Job summary
- Main area
- Digital Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 9
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 164-7818726
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- City
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £109,179 - £125,637 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Digital Director
NHS AfC: Band 9
Job overview
Shape the Future of Healthcare at NUH
Are you a visionary leader ready to drive digital transformation at scale? Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a dynamic Digital Director to lead our journey from analogue to digital, delivering innovative solutions that put people first.
As Digital Director, you’ll report directly to our Chief Digital and Transformation Officer, working collectively championing Tom Loosemore’s definition of digital—applying the culture, processes, business models, and technologies of the internet era to meet rising expectations across our Trust.
You’ll lead the delivery of our Digital and Information Strategy, modernising infrastructure, platforms, and digital services to create seamless, intuitive experiences for staff and patients. You’ll foster a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and continuous improvement, ensuring NUH is at the forefront of the NHS 10 Year Plan’s digital ambitions.
Main duties of the job
What You’ll Do
· Drive the shift from analogue to digital, transforming how NUH delivers care and operates.
· Lead device modernisation, application rationalisation, cloud migration, and digital infrastructure upgrades.
· Embed agile, user-centred design and service improvement methodologies.
· Build strong partnerships across clinical, operational, and corporate teams.
· Champion digital inclusion and accessibility for all.
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
What We’re Looking For
· Proven experience leading large-scale digital transformation in complex settings.
· Deep understanding of digital principles and NHS digital strategy.
· Inspirational leadership, stakeholder engagement, and change management skills.
· Commitment to NUH values and the highest standards of patient care.
Why NUH?
Join us and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of healthcare in Nottinghamshire. You’ll have the opportunity to innovate, inspire, and make a lasting impact for our patients, staff, and communities.
Ready to lead the digital revolution at NUH? Apply today and help us deliver outstanding care through digital excellence.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Must have significant experience working in a senior leadership role (reporting to Director or Deputy Director) within a digital/technology service delivering to a large, complex organisation
- Must be able to demonstrate substantial experience of service design leadership at a personal level across multiple digital/technical/information disciplines and multiple stakeholders with evidence of service development and continual improvement in a challenging setting
- Must be able to demonstrate substantial experience of service transition leadership at a personal level across multiple digital/technical/ information disciplines and multiple stakeholders with evidence of successful transitions into ‘Business as Usual’ services on time, on budget and achieving expected benefits
- Must be able to demonstrate significant experience of service operations leadership at a personal level across multiple digital/technical/ information disciplines; with evidence of achieving cross-discipline, service operation targets/goals
- Must be able to demonstrate substantial experience in financial management of both capital and revenue budgets; including evidence of cost improvements/efficiencies against budget lines
- Must be able to demonstrate experience in dealing with complex people issues and providing pastoral leadership to teams
- To have demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the NHS and its culture
- A proven track record in project management, managing and delivering highly complex and multiple projects across functional boundaries
- Experience of cultivating a high performance culture
Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships at all levels
- Proven track record of building successful teams
- Able to work collaboratively with partner organisations
- Ability to influence and motivate staff at all levels (include Board level) through the use of integrity, influence and credibility
- Must be able to demonstrate strong negotiation skills in complex and challenging situations with the ability to adapt and flex within agreed parameters to deliver mutually acceptable outcome
- Must inspire others and lead by good example
- Ability to present highly complex data
- Proven negotiating skills Ability to communicate in a hostile or emotive atmosphere
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Must be able to demonstrate the ability to critically analyse and interpret highly complex information and make valid contributions to decision making through succinct presentation of the facts
- Must be able to demonstrate reaching timely and effective decisions based on the appropriate use of information; then following the appropriate governance processes within the organisational structure to secure support for the decisions.
- Strategic thinker
- Excellent problem solving and delegation skills using team expertise when appropriate
- Critically analyse highly complex financial and service data sets and able to make appropriate judgements
Planning and organisational skills
Essential criteria
- Must be able to demonstrate experience of service resource management and prioritisation within a complex, multi-disciplinary digital and technical service at an operational, tactical and strategic level to meet the needs of its customers
- Must be able to demonstrate taking a digital solution through the design, business case, approvals, planning, delivery, business as usual and benefits realisation stages
- Must have demonstrable knowledge of digital technology developments and how these may achieve visible clinical benefits to patients.
- Must have a proven ability to motivate others to deliver complex initiatives, managing conflicting priorities.
- Translates strategic direction into deliverable, measureable outcomes
- Ability to interpret national, health and broad organisational policies and establish the way in which these will be implemented and interpreted
- Able to manage and prioritise conflicting demands and meeting various deadlines required for producing highly complex tasks requiring a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Proven record of pro-active performance management
- Able to work independently and on own initiative
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Andy Callow
- Job title
- Director of Digital & Transformation
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812279315
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