Digital Services Senior Project Manager

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced project manager to support the Digital Strategy and associated annual plan. This role is pivotal in the success of the Trust's project by providing the project teams expert advice on all aspects of project management.

We are looking for a motivated leader with excellent communication skills and a passion for using technology to harness improvement. Previous experience in health projects is not essential, but an understanding of large-scale digital change is vital.

Main Duties of the Job

Job Purpose

1. Lead the ongoing development and implementation of UHBW's strategic digital vision.
2. Provide leadership for all digital service functions, optimizing their contribution, productivity, and professionalism to support the delivery of safe, high-quality care.
3. Manage and provide senior leadership for the digital programme and programme management function within Digital Services.
4. Deliver on commitments undertaken as a result of internal (e.g., DHPB) and external programmes (e.g., GDE, Paperless 2020).
5. Provide a world-class digital service throughout the Trust and applicable partner organizations across BNSSG.
6. Play an active role in creating opportunities to transform care across the Trust through the use of digital technologies and innovations.
7. Manage the relationship with local, national, and international partners and suppliers to improve and maintain opportunities for collaborative working.
8. Take corporate responsibility as a senior manager of the Trust for the performance and management of the Trust as a whole.

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 that 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.

Date Posted

14 February 2025

Pay Scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year PA

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working Pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference Number

387-TS-6981-MF-A

Job Locations

Digital Services

40 Southwell Street

Bristol

BS2 8EG

Job Description and 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

• Extensive experience of the NHS or sector with comparable digital requirements (population records, information, and systems).
• Significant experience of successfully delivering complex large-scale digital projects.
• In-depth experience of informatics and reporting to very senior management/executives.
• Experience of working in a large and complex organization.
• Experience of working with different professional groups and with staff at different levels of seniority.
• Experience of developing business cases and managing associated schemes.

Desirable

• Experience of developing board-level digital strategy (preferably in healthcare).

Skills

Essential

• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills - both verbal and written - with a range of clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Ability to understand clients' needs and provide them with appropriate solutions and services.
• Able to deliver presentations covering complex material to large groups of staff, using language understandable to non-technical staff, clinicians, and other users.
• Able to define major projects and build a programme using appropriate formal methods.

Qualification and Training

Essential

• Educated to degree level or higher or equivalent relevant experience.
• Further specialist qualification in relevant subjects, e.g., programme or project management, health informatics.
• Relevant Post-Graduate qualification or equivalent relevant experience.

Desirable

• Professional membership of FedIP-affiliated organization, e.g., BCS, UKCIP, SOCITM.

Aptitudes

Essential

• Self-motivated.
• Ability to perform under pressure.
• Flexible working approach.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

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.

Employer Details

Employer Name: University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

Address: Digital Services, 40 Southwell Street, Bristol, BS2 8EG

Employer's Website: https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/