Job summary
The Opportunity:
Digital Health and Care Wales vision is to provide world leading digital services, empowering people to live healthier lives, and transforming health and care for everyone in Wales. It is a multi-award-winning organisation, and has beentwice voted the UK's Best Place to Work in IT.
If you want to get involved in some of the biggest health tech projects in the UK, be part of new digital solutions that will impact health and care for three million Welsh people and use your digital leadership skills to help make life better for everyone in Wales, we want to hear from you!
DHCW is a values led organisation, which offers extensive training opportunities, enabling everyone to develop their career at their own pace. They are committed torecognisingand celebrating staff as the most valuable part of theorganisationand are committed to building and developing teamsthat are diverse and inclusive. So, no matter your age, gender, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, or ethnicity - Digital Health and Care Wales will treat you with respect
Main duties of the job
The EHR Programme Director is a big role and a great opportunity to shape the future of digital health at the whole country level. You will steer big decisions around how electronic health records are implemented and managed, working with leaders and users across Wales. You will be responsible for designing, leading and delivering a major digital programme which will support service transformation across NHS Wales, working closely with other NHS Wales organisations and Welsh Government. You will be a leader at the national level, working with stakeholders, suppliers and partners to drive the transition from existing digital applications to a modern EHR. The national EHR programme will work with local EHR implementation programmes in each organisation to support service improvement and the delivery of high-quality health and care services, delivering significant benefits for NHS Wales, health and care professionals, patients and the public.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is part of the NHS Wales family and has an important role in changing the way health and care services are delivered through technology and data. The organisation supports frontline staff with modern systems and access to important information about their patients, while empowering the people of Wales to manage their own health through digital NHS Wales services.
Working for DHCW offers lots of employee benefits, including flexible working, a competitive salary, 28 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays and opportunities for career development. We are committed to recognising and celebrating our staff as the most valuable part of our organisation.
Join our game changing, life-saving team and start making a real difference to health and care services in Wales.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Tr
Requirements
- Masters degree or equivalent experience in Digital Transformation or a related discipline.
- Large scale Portfolio or Programme Management qualification (or equivalent experience).
- Recent senior level NHS or equivalent experience in programme implementation and digitally led service transformation.
- Experience of leading large, highly complex programmes or services within a complex organisational environment.
- Understanding of the development and implementation of strategies within a continually changing, highly complex environment.
- Understanding of the structure and functioning of the NHS in Wales both from a management and clinical perspective.
- Exceptional communication, engagement and negotiation skills, accompanied with political astuteness.
Application Process:
A full candidate pack is available from Luke Cox at Yolk Recruitment. This includes the full Job Description and Person Specification so we recommend reviewing this before completing your application.
Please send a CV with a supporting statement detailing how you meet the requirements (maximum 1,000 words) to DHCWs executive search partners, Yolk Recruitment with the Subject DHCW EHR Programme Director.
luke.cox@yolkrecruitment.com
Closing Date Midday on 23rd January 2025
Stakeholder panel: w/c 10/02/2025
Interviews: w/c 17/02/2025
Shortlisted candidates may be required to complete a leadership assessment ahead of their interview and the successful applicant will need to pass a DBS check.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Tr
Requirements
- Masters degree or equivalent experience in Digital Transformation or a related discipline.
- Large scale Portfolio or Programme Management qualification (or equivalent experience).
- Recent senior level NHS or equivalent experience in programme implementation and digitally led service transformation.
- Experience of leading large, highly complex programmes or services within a complex organisational environment.
- Understanding of the development and implementation of strategies within a continually changing, highly complex environment.
- Understanding of the structure and functioning of the NHS in Wales both from a management and clinical perspective.
- Exceptional communication, engagement and negotiation skills, accompanied with political astuteness.
Application Process:
A full candidate pack is available from Luke Cox at Yolk Recruitment. This includes the full Job Description and Person Specification so we recommend reviewing this before completing your application.
Please send a CV with a supporting statement detailing how you meet the requirements (maximum 1,000 words) to DHCWs executive search partners, Yolk Recruitment with the Subject DHCW EHR Programme Director.
luke.cox@yolkrecruitment.com
Closing Date Midday on 23rd January 2025
Stakeholder panel: w/c 10/02/2025
Interviews: w/c 17/02/2025
Shortlisted candidates may be required to complete a leadership assessment ahead of their interview and the successful applicant will need to pass a DBS check.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Master's degree (or equivalent experience) in Digital Transformation or related discipline, and Project / Programme / Portfolio Management Qualifications (or equivalent experience)
- Extensive knowledge of planning and implementing large complex collaborative health and care transformation programmes, which involve commercial suppliers and delivery partners.
- Significant experience of working in a senior leadership position, and of strategy development and implementation, business case development, and leading a change management agenda
- Strong strategic leadership and vision, with strong negotiating skills, evidence of creating consensus in potentially hostile environments and able to make judgements about highly complex facts or situations.
Desirable
- Significant knowledge and understanding of the NHS, including the political, strategic and operational environment in which it operates.
- Direct experience of leading a similarly large and complex EHR/EPR implementation in an NHS or health and care setting, ideally involving several organisations as partners
Skills and experience
Essential
- Excellent communicator who can command the respect and confidence of both technical and non-technical staff, with change management and organisational development skills
Desirable
- Ability to speak and understand Welsh to a conversational level.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Master's degree (or equivalent experience) in Digital Transformation or related discipline, and Project / Programme / Portfolio Management Qualifications (or equivalent experience)
- Extensive knowledge of planning and implementing large complex collaborative health and care transformation programmes, which involve commercial suppliers and delivery partners.
- Significant experience of working in a senior leadership position, and of strategy development and implementation, business case development, and leading a change management agenda
- Strong strategic leadership and vision, with strong negotiating skills, evidence of creating consensus in potentially hostile environments and able to make judgements about highly complex facts or situations.
Desirable
- Significant knowledge and understanding of the NHS, including the political, strategic and operational environment in which it operates.
- Direct experience of leading a similarly large and complex EHR/EPR implementation in an NHS or health and care setting, ideally involving several organisations as partners
Skills and experience
Essential
- Excellent communicator who can command the respect and confidence of both technical and non-technical staff, with change management and organisational development skills
Desirable
- Ability to speak and understand Welsh to a conversational level.
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).
