throughout
All members of the Digital Leadership team will strive towards "Applying the culture, processes, business models & technologies of the internet era to respond to people's raised expectations" [Tom Loosemore's definition of Digital].
This is a key role driving the beating heart' of change we aim to deliver in BHT and will work across the ICT portfolio (Technology, Digital, Health Intelligence, Clinical Coding, Medical Records).
It will be responsible for driving a cultural change across ICT, enabling a PMO that manages resource contention, prioritisation, risk and budget and ultimately delivers millions of pounds of change projects each year. The post holder will be a senior management professional within BHT and be a lead enabler to the delivery of our digital ambitions.
Main duties of the job
- To operate as a key member of the Digital pillar senior management team which oversees the effective delivery of all services within the directorate
- Develop, lead and manage the delivery of the programmes associated with the Digital Strategy, which includes a number of projects or initiatives of significant size, complexity and risk ensuring that they do not have an adverse impact on patient care and quality
- To lead the Digital product development team, taking a multi-disciplinary team approach and use of user-led approaches
- Create and foster a culture of innovation, exploring emerging technology and its application to our ambitions.
- Leadership and line management, creating the environment for happy, motivated and highly performing teams.
- Promote the adoption of agile methodologies across project teams and into the wider Trust.
- Delivery of the Project Management Office (PMO) function on behalf of the ICT Portfolio, reporting regularly on project performance, risk management and financial control.
- Shared responsibility for the operational success to deliver the 'My Care Record' (MCR) - supporting the Integrated Care System (ICS) objectives. The post holder must also ensure the MCR project streams are delivered to time, budget and quality specifications.
- Development of business justifications, business cases and programme artefacts in collaboration with Business Unit operational teams, working to principles of Minimum Viable Bureaucracy.
About us
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?o As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.o We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes. o We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.Why work for us?o We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.o As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.o Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.What do we stand for?o Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.o Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.o Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
Person Specification
Evaluative
Essential
- Educated to Masters level education or equivalent level or equivalent experience working at a senior level leading digital transformation or innovation functions in a complex environment
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- In depth specialist professional knowledge across Digital transformation, product development, service design, use of emerging technology, risk management, assurance and compliance and staff management acquired through training and experience over an extended period
- Proven experience of effectively managing large-scale projects from brief through to delivery, including risk management and change control
- Highly developed, specialist knowledge and experience of managing a range of complex project and programme activities to formulate plans and strategies that have effect across multiple services or organisations
- Track record in successfully delivering major operational service improvement initiatives demonstrated by quantifiable metrics
- Expert resource management with a natural ability to direct and lead, set project objectives, manage priorities and dependencies, mitigate risks and report status updates to teams and stakeholders
- Expert in horizon scanning for new technology opportunities that can be applied to support delivery of organisational objectives
- Significant experience operating at a senior management level
- High-level awareness of Board-level working in a complex and changing organisation
- Experience building, leading, motivating, managing and developing high-performing teams
- Experience of working with a wide range of stakeholders using different approaches relevant to the audience
- Budgetary management experience
- Extensive experience line managing staff including developing and delivering appropriate role profiles and structures to meet operational needs
Evaluative
Essential
- Ability to apply appropriate project management methodologies according to the risk, scope and scale of a project
- Ability to analyse and appropriately present often highly complex information, identify necessary action and make recommendations and follow these through, e.g. presenting at Board level
- Ability to make judgements on multi-stranded or complex Digital problems which may have no precedent or where there are conflicting opinions
- Ability to self-motivate and work on own initiative and organise own workload and that of the team to operate effectively
- Ability to adopt an adaptive leadership style to deliver strategic programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including high-level negotiation and influencing, development and coaching, and managing performance effectively.
- Advanced verbal communication skills; ability to build rapport with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels and to develop wider networks.
- Advanced written communication skills; ability to convey highly complex information in a way that is understood by a range of target audiences.
- Excellent influencing and negotiating skills, applied both internally and externally
- Ability to interpret reports often with highly complex information and advise managers on likely problem areas using narrative and graphical presentations
- Highly motivated, hard-working, self-confident, robust and resilient individual with drive and determination to deliver
- Able to establish credibility
- Able to perform confidently in stressful situations
- Honesty and professional integrity
- Commitment to personal development and development of staff
- Can constructively challenge and effectively manage conflict to reach a positive conclusion
- Passionate commitment to embedding diversity and equality internally and externally
Evaluative
Desirable
- Detailed knowledge of the provision of health services
- Quality improvement methodology qualification e.g. QSIR
- Agile delivery qualification e.g. ScrumMaster, AgilePM.
- Experience of working in health organisations
- Experience of working with key external improvement agencies
- Track record of communicating externally (blogging, Twitter, conference speaking) about your professional role and raising the profile of an organisation
Person Specification
Evaluative
Essential
- Educated to Masters level education or equivalent level or equivalent experience working at a senior level leading digital transformation or innovation functions in a complex environment
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- In depth specialist professional knowledge across Digital transformation, product development, service design, use of emerging technology, risk management, assurance and compliance and staff management acquired through training and experience over an extended period
- Proven experience of effectively managing large-scale projects from brief through to delivery, including risk management and change control
- Highly developed, specialist knowledge and experience of managing a range of complex project and programme activities to formulate plans and strategies that have effect across multiple services or organisations
- Track record in successfully delivering major operational service improvement initiatives demonstrated by quantifiable metrics
- Expert resource management with a natural ability to direct and lead, set project objectives, manage priorities and dependencies, mitigate risks and report status updates to teams and stakeholders
- Expert in horizon scanning for new technology opportunities that can be applied to support delivery of organisational objectives
- Significant experience operating at a senior management level
- High-level awareness of Board-level working in a complex and changing organisation
- Experience building, leading, motivating, managing and developing high-performing teams
- Experience of working with a wide range of stakeholders using different approaches relevant to the audience
- Budgetary management experience
- Extensive experience line managing staff including developing and delivering appropriate role profiles and structures to meet operational needs
Evaluative
Essential
- Ability to apply appropriate project management methodologies according to the risk, scope and scale of a project
- Ability to analyse and appropriately present often highly complex information, identify necessary action and make recommendations and follow these through, e.g. presenting at Board level
- Ability to make judgements on multi-stranded or complex Digital problems which may have no precedent or where there are conflicting opinions
- Ability to self-motivate and work on own initiative and organise own workload and that of the team to operate effectively
- Ability to adopt an adaptive leadership style to deliver strategic programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including high-level negotiation and influencing, development and coaching, and managing performance effectively.
- Advanced verbal communication skills; ability to build rapport with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels and to develop wider networks.
- Advanced written communication skills; ability to convey highly complex information in a way that is understood by a range of target audiences.
- Excellent influencing and negotiating skills, applied both internally and externally
- Ability to interpret reports often with highly complex information and advise managers on likely problem areas using narrative and graphical presentations
- Highly motivated, hard-working, self-confident, robust and resilient individual with drive and determination to deliver
- Able to establish credibility
- Able to perform confidently in stressful situations
- Honesty and professional integrity
- Commitment to personal development and development of staff
- Can constructively challenge and effectively manage conflict to reach a positive conclusion
- Passionate commitment to embedding diversity and equality internally and externally
Evaluative
Desirable
- Detailed knowledge of the provision of health services
- Quality improvement methodology qualification e.g. QSIR
- Agile delivery qualification e.g. ScrumMaster, AgilePM.
- Experience of working in health organisations
- Experience of working with key external improvement agencies
- Track record of communicating externally (blogging, Twitter, conference speaking) about your professional role and raising the profile of an organisation
Additional information
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).
