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Job overview

The South East Region is recruiting an Assistant Director for Digitisation to lead large digitally enabled change programmes to the frontline NHS, including oversight of electronic patient records deployments across multiple providers and digitalising imaging and pathology services across complex diagnostic networks.

Suitable applicants will demonstrate a track record in leading complex multi-million pound and sometimes contentious change and transformation at significant scale in the NHS coupled with the ability to go beyond implementation to achieve successful and sustained adoption and benefits realisation.

You will work as part of a dynamic regional team with strong influencing and negotiating skills in order to broker best value for the six Integrated Care Systems (ICS’s) and the diagnostic networks in partnership with national colleagues and the supplier community.

If you can demonstrate these essential skills and experience and are educated to Master’s level with qualifications Information Technology and programme management we are keen to receive your application.  

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for facilitating and assuring delivery of digitally enabled transformation across the region through specific areas of work: - 

1. Consolidate business cases across all pathology networks and ensure that they have a plan to replace the LIMS systems across all secondary care settings
2. Support the national roll-out of Digital Pathology capability
3. Secure investment in Image Sharing platforms to support Imaging Network implementation and have the technology solutions they require
4. Work with the national frontline digitisation programme team to provide regional assurance and oversight to the frontline digitisation programme across the South East
5. Facilitating the national roll-out of Home Reporting for diagnostic radiology to maximise and optimise the workforce.
6. Work with the National DMA team to ensure that all ICSs, Providers, and care complete their DMA surveys. Providing assurance and a point of contact
7. Working with ICBs to develop programmes of work to collaborate on digital productivity.
8. Support the roll out of EPRs to ensure that all trust have an EPR across the SE, that s affordable and aligns to the national convergence approach.
9. National roll-out of clinical decision support (iRefer) embedded within electronic order comms workflow in primary and secondary care

Working for our organisation

In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.

The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/ .

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.