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Director of Digital Services
Executive and Senior Manager Grade F
Salary range £97,624 to £130,459 per annum (pro rata part time)
Full Time Permanent (37.5 hours)
Location: Board Head Quarters, JB Russell House, Gartnavel Hospital Campus, 1055 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 0XH
Relocation Package where appropriate
NHS Glasgow Greater Glasgow and Clyde is the largest health system and teaching Board in Scotland with an annual budget of circa £3.9 billion (2022/23) it employs around 40,000 staff. We provide the full range of Acute, Mental Health, Community and Primary Care services to a diverse population of 1.2 million people in six local authority areas. Regional and national services are also provided across a range of clinical specialties.
We are looking to recruit a transformational and visionary leader with the strategic and professional skills, drive and passion to take forward the role of Director of Digital Services within the largest NHS Board in Scotland.
The Role
This dynamic leadership role offers one of the most high-profile and rewarding opportunities within the Digital & eHealth portfolio in the public sector in Scotland. As the largest NHS provider in the United Kingdom, this role supports innovation, digital change, transformation and improvement at all levels.
We are looking for an outstanding candidate who will be accountable for delivering our ambitious Digital on Demand Strategy (2023-2028). Focussing on the delivery of digital to support transformation, increase our “digital maturity”, making digital tools as accessible as possible and creating a digitally enabled workforce, to support our citizens to adopt these new technologies.
The post holder will also provide strategic leadership to our Health Records Service and our Information Management Service.
Reporting to the Chief Executive you will support the NHS Board’s organisational strategy and transformation. This includes our clinical transformation programme ‘Moving Forward Together’ which outlines a clear strategic vision of how services can be further enhanced by digital solutions aligned to new clinical service models.
In this role you will have direct responsibility for a revenue budget of £37.9m; providing strategic and operational leadership through an established and highly accomplished senior management team of around 1646 (headcount) specialist Digital Services Directorate staff.
About You
We are looking for an exceptional individual who is passionate about improving patient care and innovation across Greater Glasgow and Clyde, who can work in close partnership across a wide range of stakeholders including our six Health and Social Care Partnerships.
The role will suit someone who brings a proven track record of leading innovation and is a professionally credible leader who can inspire a culture of ambition and continuous improvement and crucially, will role model compassionate and collaborative leadership.
Applicants should already be leaders in the field of Digital and e Health with the ability to develop and deliver digital transformation programmes and, who can evidence experience of providing strategic direction within a large and operationally complex multisite NHS healthcare environment operating 24/7 or a similar Public or Private sector organisation operating at scale.
As this is a pivotal role within the Board’s Corporate Management Team, it is essential that you can balance the need for strategic direction with operational delivery. Highly results–orientated you will achieve results working in partnership across a range of stakeholders.
Educated to Degree level, in a relevant discipline, with an appropriate professional qualification is essential.
We look forward to receiving your application.
For more information on this role and details on how to apply, please refer to the candidate information pack attached to this advertisement. It is important you complete all sections of the online application form in full. This is to ensure the selection panel can easily find the information they require, and can review the responses from all candidates equally and transparently. Please include all of your employment history.
If you would like to find out more about this post before applying, for a confidential discussion you can contact: Jane Grant, Chief Executive, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Telephone 0141 201 4614 or E-mail Jane.Grant@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
The Recruitment Process Key Note Dates:
Closing Date: 23.59 Tuesday 11th April 2023
Panel Interviews: Scheduled Early/Mid May 2023
Shortlisted candidates: Preliminary Assessment stage will take place over Mid/Late April 2023
Find out more about NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde www.nhsggc.org.uk
Additional Information
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination.
The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Regardless of nationality the recruitment process for all candidates includes a Right to Work in the UK check. EU Settlement Scheme: As part of the recruitment process, you will be required to produce proof of your EU Settlement status from 1st July 2021 to demonstrate your Right to Work in the United Kingdom. Further information: https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families.