Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, digitally minded, clinical leader to play a key role in the implementation, optimisation and adoption of our new Electronic Patient Record and Microsoft 365. As a Digital Clinician you will work as part of a team to deliver effective digital transformation across Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust.
You will have a strong interest in how digital solutions can help provide high quality, safe and efficient patient care and will be pivotal in engaging with clinical teams to optimise their use of technology to improve service delivery.
In return, we can offer you an extremely supportive environment in which to work and a commitment to continue your personal and professional development. The post holder will report to the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) and work closely with clinical, technical and operational colleagues within our divisional structure and digital directorate.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for exceptional individuals who have experience in digital transformation and innovation.
Key aspects of the role will be to:
- To operate as a clinical leader leading the design of digital services and capabilities in a division or specialty (e.g. inpatient services, community services etc.).
- Hold expertise on digital clinical safety and user led design, leading relevant working groups/projects, services, and initiatives to provide digital transformation, information and analytical advice and expertise.
- Ensure Clinical Safety is considered throughout the lifetime of projects and initiatives, identifying and mitigating associated clinical risks
About us
We are a large NHS Mental Health Trust in South East England and are looking for skilled and enthusiastic people to help us provide high qualityservices for the patients, carers and local communities that we serve.Joining our team you will become part of a service dedicated to helping to provide the best outcomes and experience for people using ourservices and a great working experience for staff. We do not underestimate the challenges ahead and work together to support one another todrive forward innovation and change. Your personal professional development is important to us and you will be provided with opportunities to develop, as well as a flexible and supportive approach to your work life balance.
Sussex Partnership is an equal opportunities employer, with a sincere commitment to our people's health and emotional wellbeing and as such,we have signed the Time to Change pledge and provide a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.In addition, our workforce is currently under-represented by people from Black and Minority Ethnic and Disabled communities. We welcomeapplications from people of these communities as we want our workforce to reflect the communities we serve.The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated our services good, following their most recent inspection, and outstanding in the caring domain.
To protect health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinatedagainst COVID.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Trust's Digital Strategy describes the use digital technology to innovate, enhance and automate services that improve the experience of our staff, partners, and the communities we serve. A digital transformation programme has been established to deliver a step change across our core information systems, technology architecture, data and information.
The Digital Clinical Lead is a digital leader responsible and accountable for advancing clinical quality and safety through the optimal use of digitally enabled clinical initiatives that effect or involve clinical practice. The role will focus on optimisation and innovation via Microsoft 365 and the electronic patient record.
This post is part of a team of clinical, technical, and operational leadership roles within the digital directorate that will ensure the digital agenda is strategically aligned with future models of care and workforce strategies and addresses the day-to-day operational challenges facing our clinical teams.
This role also supports the Trusts Transformation Programme providing clinical leadership and linking digital and operational transformation via our divisional structure.
A key aspect of this role will be to encourage and support clinical colleagues to embrace transformational change associated with the digital agenda and to act as a liaison between the Trusts clinical collective and the EPR and M365 programmes.
Conversations with Jo Hillier, Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) prior to interview or application are encouraged. Please email jo.hillier@spft.nhs.uk to arrange.
A provisional interview date is set as the 2nd February 2024.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Trust's Digital Strategy describes the use digital technology to innovate, enhance and automate services that improve the experience of our staff, partners, and the communities we serve. A digital transformation programme has been established to deliver a step change across our core information systems, technology architecture, data and information.
The Digital Clinical Lead is a digital leader responsible and accountable for advancing clinical quality and safety through the optimal use of digitally enabled clinical initiatives that effect or involve clinical practice. The role will focus on optimisation and innovation via Microsoft 365 and the electronic patient record.
This post is part of a team of clinical, technical, and operational leadership roles within the digital directorate that will ensure the digital agenda is strategically aligned with future models of care and workforce strategies and addresses the day-to-day operational challenges facing our clinical teams.
This role also supports the Trusts Transformation Programme providing clinical leadership and linking digital and operational transformation via our divisional structure.
A key aspect of this role will be to encourage and support clinical colleagues to embrace transformational change associated with the digital agenda and to act as a liaison between the Trusts clinical collective and the EPR and M365 programmes.
Conversations with Jo Hillier, Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) prior to interview or application are encouraged. Please email jo.hillier@spft.nhs.uk to arrange.
A provisional interview date is set as the 2nd February 2024.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Qualification or equivalent experience in Project Management methodology such as Agile Project Management (Practitioner level) and/or User Led Design or transformation methodologies
Desirable
- Post-graduate degree, MSc or PhD from NHS Digital Academy or similar leadership programme or evidence of leadership development
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Demonstrated experience of leading organisation-wide change programmes and projects in complex and challenging environments
- Experience of leading clinical/digital or operational teams within the NHS
- Experience of working with senior stakeholders, managing their expectations and reporting progress on Programme progress
- Experience of user led design and applying quality improvement methodologies
- Experience of writing and presenting Business Cases and Standard Operating Procedures
- Professional Registration as a Clinician or Digital Profession
- Demonstrated experience in a Health or social care environment
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Agile, PRINCE2 and Microsoft Project
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of managing stakeholder relationships
- Experience of managing supplier relationships
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Experience of managing a team without direct line management
- Experience of leading a team of professionals, preferably a team of Project Managers or clinicians
Desirable
- Experience of reporting programme progress to Committees and Boards
- Experience of using project planning tools such as Microsoft Project
Communication/Relationship Skills
Essential
- Ability to prepare, produce and present concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
- Ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly to a non-technical audience.
- Ability to understand the impact of the projects/ programme in the post holders remit on Trust operations and to sensitively discuss this impact with clinicians and other stakeholders.
Analytical & Judgement skills
Essential
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Ability to analyse and judge the impact of projects on the organisations processes and ensure that any process changes are managed across the Trust.
Planning & Organisational skills/People Management/Leadership/Resources
Essential
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Participation in regular programme and project review meetings and delivering concise updates identifying key risks and issues with proposed solutions.
- Production and maintenance of accurate Programme documentation, including plans, risks, issues, highlight reports, exception reports, etc.
- Long-term planning of Digital Portfolio to meet the organisation's strategic goals and business strategy
- Leading and developing teams of professionals, including Project Managers, a Digital Transformation Manager and clinicians.
- Ability to secure resources projects, negotiating with colleagues across the Trust for the release of resources - some part-time - to support the work programme.
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
IT Skills
Desirable
- Comprehensive knowledge of project and programme principles, techniques and tools, such as MSP, Agile and Microsoft Project
Abilities
Essential
- Operates independently, manages team/project/department and interprets organisational policies
Mental Effort
Essential
- Able to concentrate for prolonged periods with regular interruptions
- Ability to work at a strategic level ensuring that the Programme of work supports the Trusts business strategy and minimise the impact on operations.
Working Conditions
Essential
- Required to use VDU for most of the day.
- Able to travel to other sites when required. Must have the ability to respond promptly to the need to travel and be flexible in terms of prioritisation of tasks and developments.
Physical skills
Essential
- Requires advanced keyboard skills with a high degree of accuracy including Microsoft Office, Excel and MS Project.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Qualification or equivalent experience in Project Management methodology such as Agile Project Management (Practitioner level) and/or User Led Design or transformation methodologies
Desirable
- Post-graduate degree, MSc or PhD from NHS Digital Academy or similar leadership programme or evidence of leadership development
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Demonstrated experience of leading organisation-wide change programmes and projects in complex and challenging environments
- Experience of leading clinical/digital or operational teams within the NHS
- Experience of working with senior stakeholders, managing their expectations and reporting progress on Programme progress
- Experience of user led design and applying quality improvement methodologies
- Experience of writing and presenting Business Cases and Standard Operating Procedures
- Professional Registration as a Clinician or Digital Profession
- Demonstrated experience in a Health or social care environment
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Agile, PRINCE2 and Microsoft Project
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of managing stakeholder relationships
- Experience of managing supplier relationships
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Experience of managing a team without direct line management
- Experience of leading a team of professionals, preferably a team of Project Managers or clinicians
Desirable
- Experience of reporting programme progress to Committees and Boards
- Experience of using project planning tools such as Microsoft Project
Communication/Relationship Skills
Essential
- Ability to prepare, produce and present concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
- Ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly to a non-technical audience.
- Ability to understand the impact of the projects/ programme in the post holders remit on Trust operations and to sensitively discuss this impact with clinicians and other stakeholders.
Analytical & Judgement skills
Essential
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Ability to analyse and judge the impact of projects on the organisations processes and ensure that any process changes are managed across the Trust.
Planning & Organisational skills/People Management/Leadership/Resources
Essential
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Participation in regular programme and project review meetings and delivering concise updates identifying key risks and issues with proposed solutions.
- Production and maintenance of accurate Programme documentation, including plans, risks, issues, highlight reports, exception reports, etc.
- Long-term planning of Digital Portfolio to meet the organisation's strategic goals and business strategy
- Leading and developing teams of professionals, including Project Managers, a Digital Transformation Manager and clinicians.
- Ability to secure resources projects, negotiating with colleagues across the Trust for the release of resources - some part-time - to support the work programme.
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
IT Skills
Desirable
- Comprehensive knowledge of project and programme principles, techniques and tools, such as MSP, Agile and Microsoft Project
Abilities
Essential
- Operates independently, manages team/project/department and interprets organisational policies
Mental Effort
Essential
- Able to concentrate for prolonged periods with regular interruptions
- Ability to work at a strategic level ensuring that the Programme of work supports the Trusts business strategy and minimise the impact on operations.
Working Conditions
Essential
- Required to use VDU for most of the day.
- Able to travel to other sites when required. Must have the ability to respond promptly to the need to travel and be flexible in terms of prioritisation of tasks and developments.
Physical skills
Essential
- Requires advanced keyboard skills with a high degree of accuracy including Microsoft Office, Excel and MS Project.
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).
