Director of Digital

Job overview

Main duties of the job

• To be the lead director responsible for Digital delivery and transformation.
• To work closely with the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer (and their teams) to ensure our Digital approach puts service users first and promotes quality, safety and improves patient outcomes, their well-being and patient  experience.
• To ensure that Digital plays a major role in developing integrated services with Health and Social Care partners and contributes to the overall aims of the Integrated Care System.
• To take overall responsibility for the portfolio of Digital programmes and budgets and ensure that the programmes support the Trust’s strategic objectives and can respond to future demand and change.
• With reference to national strategy and standards, provide guidance and advice to the Trust Board on long-term digital direction and innovations.
• To work closely with the Chief Finance Officer to set and ring fence the budget for investment in digital technology and infrastructure to support delivery of Trust priorities.
• Ensure all Digital services are provided in the most cost effective and efficient way.
• Identify opportunities for additional external funding and lead the production of digital business cases and applications for funding.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.