In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.
Digital Workplace Services
A Digital Workplace is the name given to today's virtual, modern version of traditional workplaces. The experience provides personalised, role-based services as well as the data, applications, and collaboration tools required for employees to work securely with each other from anywhere, on any device, at any time.
Our aim is to enable teams across the NHS to connect to information, expertise and knowledge to help them be more productive and to support decision making.
Digital Workplace Services will adopt a simple, user-centric approach adoption of technology and digital tools, systems and services across the new NHS England and the wider system.
The teams are divided into three core areas.
• Collaboration services
• Web team
• Corporate IT
• Services are delivered to internal customers and NHS organisations.
This is a strategic role that continually assesses the strategic business needs to determine the best approach to develop, manage and continuously improve the Enterprise Applications landscape within NHS England.
• Developing Enterprise Applications strategy for NHS England, commercially of the self (COTS) products, Software as a Service (SaaS) and bespoke products developed to meet the strategic corporate needs of NHS England.
• Developing and managing the Applications team responsible for developing, implementing, enhancing and supporting all transactional applications.
• Keeping abreast of industry trends that have an impact on the Applications strategy and good working relationships with existing and potential strategic vendors used by NHS England.
Please note this job vacancy is based in either Wellington Place, Leeds LS1 4AP or Wellington House, London SE1 8UG.
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.
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Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on theGovernment website.
We value the different experiences our people bring to their work. We're working to create an environment where everyone can make a full contribution no matter their background, identity, or circumstances.
Which means, we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities.
You can find further details about the role, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description, Assignment Brief and other supporting documents.
This advert closes on Thursday 16 Jan 2025