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Job requirements
Essential
9 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Proven experience of undertaking change management within the NHS
- Experience
Good understanding of the NHS and the national Information for Health Strategy and involvement in the production of local (organisation) or sector wide strategies
- Experience
Knowledge of health information systems, electronic patient records in particular Cerner Millennium
- Experience
Expert knowledge of Transformation / Change Management theory and techniques
- Experience
Experience of staff management
- Experience
Project Management and delivering projects
- Education/ qualifications
Masters level qualification or equivalent experience in digital or allied field.
- Education/ qualifications
Post graduate qualification in a related subject or evidence of recent professional development.
- Education/ qualifications
Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Education/ qualifications
Formal project management
- Education/ qualifications
Qualification – Prince II
- Education/ qualifications
Digital qualification(s) appropriate to Technology Innovation role
Job overview
The senior digital transformation lead is a senior leadership role to shape, deliver and optimise digital transformation across the North West London Acute Provider Group. You will lead a portfolio of clinical systems and EPR enabled change, ensuring programmes deliver measurable benefits, safe and high-quality implementation, improved adoption and better experiences for patients and staff.
Working across four NHS trusts, you will collaborate with executive leaders, senior clinicians, operational teams, digital specialists and suppliers to redesign care pathways, unwarranted variation and embed continuous improvement,. You will also lead and develop transformation and training teams, influence strategic decision-making and help turn the APG digital strategy into practical sustainable improvement across the wider EPR ecosystem
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will lead specific multi-organisation digital transformation programmes and act as a key business partner for an APG trust.
- They will oversee the design, implementation and optimisation of clinical systems and EPR-enabled change, translating clinical and operational priorities into deliverable plans, redesigned pathways and measurable benefits.
- Key duties include chairing and facilitating stakeholder groups; engaging executives, senior clinicians, operational leaders, digital teams and suppliers; and providing clear assurance and progress reports to governance forums.
- The role will ensure changes meet end user requirements to improve usability, productivity and efficiency whilst holding improved patient experience at the heart of everything they do. Changes must comply with clinical safety, information governance, cyber security, programme governance and national digital standards.
- The post holder will analyse the impact of new processes, support clinical safety cases and hazard logs, develop policies and standard operating procedures, and use data and analytics to target adoption and improvement.
- They will lead, motivate and develop transformation and training staff, manage performance and resources, support business cases and benefits realisation, and promote a collaborative culture of innovation and continuous improvement across all four trusts.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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This advert is for Senior Digital Transformation Lead with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Transformation manager role. The advertised salary is £75,328 - £86,114 pa inclusive. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Nov 2026.
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