OTDT Product Owner - Clinical

NHS Blood and Transplant

The closing date is 21 January 2025

Job summary

If you are looking for a role in which you will be encouraged to explore your most ambitious ideas, then this is it! At NHSBT, we give our people the freedom to pursue their biggest concepts and in the process, our incredible workforce produces truly incredible results. Become a member of our world-class team and challenge yourself to go further than you ever have before in your career. The work of NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is vital to every member of our population, our work impacts on almost everyone at some point in their lives. It is therefore critical that we are equipped to handle whatever challenges we are faced with in the future, and our Organ & Tissue Donation and Transplantation (OTDT) colleagues are at the heart of this work. Working collaboratively to create the most ambitious solutions that will benefit the thousands of people who need our support every year, we celebrate a forward-thinking approach to all that we do and it is against this backdrop that you could find the most interesting challenge of your career.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will be responsible for leading Organ Donation and Transplantation to develop future system requirements to meet our current and evolving business needs. Your responsibilities will include: Leading a multi-functional team in a matrix approach to deliver business system priorities in an Agile development approach. Providing an oversight of product development to senior management in order to influence prioritisation needs of the business. Responsibility for the development and implementation of associated user guides and policy documentation associated with systems designed. Reporting into the Head of Product, the role holder will be an expert in our core systems such as DonorPath, TransplantPath and National Transplant Database (NTxD), but also have an in-depth knowledge of what our business and requirements are. Managing relationships with a complex array of stakeholders such as ICT; Organ Donation and Transplantation Senior Managers (up to Director level); Suppliers; Operational Teams; Marketing and Comms Gathering and analysing feedback from service users to help shape the major IT systems that Organ Donation and Transplantation use. You will be required to travel and spend time away from base, which will involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Date posted

14 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

005744

Job locations

England

England

Bristol Filton

BS34 7QH


Vincent Drive

Edgbaston

Birmingham

B15 2SG


75 Cranmer Terrace

Tooting

London

SW17 0RB


Charcot Road

Colindale

London

NW9 5BG


Unit D, Capitol Way

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S75 3FG


Plymouth Grove

Manchester

M13 9LL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to at least Masters degree level in specialised area or equivalent qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience
  • Formal management/leadership training or demonstrable leadership skills
  • Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of responsibility for design and delivery of service improvement
  • Experience in managing and motivating people to deliver strategic and business objectives
  • Clear evidence of leadership and influencing at all levels, developing, leading, mentoring and coaching teams
  • Experience of working with information technology using Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and PowerPoint)
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to at least Masters degree level in specialised area or equivalent qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience
  • Formal management/leadership training or demonstrable leadership skills
  • Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of responsibility for design and delivery of service improvement
  • Experience in managing and motivating people to deliver strategic and business objectives
  • Clear evidence of leadership and influencing at all levels, developing, leading, mentoring and coaching teams
  • Experience of working with information technology using Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and PowerPoint)

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Blood and Transplant

Address

England

England

Bristol Filton

BS34 7QH


Employer's website

https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Blood and Transplant

Address

England

England

Bristol Filton

BS34 7QH


Employer's website

https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Product

Laura Ellis-Morgan

laura.ellis-morgan@nhsbt.nhs.uk

Date posted

14 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

005744

Job locations

England

England

Bristol Filton

BS34 7QH


Vincent Drive

Edgbaston

Birmingham

B15 2SG


75 Cranmer Terrace

Tooting

London

SW17 0RB


Charcot Road

Colindale

London

NW9 5BG


Unit D, Capitol Way

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S75 3FG


Plymouth Grove

Manchester

M13 9LL


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