Digital Project Manager- Bexley Neighbourhood Transformation Programme

Job overview

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is leading the integrator arrangement for Bexley’s neighbourhood model, working with partners to join up care around local residents. We are looking for an experienced Digital Project Manager to lead the development of a comprehensive baseline assessment and a clear case for change for shared care records across Bexley Care Plus, and to support delivery of system improvements that enable safe, effective information sharing. If you’re passionate about improving joined up care through better digital and data enabled ways of working, then this role is for you.

Main duties of the job

• Lead a baseline mapping exercise for shared care records and produce an agreed case for change across Bexley Care Plus.

• Plan, structure and oversee the digital, data and organisational workstreams required to improve interoperability and information sharing.

• Work closely with neighbourhood leadership, SEL ICS digital colleagues, GPs/PCNs, local authority teams, acute partners, the third sector and Oxleas services to co-design clinical and operational use cases.

• Identify gaps in data, governance, consent, information standards and technical infrastructure; translate findings into practical recommendations and a delivery roadmap.

• Monitor progress, risks and dependencies, resolving issues and implementing corrective actions to maintain programme delivery.

• Support organisations to improve uptake and embedding of existing tools such as the Universal Care Plan and London Care Record.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Programme & project management

• Develop and maintain programme plans, milestones, governance products and reporting to agreed quality and timeframes.

• Coordinate contributions from neighbourhood partners to ensure benefits, risks, issues and dependencies are clearly articulated and actively managed.

• Support implementation activity with the ICS and partners to improve data flow and sharing across organisations.

Resource management

• Manage programme resources effectively and support financial oversight of project funds where appropriate, ensuring value for money.

• Oversee practical arrangements that support interoperability, including coordinating payments and maintenance relating to interfaces between systems (where required).

Leadership, engagement and communication

• Build strong, collaborative cross-organisation relationships to shape short-, medium- and long-term improvements.

• Develop and deliver a staff and partner engagement plan, including supporting training needs linked to new information-sharing practices and standards.

• Work closely with digital, data/IG, clinical and operational teams to ensure safe, effective, appropriate access to information.

Research & insight

• Use evidence-based approaches to evaluate current information-sharing practices and identify operational, technical and data gaps.

• Map the digital systems used across the Bexley Care Plus landscape (including RiO, EMIS, Social Rx, Liquid Logic and relevant EPRs) and existing integration pathways.

• Evaluate digital tools and information standards that support shared care records, including the London Care Record and Universal Care Plan.