Job summary
Develop a digital point of view for the programme to drive a Digital First strategy across NHP trusts. To ensure NHP builds hospitals that provide digitally enabled care, to improve care delivery, reduce risk and increase efficiency. Ensure the development of smart buildings to improve building operations and financial sustainability. Enable the delivery of care beyond the walls of the hospital. Leverage current and future technologies to digitally empower patients and staff and ensure an interoperable and intelligent systems approach that is future proof.
As a Digital Delivery Manager, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team to deliver new intelligent hospitals as part of the New Hospital Programme. This role is key to ensuring the digital transformation ambition embodied in plans for NHP are realised in trust business cases and implementation plans.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have two primary areas of responsibility:
1. Supporting the management of the day-to-day operations and delivery of the NHP Digital Programme, working across a defined geographic portfolio with trusts and with flexibility to operate across the wider NHP Portfolio.
2. Support the development a Provider Support Offer that encompasses:
o A Business Case Review Service, including the planning of benefits
o Guidance and advice on implementation of NHP Digital Standards related to Hospital 2.0 (Intelligent Hospital) and facilitating links to wider NHSE digital transformation programmes.
o Access to SMEs (Equipping, Smart Buildings, Benefits, Technical and Commercial) to provide targeted implementation advice, guidance, good practice / lessons learned and support to increase the likelihood of successful NHP scheme delivery.
The role supports the NHP in driving transformation and innovation as well as value for money in new hospital development across planning, commissioning, and service delivery. The role is designed to build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop a strong service delivery.
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
Desirable
- Prince 2 / MSP or other project and programme management certifications
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Subject matter expertise across at least two key areas relating to technology enabled change, infrastructure, data management, clinical and estate management systems.
- Experience of planning digital infrastructure and systems to support new clinical pathways, new facilities/redesignation of clinical facilities, or new ways of working in operational or estates services.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
- Demonstrable skills in developing, leading and maintaining highly collaborative relationships with a wide range of key stakeholders and senior executives e.g. CMO, COO, CIO/CCIO/CNIO, Heads of Procurement, Heads of Department and of providing advanced, credible communications to senior management.
Desirable
- Knowledge of major digital investment programmes; due diligence assurance of locally led programmes; funding distribution and monitoring spend against proven outcomes.
- Experience of working within concurrent digitally enabled transformation programmes, ideally within a secondary care Trust environment that involve multiple aspects of a digital team (systems, infrastructure, integration, and development) and close engagement with the user community.
Skills, Capabilities & Attributes
Essential
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
- Demonstrable experience developing, managing and motivating teams/individuals to ensure success
Desirable
- Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
Value & Behaviours
Essential
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do. Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
- Self-awareness in teams of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness.
Other
Essential
- Able to travel across various sites where applicable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
Desirable
- Prince 2 / MSP or other project and programme management certifications
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Subject matter expertise across at least two key areas relating to technology enabled change, infrastructure, data management, clinical and estate management systems.
- Experience of planning digital infrastructure and systems to support new clinical pathways, new facilities/redesignation of clinical facilities, or new ways of working in operational or estates services.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
- Demonstrable skills in developing, leading and maintaining highly collaborative relationships with a wide range of key stakeholders and senior executives e.g. CMO, COO, CIO/CCIO/CNIO, Heads of Procurement, Heads of Department and of providing advanced, credible communications to senior management.
Desirable
- Knowledge of major digital investment programmes; due diligence assurance of locally led programmes; funding distribution and monitoring spend against proven outcomes.
- Experience of working within concurrent digitally enabled transformation programmes, ideally within a secondary care Trust environment that involve multiple aspects of a digital team (systems, infrastructure, integration, and development) and close engagement with the user community.
Skills, Capabilities & Attributes
Essential
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
- Demonstrable experience developing, managing and motivating teams/individuals to ensure success
Desirable
- Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
Value & Behaviours
Essential
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do. Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
- Self-awareness in teams of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness.
Other
Essential
- Able to travel across various sites where applicable
