Job summary
The Digital Design Collaborative (DDC) is a forward-thinking partnership of NHS Acute Trusts across the East Midlands, united in delivering a region-wide digital transformation. Our shared ambition is to operate as one integrated healthcare system, powered by digital excellence.
Our vision:"We will have the best EPR in the NHS for the benefit of our patients, staff and population."
We're achieving this by:
- Prioritising patient safety and wellbeing
- Empowering staff with intuitive digital tools
- Embracing innovation and collaboration to deliver lasting impact
Together, we are implementing a nationally leading Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system that will revolutionise care delivery--enabling instant access to information, reducing paper use, and enhancing clinical decision-making.
Unlike traditional recruitment models, we're taking a regional approach--hiring strategically for roles that support the entire East Midlands footprint. This allows us to deploy expertise where it's needed most, whether that's designing cross-Trust solutions or supporting local implementation. Many roles are hybrid, with some travel across the region.
As EPRProject and Change Workstream Lead, you'll play a key role in delivering the new EPR system--supporting clinical transformation through the implementation of advanced digital capabilities.
Main duties of the job
We're looking for a dynamic leader from an NHS background with:
- Proven experience in leading complex, cross-functional change programmes
- Strong organisational development and workforce transformation insight
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and project management skills
- A track record of delivering sustainable change aligned to strategic goals
- Leading and coordinating change and engagement activities across services.
- Advising on complex change issues and working autonomously with senior leaders.
- Supporting pre-implementation communications and incorporating staff feedback.
- Assessing change impact and developing supporting materials.
- Organising readiness events and supervising change workstreams.
- Applying robust project management methodologies and tools.
- Building strong relationships across both Trusts and supporting EPR go-lives into business as usual
This is your chance to shape the future of healthcare in the East Midlands--bringing people, processes, and technology together to deliver better outcomes for patients and staff.
About us
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that's 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the 'Chesterfield Royal family', DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that's dynamic, flexible, and proactive.
DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone's abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered
Please see below link for the DSFS website.
DSFS - Derbyshire Support & Facilities Services Limited | DSFS
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that is required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that is required.
Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Requirements
Essential
- Educated to degree level plus project / programme management or equivalent experience.
- An understanding and working knowledge of PRINCE2/Agile Methodologies
- Advanced level of IT literacy with experience of using a range of IT applications
Desirable
- PRIINCE2/Agile Foundation or Practitioner qualification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Considerable experience, specialist working knowledge of project / programme management and improvement methodologies and the ability to apply them in clinical settings, working with different staff groups at all levels within the organisation.
- Experience of using a range of IT applications
- Good communications skills Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Desirable
- Experience of change management within a health care setting
- Understands the current health care agenda.
- Knowledge of NHS challenges, opportunities, National and Local drivers
- Experience of working on Digital/EPR/System deployments
Skills and Ability
Essential
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to Plan and manage a broad range of complex activities whilst dealing with regular ad hoc requirements
Desirable
- Certificate or Qualification in Presenting
Communications and Interpersonal skills
Essential
- Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills when dealing with complex and sensitive information
- Ability to develop and maintain good relationships with a range of Stakeholders
Desirable
- Ability to assist in training staff in the use of Project Management and Service Improvement methodologies
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- A commitment to quality and safety.
- A recognition of the importance of showing respect, dignity and compassion to patients and colleagues.
- A listening, learning and leading approach.
- A commitment to work together to create the best outcomes
- Must demonstrate the Trust's values around both raising concerns at work, and how to treat others who raise concerns.
- Willingness to act as a role model.
- Willingness to take personal responsibility.
- Have the determination to express opinions in the team.
- Value and appreciate the worth of others.
- Commitment to and focused on quality, whilst promoting exacting standards in all they do.
- Ability to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- Consistently looking for self-improvement with successful tried and tested ways of working and seeking out innovation.
- Actively self-develops and supports others to do the same.
- Have a thorough understanding 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.
Other requirements
Essential
- Accustomed to working in a busy environment.
- Adaptability, flexibility, and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals, and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions.
- Professional calm and efficient manner.
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Requirements
Essential
- Educated to degree level plus project / programme management or equivalent experience.
- An understanding and working knowledge of PRINCE2/Agile Methodologies
- Advanced level of IT literacy with experience of using a range of IT applications
Desirable
- PRIINCE2/Agile Foundation or Practitioner qualification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Considerable experience, specialist working knowledge of project / programme management and improvement methodologies and the ability to apply them in clinical settings, working with different staff groups at all levels within the organisation.
- Experience of using a range of IT applications
- Good communications skills Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Desirable
- Experience of change management within a health care setting
- Understands the current health care agenda.
- Knowledge of NHS challenges, opportunities, National and Local drivers
- Experience of working on Digital/EPR/System deployments
Skills and Ability
Essential
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to Plan and manage a broad range of complex activities whilst dealing with regular ad hoc requirements
Desirable
- Certificate or Qualification in Presenting
Communications and Interpersonal skills
Essential
- Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills when dealing with complex and sensitive information
- Ability to develop and maintain good relationships with a range of Stakeholders
Desirable
- Ability to assist in training staff in the use of Project Management and Service Improvement methodologies
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- A commitment to quality and safety.
- A recognition of the importance of showing respect, dignity and compassion to patients and colleagues.
- A listening, learning and leading approach.
- A commitment to work together to create the best outcomes
- Must demonstrate the Trust's values around both raising concerns at work, and how to treat others who raise concerns.
- Willingness to act as a role model.
- Willingness to take personal responsibility.
- Have the determination to express opinions in the team.
- Value and appreciate the worth of others.
- Commitment to and focused on quality, whilst promoting exacting standards in all they do.
- Ability to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- Consistently looking for self-improvement with successful tried and tested ways of working and seeking out innovation.
- Actively self-develops and supports others to do the same.
- Have a thorough understanding 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.
Other requirements
Essential
- Accustomed to working in a busy environment.
- Adaptability, flexibility, and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals, and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions.
- Professional calm and efficient manner.
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
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.
