Digital and Transformation Lead

The responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing the adoption and/or optimisation of new technology to enhance patient access and experience, and to increase PCN productivity.
• Building relationships and facilitating collaboration between practices and the wider system, to support the delivery of care to patients (including shared appointments between practices to aid delivery of enhanced access).
• Leading an improvement approach to change, including building capability for quality improvement within the PCN, and system-wide approaches to problem solving.
• Reviewing and improving the PCN’s digital maturity.
• Using data, and improving data quality, to understand demand, capacity and activity, and to drive improvements in the following areas;
  • patient experience of access.
  • operational efficiency including better matching capacity to need.
  • staff experience at work.
  • support population health management.
  • support understanding of the type and intensity of support and training needs of the PCN, and coordinate this support, including through OD programmes.
  • facilitate clinically-led innovation and the effective adoption of improvement initiatives, including integrated working at neighbourhood and/or place level to improve access to services for patients.

If you are an experienced project manager or transformation lead, looking for an exciting new challenge, then we would love to hear from you.  The ideal candidate will have experience of working in an NHS environment.

Whilst the following skills and experience are important, we would welcome applications from people who can demonstrate strong transferrable skills:

• Educated to master's degree level, or equivalent professional experience.
• Professional qualification or experience in information management and technology (IM&T), to demonstrate subject matter expertise.
• Experience in digital/IM&T project management delivery through the entire project lifecycle from initiation to delivery.
• Good understanding of the digital agenda within the NHS and social care/care sector.
• Good understanding of current healthcare policy, relating to primary care and integrated care.
• Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary.
• Used to working in a busy environment.
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
• Ability to deliver a vision and a willingness and drive to adapt to NHS targets and business planning, whilst keeping abreast of legislative and contractual changes.
• Self-motivation and forward-thinking approach.
• Excellent organisational, management and planning skills, IT skills and communication skills.
• Ability to implement and manage change effectively.

• NHS pension scheme.
• Proper Pay - Living Wage Foundation Accredited.
• Eye-care vouchers.
• Health service discounts.
• Annual Leave: minimum 33 days FTE.
• Enhanced maternity & paternity terms.
• Uniform provided for colleagues if required.
• Free use of Holly Health mental wellbeing app.
• Flexible working contracts available upon request.
• Excellent training opportunities and progression provided.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.