Digital Change Lead (Band 7) - Digital - Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Main area Digital Grade Band 7 Contract 18 months (Fixed term to cover secondment to BSW shared EPR) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 427-7132961

Employer Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site RUH, Bath Town Bath Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 27/04/2025 23:59

Band 7

Job overview

As a Digital Change Lead, you will play a crucial role in the successful adoption of transformative technology. You will work closely with clinical, operational, and technical teams, collaborating to support change management processes to enable seamless transitions to new ways of working.

Main duties of the job

The Digital Change Lead is responsible for delivering the necessary digital change that will enable the successful implementation of the Trust’s digital strategy. The post holder will ensure that the local healthcare organisations are able to identify and, through the adoption of revised working processes, realise the benefits from the introduction of new systems and processes.

Reporting to the Chief Nursing Information Officer, the Digital Change Lead will be a strategic planner and team manager who will utilise his/her significant experience of managing IT-related organisational change to ensure the delivery of this critical programme.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

• Postgraduate Degree level education or equivalent experience
• Evidence of ongoing personal development
• PRINCE2 awareness/ foundation or practitioner level

Knowledge & Experience

• Prior experience working in the NHS at a senior level
• Experience of working with Oracle Health (Cerner) Model/Millennium IT health platform
• Significant experience of delivering substantial & successful service change
• Significant project experience (including PRINCE or similar project methodology)
• Previous experience of working on a large-scale NHS IT related project.
• Experience of working in partnership with other organisations, including third party suppliers
• Experience of presenting to audiences and running interactive workshops
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of working processes and procedures in acute and community hospital settings.
• Knowledge of and understanding of Government’s wider long term strategic vision for digital improvement in the NHS
• Knowledge of NHS Statutory Reporting Requirements
• Experience of team management
• Basic understanding of software development.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 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.