Digital Contracts Manager

This exciting role reflects our commitment to harnessing the power of digital and data-driven transformation in improving patient care across Derby, Derbyshire, and parts of Staffordshire, whilst providing cost-effective digital solutions to ensure every pound is spent correctly. Working within a new team and supporting the Head of Digital Strategy, Governance and Risk, you will strategically manage the entire portfolio of digital and data contracts, that provide the support and maintenance for UHDBs technical and network services, applications and systems, and hardware by working with our senior leadership team to ensure that the services are deployed effectively and supportive of new and emerging business requirements. The successful candidate will manage the entire digital and data contracts, including procurement, negotiation, performance and risk management, and working with procurement colleagues ensure their timely and cost-effective delivery. This will include the procurement of consultancy contracts to support the digital and data transformation programme. Join us in driving a generational change in patient care delivery, championing digital and data-driven innovation at the heart of our organisation., The post holder will be responsible for leading on all digital and data supplier contract management within Digital and Data Services managing our current contracts and related commercial administration. As Digital Contract Manager, work closely with key stakeholders from across Digital and Data Services and Finance teams to develop and manage supplier relationships, delivery against KPI's and pro-actively manage the services for UHDB. Provide contract management for a portfolio of contracts, in excess of £14m annually, for the Digital and Data service, including large, long term, complex contracts, licencing costs and compliance, development contracts with additional 3rd parties, drafting and agreeing Contract Change Requests and larger Contract Change Notes. These cover the business-as-usual managed service contracts and all the new development and change. Develop and deliver contract life cycle management, systematically and efficiently managing contract creation, execution and critical analysis for maximising operational and financial performance and minimising risk by ensuring accurate service delivery in accordance to contractual SLAs and all renewal certifications are applied in a timely manner to ensure no downtime and full legal and regulatory compliance.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.