Executive Director of Digital and Transformation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is one of the leading providers of mental health, learning disability and drug & alcohol services for people of all ages in Southern England. We deliver high quality care across our 140 services, employing more than 3,000 staff across 39 sites, serving a population of 1.3 million, with an income of over £350m. We have been recognised as 'Good' by CQC and have a strong reputation for innovation and partnership working.
We have been at the forefront of championing the positive impact that innovation can have on mental health services and have been nationally recognised for our work in this area. We have aligned our Digital and Transformation teams, recognising the exciting opportunities for innovation and new technologies to improve services and transform how we work.
We are now seeking to appoint an Executive Director of Digital & Transformation.
Main duties of the job
As an integral member of the Trust's Executive Leadership team, your key responsibilities will include:
* Designing and leading organisational and system change that reflects the needs of the people we serve, aligning with the Trust's strategic objectives to deliver high quality, financially sustainable, and effective care closer to the places where people live, learn and work.
* Overseeing the development of an aligned transformation capability, leveraging commercial, innovation, digital, data, technology and R&D capabilities while also ensuring appropriate mechanisms are in place to deliver safe and reliable services.
* Ensuring that the digital agenda is front and centre of our future thinking and that we are using data, knowledge, and technology to improve clinical and operating model design across the Trust.
* Using modern methodologies/thinking to support robust programme, project and product management, focussing on user centred design approaches that keep user experience and outcomes at the fore.
* Contributing to our system-wide transformation priorities, sharing knowledge, skills and capabilities to improve population outcomes, building collaborative and strategic partnerships across the health economy, and with local government and other statutory and voluntary sector organisations.
About us
In return, we offer an exciting opportunity to join a Trust with a strong culture of encouraging innovation, where you can bring your experience of transforming services to positively impact the lives of people that use our services, and our workforce.
The Closing Date for applications will be 11pm on Tuesday 21st January. Candidates who are shortlisted will be invited to attend a virtual assessment centre (full day) which will inform which candidates are invited to interview.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Job responsibilities
Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.
Person Specification
Qualification
* Professional registration/accreditation i.e. a recognised health improvement qualification or a recognised digital/IT/informatics qualification, or a willingness to obtain such.
* Masters Degree or equivalent experience in an appropriate field.
Experience
* Significant recent leadership experience in a senior digital and/or transformation role.
* Experience of leading large-scale transformation and improvement programmes across complex systems and organisations within healthcare or a related setting.
* Experience of financial management of significant budgets.
* Successful implementation of digital innovation to improve service quality and effectiveness.
* Demonstrates an appreciation of IT legislation and regulation within healthcare or a related setting.
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 name
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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