Head of Digital

As the Head of Digital, you will report directly to the Deputy CIO, assuming full responsibility for the operational management, performance, and compliance of the Digital department. This role is essential for smooth service delivery, to drive and deliver trust's Beyond Value Digital Strategy, and also to lead a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

What We Offer:

A leadership role in one of the UK's most respected hospitals.

A supportive and dynamic environment, where your expertise will have a direct impact on patient care and digital innovation.

A Continuous Professional Development

Hybrid working options with flexible home-based and office-based arrangements., Digital Leadership: Provide strategic leadership to the Digital department, aligning our digital strategy with the Trust's broader objectives.

Service Management: Lead the continuous improvement of digital services, ensuring they are efficient, cost-effective, and meet the evolving needs of the Trust.

Team Development: Cultivate a positive and innovative work culture, mentoring and guiding a highly skilled digital team to deliver excellent IT services.

Digital Transformation: Oversee key digital transformation projects, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to the highest standards.

Governance & Compliance: Ensure the department complies with all regulations, including data protection, IT security, risk management and performance review

Financial Oversight: Manage digital budgets, including capital and revenue, Ensure that digital capital funding is spent as required and CIP targets are achieved by effectively allocating resources

Are you passionate about digital transformation in healthcare? Do you have the vision and leadership skills to drive innovation and operational excellence? Royal Papworth Hospital, renowned as a Top 100 Global Hospital, is looking for an experienced and dynamic Head of Digital to lead its prestigious, award-winning digital team., Proven leadership in digital transformation.

Strong understanding of ITIL Service Management, Managing successful Programme and Agile delivery methodologies and the ability to manage complex digital programmes and projects.

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex digital concepts to diverse audiences.

Experience managing budgets and overseeing large-scale digital initiatives.

A commitment to fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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