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Job summary

Main area
ICT
Grade
Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
290-CR-2104
Employer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Marys Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£75,328 - £86,114 pa inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/11/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Senior Digital Transformation Lead

Band 8b

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.  

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.  

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

 

 

 

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.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.  Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. 

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,  part time or job share.  Please talk to  us at interview. 

Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.  

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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Masters level qualification or equivalent experience in digital or allied field.
  • Post graduate qualification in a related subject or evidence of recent professional development.
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Formal project management
  • Qualification – Prince II
  • Digital qualification(s) appropriate to Technology Innovation role

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Proven experience of undertaking change management within the NHS
  • Good understanding of the NHS and the national Information for Health Strategy and involvement in the production of local (organisation) or sector wide strategies
  • Knowledge of health information systems, electronic patient records in particular Cerner Millennium
  • Expert knowledge of Transformation / Change Management theory and techniques
  • Experience of staff management
  • Project Management and delivering projects

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Disability confident employerAccredited Living Wage EmployerNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzeWe Work FlexiblyGreen Plan

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Debbie Ensor-Dean
Job title
Deputy CIO - EPR Transformation
Email address
[email protected]
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