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Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Head Of Digital Infrastructure

The closing date is 04 March 2026

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Job summary

Head of Digital Infrastructure - Shape the Future of Mental Health Care in Kent & Medway!

Are you a visionary digital leader ready to make a real difference? Join Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust and play a pivotal role in transforming mental health services for our communities. We're seeking an innovative, strategic, and hands-on Head of Digital Infrastructure to drive our digital future and safeguard our vital services.

Why Join Us?
  • Purpose with Impact: Help create communities where mental health care enables people to live well, not just live with mental illness.
  • Leadership at Scale: Lead specialist technology teams, shape digital strategy, and act as deputy to the Chief Technology Officer.
  • Cutting-Edge Challenge: Oversee data centres, ICT security, cloud migration, unified communications, and more.
  • Cyber Security Champion: Design and deliver a robust Cyber Assurance Framework, ensuring our digital assets are protected and compliant with NHS and international standards.
  • Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of innovation, professional growth, and customer excellence.

Main duties of the job

What You'll Do

  • Set strategic direction for digital infrastructure, maximising value from technology investments and contracts.
  • Lead the transition to a cloud-first approach, managing the migration from on-premises to cloud hosting.
  • Oversee cyber security, risk management, and compliance, including ISO and NHS Digital standards.
  • Engage with stakeholders at all levels, from local teams to national forums.
  • Manage budgets, contracts, and assets with a focus on efficiency and accountability.
  • Inspire and develop a high-performing team, driving service excellence and innovation.
  • Represent the Trust in key forums and lead on digital transformation initiatives.

About us

We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.

Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.

Details

Date posted

18 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year per annum, Plus On call 4.5% (1 week in 4)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-SS0749-A

Job locations

Eureka Place

Eureka Park Trinity Road

Ashford

TN25 4BY


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification

We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification

We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum 5 years in a Senior ICT management position managing a team
  • Evidence of experience of budget management, and business case development

Desirable

  • Experience in a similar role delivering large-scale transformation programmes
  • Experience implementing a cloud-first strategy for data centre operations, including migration to cloud platforms.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters Degree or equivalent senior-level experience
  • Evidence of ongoing professional development

Desirable

  • MSc in relevant discipline, MBA, ITIL, PRINCE2, Chartered IT Professional, Chartered Engineer

Knowledge

Essential

  • Extensive knowledge of ICT procurement, contract management, business case development, business continuity, budget management, datacentre operations, data storage, server and network
  • Extensive knowledge of standards (TOGAF, ITIL, PRINCE2, ISO27001, ISO14001, ISO9001)

Desirable

  • Understanding of ISO14001, ISO9001, formal training in negotiation, risk management, systems analysis
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum 5 years in a Senior ICT management position managing a team
  • Evidence of experience of budget management, and business case development

Desirable

  • Experience in a similar role delivering large-scale transformation programmes
  • Experience implementing a cloud-first strategy for data centre operations, including migration to cloud platforms.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters Degree or equivalent senior-level experience
  • Evidence of ongoing professional development

Desirable

  • MSc in relevant discipline, MBA, ITIL, PRINCE2, Chartered IT Professional, Chartered Engineer

Knowledge

Essential

  • Extensive knowledge of ICT procurement, contract management, business case development, business continuity, budget management, datacentre operations, data storage, server and network
  • Extensive knowledge of standards (TOGAF, ITIL, PRINCE2, ISO27001, ISO14001, ISO9001)

Desirable

  • Understanding of ISO14001, ISO9001, formal training in negotiation, risk management, systems analysis

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

Eureka Place

Eureka Park Trinity Road

Ashford

TN25 4BY


Employer's website

https://www.kentmedwaymentalhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

Eureka Place

Eureka Park Trinity Road

Ashford

TN25 4BY


Employer's website

https://www.kentmedwaymentalhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Assosciate Director of Digital / CTO

Michele Curtis

michele.curtis@nhs.net

01622477242

Details

Date posted

18 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year per annum, Plus On call 4.5% (1 week in 4)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-SS0749-A

Job locations

Eureka Place

Eureka Park Trinity Road

Ashford

TN25 4BY


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