Job summary
Informatics - ICT Director - Band 9
We are looking for an experienced IT Director to oversee the department for 9 months.
Provide proactive and visible leadership in managing the direction and performance of the ICT department to provide a reliable, cost-effective and efficient service. Accountable for the delivery of major technical programmes within ICT.
Continue working with the Trust and Informatics to develop and deliver a long-term infrastructure strategy and investment plan for the Trust, a key enabler for innovation and, driving force for technical and digital transformation.
**Interviews will be held on the 22nd May 2026**
For further information and discussions on this role, kindly contact:
Fay Stevenson, ICT Director/CIO; Email: fay.stevenson@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The role will work with several teams within ICT and across Informatics to provide support and direction. This will include providing support remote and in person. The team upholds a strong team ethic and values.
The role will lead the teams to ensure delivery and services are maintained to a high, quality standard, within an assured warranted environment, in line with the strategic needs of the Trust and partner organisations.
The successful candidate will oversee the delivery of major technical programmes within ICT and provide guidance to large Trust programmes that have a digital dependency.
Ensure the infrastructure meets defined standard as well as Trust needs, and successfully completes various local and national level audits.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachments.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachments.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master level or equivalent work experience
- Relevant, highly technical IT professional qualifications.
- Substantial management training or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Post-graduate qualification in relevant discipline
- MSC, PMP, PRINCE2 or similar, ITIL
- Management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working in a large organisation (over 5,000 users) providing broad technical, strategic, senior level relationship management and experience in areas such as finance, HR and change management as well as IT
- Significant experience in delivering large scale technical/digital transformational and cultural change programmes
- Experience in developing and implementing IT strategies to achieve transformational change and efficiency
- Good experience in budgetary and financial management
- Good experience of contract and some managed services management
- Significant experience of managing critical high-availability systems
- Significant experience large scale product selection
- Good experience of people management (e.g. recruitment, appraisals, disciplinary action and long-term sickness), along with the ability to develop strong teams and co-ordinate the work/activities of others
Desirable
- Extensive senior management experience (min 5yrs) in a similar position within the NHS or healthcare provider
- Significant experience of managing critical IT services in the NHS
- Proven success in business planning and translating business strategy into delivery
- Good experience of vendor/multi-vendor management and managed services
- Significant experience of managing critical infrastructure in the NHS, in a 24/7/365 environment
- Experience of procurement process of large technical solution (£5m+).
- Proven experience of undertaking all HR-related activities (e.g. disciplinary action and long-term sickness)
Knowledge
Essential
- High level technical knowledge to support strategy development and roadmaps aligned to business vision
- Awareness and understanding of emerging IT developments and potential implications
- Regulatory Compliance Knowledge on Information Governance and Cyber Security standards (e.g., DPST, CAF, DCB0129/DCB0160).
Desirable
- Knowledge of project management methodology and best practices
- Understanding of large (£5m+) IT systems procurement process
Communication
Essential
- Able to communicate highly complex or contentious information when under significant operational pressure or under significant hostility towards the message that needs to be delivered
- Able to make and communicate decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
Specific requirements
Essential
- Commitment to continuous professional development and a willingness to learn new skills and technologies
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master level or equivalent work experience
- Relevant, highly technical IT professional qualifications.
- Substantial management training or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Post-graduate qualification in relevant discipline
- MSC, PMP, PRINCE2 or similar, ITIL
- Management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working in a large organisation (over 5,000 users) providing broad technical, strategic, senior level relationship management and experience in areas such as finance, HR and change management as well as IT
- Significant experience in delivering large scale technical/digital transformational and cultural change programmes
- Experience in developing and implementing IT strategies to achieve transformational change and efficiency
- Good experience in budgetary and financial management
- Good experience of contract and some managed services management
- Significant experience of managing critical high-availability systems
- Significant experience large scale product selection
- Good experience of people management (e.g. recruitment, appraisals, disciplinary action and long-term sickness), along with the ability to develop strong teams and co-ordinate the work/activities of others
Desirable
- Extensive senior management experience (min 5yrs) in a similar position within the NHS or healthcare provider
- Significant experience of managing critical IT services in the NHS
- Proven success in business planning and translating business strategy into delivery
- Good experience of vendor/multi-vendor management and managed services
- Significant experience of managing critical infrastructure in the NHS, in a 24/7/365 environment
- Experience of procurement process of large technical solution (£5m+).
- Proven experience of undertaking all HR-related activities (e.g. disciplinary action and long-term sickness)
Knowledge
Essential
- High level technical knowledge to support strategy development and roadmaps aligned to business vision
- Awareness and understanding of emerging IT developments and potential implications
- Regulatory Compliance Knowledge on Information Governance and Cyber Security standards (e.g., DPST, CAF, DCB0129/DCB0160).
Desirable
- Knowledge of project management methodology and best practices
- Understanding of large (£5m+) IT systems procurement process
Communication
Essential
- Able to communicate highly complex or contentious information when under significant operational pressure or under significant hostility towards the message that needs to be delivered
- Able to make and communicate decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
Specific requirements
Essential
- Commitment to continuous professional development and a willingness to learn new skills and technologies
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
