Job summary
Employer heading
Programme Manager - Digital Transformation Programmes
Band 8b
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and professional Digital Programme Lead to join the newly formed Digital Transformation Team at CTMUHB. As an integral part of the Digital & Data Directorate, the team have a rapidly expanding portfolio of challenging and interesting programmes on the horizon, including; electronic prescribing and medicines administration, transforming patient contact services and several smaller projects supporting direct care.
Under the leadership of the Assistant Director of Digital Transformation, the successful candidate will be expected to lead an enterprise wide, complex programme of work that will transform services to deliver better outcomes for our patients, citizens and families, as outlined in the Health Board’s strategy CTM 2030.
Main duties of the job
As an experienced senior leader and programme manager operating in the NHS, you will possess the skills to navigate the complex healthcare system and have experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams across organisational boundaries to deliver programme and strategic objectives
Candidates will have a demonstrable record of project/programme management and delivery within digital transformation health care environment. As well as experience in overseeing both technical and clinical project teams to deliver system change. Abilities should include; outstanding engagement and communication skills, with the aptitude to negotiate with all levels of stakeholders, including external partners, such as; Digital Health and Care Wales, Welsh Government, 3rd Party Suppliers, Community Services.
Experience of designing programme plans, robust governance, with clear timelines and deliverables will be fundamental.
As a senior member of the team, the successful candidate must demonstrate compassionate leadership, role modelling the values of the organisation and be a proactive and positive member of the team. You will have line management responsibility for several team members, supporting their personal and professional development
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
For more information, please contact Suzanne Rodgers, Assistant Director of Digital Transformation.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Lead an enterprise wide programme of work. Manage, plan, drive and provide specialist support digital transformation plan, which focus on improving service delivery and outcomes across end to end processes, in line with financial and operational plans. This will enable improvements in operational performance and quality at reduced cost. This will strategically impact on the delivery of services across the Health Board to support commissioning processes in the future.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to a Masters Level or equivalent (gained through knowledge and experience)
- Principles, methods, techniques and tools for effective project management (Prince II).
Desirable criteria
- PRINCE II and/or Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of operating at a senior management or strategic development role within a complex organisation.
- Leadership development
- Engagement of resistors in change programmes.
- Strong communication and inter-personal skills giving the ability to influence at senior levels.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of service redesign and improvement
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Suzanne Rodgers
- Job title
- Assistant Director of Digital Transformation
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 744800
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