Job summary
This role will support, lead and be responsible for the Digital Change portfolio of work within UHBW and across the wider Health Care System that are focused on consolidation and interoperability. UHBW has an ambition to drive Digital Change across BNSSG and this role will play a pivotal part in this journey.
The challenges we are currently facing in meeting the demands of an aging population are helping to provide opportunities for innovation. This is the key to streamlining systems, optimising systems, improving patient outcomes, and reducing human error.
UHBW has an ambitious Digital Strategy to improve the use of technology and systems in providing better patient outcomes. Our plan underpins the importance of technology in the future for not only UHBW, but also in the wider healthcare.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, and in particular those that are currently under represented in our workforce. This includes, but is not limited to, global majority candidates, candidates with disabilities, and female candidates.
Main duties of the job
Are you passionate about harnessing the power of digital innovation to transform patient care? Do you have the vision, leadership, and experience to drive impactful programmes and inspire cross-functional teams? University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is seeking a dynamic Senior Programme Manager to join our team and play a pivotal role in delivering our strategic digital vision.
Main Responsibilities
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Build and manage strong relationships with local, regional, and national partners, as well as suppliers, to foster and maintain collaborative working environments.
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Ensure robust programme governance through effective monitoring, scope alignment, milestone tracking, and resource planning.
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. 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 in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Job description
Job 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
Essential
- Have a sound understanding of the context and the critical importance of the successful delivery of the Digital Strategy
- Must demonstrate an understanding of the use of available information sources to enable efficient and effective planning
- Financial acumen, including budget management, coupled with a detailed understanding of cost improvement programmes
- Experience of Leading on digital service improvement initiatives, and act as a visible champion for digital change
- Delivering change within large and complex organisations
- Design and planning complex programmes of work
- transparent reporting of programme process, including benefits realisation and finance
- Financial and operational delivery of large scales programmes and projects of both capital and revenue
Desirable
- Current working knowledge of NHS governance tools
- Experience working within an acute NHS provider
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Provide management and leadership to the programmes of work being undertaken to deliver the System-wide vision across large organisations
- Proactively lead a programme of digital service redesign and digital change projects to ensure demonstrable and sustainable improvements are fully delivered
- To analyse and monitor the delivery of strategic plans; examining and judging their effects on the service changes according to an agreed timetable.
- Provide expert advice, guidance and support in digital service redesign, demonstrating excellence in the application and utilisation of relevant service improvement, transformation, innovation and project management techniques
- Will have autonomy within the role and will be expected to make judgement on multi-stranded problems
- Proven track record of consistently achieving high standards and delivering objectives
- Excellent leadership skills, with the ability to drive and motivate teams at all levels, and to manage any conflicts
- Ability to Establish processes for change control, change management, process mapping, configuration management and communication
Desirable
- Promote the empowerment of patients and carers, prevention, patient activation and behaviour change, digital and innovation in system redesign
Aptitudes
Essential
- Enthusiastic approach
- Flexible and adaptable approach
- Team player with initiative
- Values led: o Supportive o Respectful oInnovative o Collaborative
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent, ideally in Information Technology, Computing, Informatics or a related field
- Management and or leadership qualification or equivalent level of experience
- Industry standard programme management qualification e.g. MSP
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Have a sound understanding of the context and the critical importance of the successful delivery of the Digital Strategy
- Must demonstrate an understanding of the use of available information sources to enable efficient and effective planning
- Financial acumen, including budget management, coupled with a detailed understanding of cost improvement programmes
- Experience of Leading on digital service improvement initiatives, and act as a visible champion for digital change
- Delivering change within large and complex organisations
- Design and planning complex programmes of work
- transparent reporting of programme process, including benefits realisation and finance
- Financial and operational delivery of large scales programmes and projects of both capital and revenue
Desirable
- Current working knowledge of NHS governance tools
- Experience working within an acute NHS provider
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Provide management and leadership to the programmes of work being undertaken to deliver the System-wide vision across large organisations
- Proactively lead a programme of digital service redesign and digital change projects to ensure demonstrable and sustainable improvements are fully delivered
- To analyse and monitor the delivery of strategic plans; examining and judging their effects on the service changes according to an agreed timetable.
- Provide expert advice, guidance and support in digital service redesign, demonstrating excellence in the application and utilisation of relevant service improvement, transformation, innovation and project management techniques
- Will have autonomy within the role and will be expected to make judgement on multi-stranded problems
- Proven track record of consistently achieving high standards and delivering objectives
- Excellent leadership skills, with the ability to drive and motivate teams at all levels, and to manage any conflicts
- Ability to Establish processes for change control, change management, process mapping, configuration management and communication
Desirable
- Promote the empowerment of patients and carers, prevention, patient activation and behaviour change, digital and innovation in system redesign
Aptitudes
Essential
- Enthusiastic approach
- Flexible and adaptable approach
- Team player with initiative
- Values led: o Supportive o Respectful oInnovative o Collaborative
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent, ideally in Information Technology, Computing, Informatics or a related field
- Management and or leadership qualification or equivalent level of experience
- Industry standard programme management qualification e.g. MSP
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).
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).
