Digital Director

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What We're Looking For
• Proven experience leading large-scale digital transformation in complex settings.
• Deep understanding of digital principles and NHS digital strategy.
• Inspirational leadership, stakeholder engagement, and change management skills.
• Commitment to NUH values and the highest standards of patient care.

Why NUH?

Join us and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of healthcare in Nottinghamshire. You'll have the opportunity to innovate, inspire, and make a lasting impact for our patients, staff, and communities.

Ready to lead the digital revolution at NUH? Apply today and help us deliver outstanding care through digital excellence.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Must have significant experience working in a senior leadership role (reporting to Director or Deputy Director) within a digital/technology service delivering to a large, complex organisation
• Must be able to demonstrate substantial experience of service design leadership at a personal level across multiple digital/technical/information disciplines and multiple stakeholders with evidence of service development and continual improvement in a challenging setting
• Must be able to demonstrate substantial experience of service transition leadership at a personal level across multiple digital/technical/ information disciplines and multiple stakeholders with evidence of successful transitions into 'Business as Usual' services on time, on budget and achieving expected benefits
• Must be able to demonstrate significant experience of service operations leadership at a personal level across multiple digital/technical/ information disciplines; with evidence of achieving cross-discipline, service operation targets/goals
• Must be able to demonstrate substantial experience in financial management of both capital and revenue budgets; including evidence of cost improvements/efficiencies against budget lines
• Must be able to demonstrate experience in dealing with complex people issues and providing pastoral leadership to teams
• To have demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the NHS and its culture
• A proven track record in project management, managing and delivering highly complex and multiple projects across functional boundaries
• Experience of cultivating a high performance culture

Communication and relationship skills

Essential criteria

• Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships at all levels
• Proven track record of building successful teams
• Able to work collaboratively with partner organisations
• Ability to influence and motivate staff at all levels (include Board level) through the use of integrity, influence and credibility
• Must be able to demonstrate strong negotiation skills in complex and challenging situations with the ability to adapt and flex within agreed parameters to deliver mutually acceptable outcome
• Must inspire others and lead by good example
• Ability to present highly complex data
• Proven negotiating skills Ability to communicate in a hostile or emotive atmosphere

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential criteria

• Must be able to demonstrate the ability to critically analyse and interpret highly complex information and make valid contributions to decision making through succinct presentation of the facts
• Must be able to demonstrate reaching timely and effective decisions based on the appropriate use of information; then following the appropriate governance processes within the organisational structure to secure support for the decisions.
• Strategic thinker
• Excellent problem solving and delegation skills using team expertise when appropriate
• Critically analyse highly complex financial and service data sets and able to make appropriate judgements

Planning and organisational skills

Essential criteria

• Must be able to demonstrate experience of service resource management and prioritisation within a complex, multi-disciplinary digital and technical service at an operational, tactical and strategic level to meet the needs of its customers
• Must be able to demonstrate taking a digital solution through the design, business case, approvals, planning, delivery, business as usual and benefits realisation stages
• Must have demonstrable knowledge of digital technology developments and how these may achieve visible clinical benefits to patients.
• Must have a proven ability to motivate others to deliver complex initiatives, managing conflicting priorities.
• Translates strategic direction into deliverable, measureable outcomes
• Ability to interpret national, health and broad organisational policies and establish the way in which these will be implemented and interpreted
• Able to manage and prioritise conflicting demands and meeting various deadlines required for producing highly complex tasks requiring a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Proven record of pro-active performance management
• Able to work independently and on own initiative

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: If you have a disability and find online job applications difficult, you can use an easy read application form instead.

To get this form, please email nuhnt.recruitment@nhs.net and ask for an easy read application.

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

For more details visit; School leaving age - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

International Recruitment: If you are applying for a role with us from outside of the UK then please read the guidance on applying for a health or social care job in the UK from abroad.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month's pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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Documents to download

• NUH Digital Director Job Description (PDF, 1.0MB)
• NUH Digital Director Person Specification (PDF, 640.3KB)
• Mindful Employer (PDF, 242.5KB)
• Equality and Diversity (PDF, 122.3KB)
• Equal Opportunities (PDF, 57.4KB)
• Disability Confidence Scheme (PDF, 51.0KB)
• Rehabilitation of Ex Offenders (PDF, 106.0KB)
• Application Process Booklet (PDF, 24.8MB)