Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of Staff Management
- Experience
Extensive ICT experience
- Experience
Experience of communicating and explaining ICT issues
- Experience
Experience of negotiating with suppliers
- Experience
Experience of purchasing
- Experience
Experience of managing projects
- Experience
Experience of inter-organisational working
- Experience
Organising and chairing meetings
- Experience
Effective written and oral communication skills
- Qualifications
Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification/experience
- Qualifications
Microsoft Office qualification e.g. ECDL advanced or MOS
- Knowledge Requirements
Knowledge, training and experience in ICT
- Knowledge Requirements
Effective empathy and persuasive skills
- Knowledge Requirements
Ability to negotiate
- Knowledge Requirements
Ability to work with supplier contracts/costs
- Knowledge Requirements
Advanced keyboard skills
- Knowledge Requirements
Microsoft Office - advanced use
- Knowledge Requirements
Ability to act and work flexibly and on own initiative
- Knowledge Requirements
Ability to concentrate in stressful situations and when interrupted
- Contractual Requirements
Ability to work flexibly, outside normal office hours, in order to suit the needs of the users
- Contractual Requirements
The ability to travel between NHIS sites
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge Requirements
Knowledge/appreciation of the ICT requirements of ICBs, GP IT and Acute Care
- Knowledge Requirements
Experience/knowledge of: PRINCE2/ITIL
- Knowledge Requirements
Data Protection Act
- Knowledge Requirements
Freedom of Information Act
- Knowledge Requirements
GMS and PMS Contract.
- Knowledge Requirements
GP IT Futures Framework
Job overview
Are you interested in working in the digital space? Passionate about improving health and care through providing digital support services and helping to future proof our NHS through Digital Transformation? If the answer is yes, then we want to talk to you! We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team.
We are looking for a highly motivated and driven individual with exceptional communication and organisational skills, someone who is eager to help our end users engage with NHIS to meet their business requirements. This role is all about running service reviews, managing business relations, providing IT solutions, getting out to meet service users, and creating strategy and direction for IT requirements. We are a collaborative team, working across different local organisations to achieve shared goals, ultimately to provide the highest level of patient care possible.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time basis supporting NHIS in the role of a Senior Digital Business Partner.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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This advert is for Senior Digital Business Partner with Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Sutton-in-Ashfield, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Business partner role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 10 Sep 2026.
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