Digital Services Senior Project Manager - Bristol - ref. a77792519

As an organisation we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.

Click on this link to find out about our values https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/p/about-us/our-trust-values

Job overview

We are seeking an experienced project manager to support the Digital Strategy and associated annual plan. This role is pivotal in the success of the Trust’s project by providing the project teams expert advice on all aspects of project management.

We are looking for a motivated, leader with excellent communication skills and a passion for using technology to harness improvement. Previous experience in health projects is not essential, but an understanding of large scale digital change is vital.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the on-going development and implementation of UHBW’s strategic digital vision.
• Provide leadership for all digital service functions, optimising their contribution, productivity and professionalism to support the delivery of safe, high quality care.
• Manage and provide senior leadership for the digital programme and programme management function within Digital Services.
• Deliver on commitments undertaken as a result of internal (e.g. DHPB) and external programmes (e.g. GDE, Paperless 2020).
• Provide a world-class digital service throughout the Trust and applicable partner organizations across BNSSG
• Play an active role in creating opportunities to Transform Care across the Trust through the use of digital technologies and innovations
• Manage the relationship with local, national and international partners and suppliers to improve and maintain opportunities for collaborative working
• Take corporate responsibility as a senior manager of the Trust for the performance and management of the Trust as a whole.

Working for our organisation

Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities and person specification please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

• Extensive experience of the NHS or sector with comparable Digital requirements (population records, information and systems)
• Significant experience of successfully delivering complex large-scale digital projects
• In-depth experience of informatics and reporting to very senior management/executives
• Experience of working in a large and complex organisation
• Experience of working with different professional groups and with staff at different levels of seniority
• Experience of developing Business Cases and managing associated schemes

• Experience of developing board-level digital strategy (preferably in healthcare)

Skills

• Highly developed interpersonal and communications skills – both verbal and written – with a range of clinical and non-clinical staff
• Ability to understand clients’ needs and provide them with appropriate solutions and services
• Able to deliver presentations covering complex material to large groups of staff, using language understandable to non-technical staff, clinicians and other users
• Able to define major projects and build a programme using appropriate formal methods

Qualification and Training

• Educated to degree level or higher or equivalent relevant experience
• Further specialist qualification in relevant subjects, e.g. programme or project management, health informatics
• Relevant Post-Graduate qualification or equivalent relevant experience

• Professional membership of FedIP-affiliated organization, e.g. BCS, UKCIP, SOCITM

Aptitudes

• Self-motivated
• Ability to perform under pressure
• Flexible working approach

• As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
• The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
• UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
• To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.
• If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
• The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
• By applying for this post, you are agreeing to University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
• Please be aware of scams – unless specified above, we will only communicate with you via @recruit.trac.jobs or nhs.net e-mails and we will never ask you for any payments.

IMPORTANT:

Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

When providing employment reference details, please provide correct work-related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your referee must all be known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.