Job vacancy: Senior Clinical Systems Lead, Transforming Care Digitally Program, Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester

Job summary

Main area: Clinical Systems
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: Fixed term: 18 months (Full Time)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 327-25-765

Employer: Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Edward Jenner Court
Town: Gloucester
Salary: £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/09/2025 23:59

Senior Clinical Systems Lead, Transforming Care Digitally Program

Band 8a

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· To support day to day operational management and organisation of the Transforming Care Digitally Clinical Systems Team

· To deputise for and support the Head of Clinical Systems to ensure that Clinical Systems strategic direction is embedded throughout the organisation and the program, ensuring that relevant policies, procedures and guidelines are developed and implemented taking into account national policies and Trust practices.

· To manage and develop configuration and business change processes

· To work with all Trust staff, stakeholders and external third parties e.g. NHSE, National/Local Service Providers and external suppliers, to ensure robust system design, build and testing of implementations to meet local and national requirements.

· To manage contentious issues in a controlled and integrated way.

· Work with complex clinical service areas which will include; benefits and workflow analysis, stakeholder engagement, reporting requirements, information governance, potential impact, risks and issues, in order to identify suitable solutions to meet the Trust’s strategic and local planning objectives

· Use Clinical System knowledge & expertise to analyse and assist in system selection, including business change, benefits analysis, training, implementation and associated reporting

Leadership

· To lead on change management processes to optimise agreed outcomes

· To liaise and work with the Transforming Care Digitally Program Manager and individual project managers to manage expenditure and project budgets.

· Support the Head of Clinical Systems with contract management and Service Level Agreements.

· To support any planned Clinical Systems products and service procurement including the requirement specifications, testing documents etc

· To attend national, regional, local meetings, workshops, events and other forums as required

Management

· To manage operational change and benefits management for clinical systems

· To manage the Clinical Systems risks ensuring the risk is clearly defined, regularly reviewed and regular reports are updated to reduce the risk in line with the mitigation plans.

· Maintain and develop change control processes to ensure oversight and assurance of any proposed changes

· Work with the Performance and Information Teams to ensure that all developments will meet service specifications, KPI expectations and national reporting requirements and provide assurance to operational teams at management level that the systems are fit for purpose and will supply required data.

· To receive regular updates on Clinical Systems project developments from team leads and coordinate to keep Steering Groups and Operational Services up to date on progress

· To attend SIRI, investigation and review meetings to give expert advice and follow up on any agreed action.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to degree level or equivalent in an appropriate subject, or possess relevant proven experience
Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
Evidence of continuing professional and managerial development
Demonstrated line management experience

Desirable criteria

Change Management /Leadership qualification
PRINCE2 or equivalent experience

Length and Nature of Experience

Essential criteria

Understanding of clinical and operational processes within the NHS, the Public sector and other Health setting
Knowledge of working with complex systems
Demonstrable evidence of being to convey complex information in a confident and competent way
Experience and understanding of Clinical Systems applications

Desirable criteria

Knowledge and awareness of coding (for instance CVT3 Read codes and SNOMED)

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:

Free car parking at many of our sites
27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
Recognition and long service awards
Fast Track physiotherapy
Our Wellbeing line
Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.

For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.