Job summary
As a 2-year fixed term contract we are happy to support flexible and remote working.
Join NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board as we transform digital services for 1,9 million patients
Kent and Medway are seeking to expand our award winning Digital First team.
We are passionate about helping staff and patients adopt digital technologies in GP Practices to improve access to care and ensure everyone in Kent and Medway has access to digital services.
Working in these programmes, you will have access to front line clinicians and see the impact your work can have for their patients. Kent and Medway supports its clinical champions to engage clinicians, adopt technologies and transform care.
We are looking for managers to learn digital applications by working with Suppliers and engage clinicians and communicate how the technologies can support clinical decision making.
This opportunity offers a chance to build a portfolio of experience and could lead to further development in NHS roles in the Integrated Care System
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established
programme - Health Service Journal Finalist in 2021.
The role will lead a portfolio of digital transformation projects
providing leadership for the delivery of the programme over the next two years.
The role is responsible for ensuring transformation of digital care
pathways in GP Practices and the community with an emphasis on clinical safety
and quality.
The post holder will report to the Head of Delivery and be part of
wider ICS Digital Team with opportunities to establish an extensive body of
works and leadership development.
The role requires leadership and programme
management skills with a background in digital projects and clinical
stakeholder engagement.
About us
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal, and access to training opportunities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation. If you would like this information in an alternative format or in a different language please contact the HR team at KMCCG.HR@nhs.net.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our patients
Patients are at the centre of our programme.
Digital technologies have the potential to support independent living, prevent
deterioration of conditions and promote healthy living as well as chronic
disease management.
Key programmes for this year include –
Supporting 6000 patients through virtual
health care in care homes and at home
Providing 850 Virtual Ward beds as an
alternative to NHS bedded care.
“First of type” project developments
providing digital technologies at scale – covering 450,000 patients
A multi-million pound procurement programme
for second generation technologies
Open session
Candidates are invited to join an open
session to meet the Programme Director and understand more about the ICS/CCG
and the opportunities within the programme.
This will include an overview of the
programme, achievements, future priorities and an opportunity for Questions and
Answers.
Please RSVP to Dorota Pacholska
via d.pacholska@nhs.net.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our patients
Patients are at the centre of our programme.
Digital technologies have the potential to support independent living, prevent
deterioration of conditions and promote healthy living as well as chronic
disease management.
Key programmes for this year include –
Supporting 6000 patients through virtual
health care in care homes and at home
Providing 850 Virtual Ward beds as an
alternative to NHS bedded care.
“First of type” project developments
providing digital technologies at scale – covering 450,000 patients
A multi-million pound procurement programme
for second generation technologies
Open session
Candidates are invited to join an open
session to meet the Programme Director and understand more about the ICS/CCG
and the opportunities within the programme.
This will include an overview of the
programme, achievements, future priorities and an opportunity for Questions and
Answers.
Please RSVP to Dorota Pacholska
via d.pacholska@nhs.net.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
Attributes and Competencies
Essential
- Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
- Team working skills
- Self-motivated
- Ability to move between details and the bigger picture.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
- Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop
- Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level.
- Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
- Abilities for financial and staff management
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Interpreting national policy for implementation
- Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and can take actions which support and promote this agenda.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must understand the background to and aims of current healthcare policy in Southeast and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
Attributes and Competencies
Essential
- Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
- Team working skills
- Self-motivated
- Ability to move between details and the bigger picture.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
- Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop
- Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level.
- Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
- Abilities for financial and staff management
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Interpreting national policy for implementation
- Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and can take actions which support and promote this agenda.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must understand the background to and aims of current healthcare policy in Southeast and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
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).
