Chief Technology Officer

Job description

Job responsibilities

PRIMARY DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY (see attached JD or full description)

Responsible for optimising the working practices of the Trust wide technology teams to ensure quality and effective delivery of products and services that are focused on customer experience

Accountable for the trust regulatory compliance with all security, cyber and developing organisational policies that support this.

In collaboration with the Clinical Services Directorates and Corporate Teams responsible for identifying and exploiting new opportunities that new digital/information technology can bring to deliver quality, safety, effectiveness and efficiency across the organisation

Embed ITIL or equivalent standards to ensure highest quality professionally assured delivery of work within an appropriate Digital framework to regulate functions, activities and service delivery

Accountable for the performance, welfare and wellbeing of a large scale technical and operational team

Have responsibility for the development of the digital capital programme ensuring this is linked to identified risks and asset lifecycle requirements.

Have responsibility for the senior line management of the Service and Operations, IT Infrastructure, and Integration, and Asset and Licensing teams. This includes all aspects of human resource and financial management in accordance with organisational human resource policies.

Effectively coach, manage and support teams to embed modern working practices

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant experience post qualification in a senior management position dealing with strategic, financial and governance issues
• Extensive experience of the development and operational delivery of Information Technology at a senior level.
• Experiencing in managing a large scale, complex Business or IT department, focused on the ongoing transformation of products and services
• Experience of both Programme and Project Management including a PMO function.
• Ability to collaborate constructively within Digital Information Services eco system

Skills

• will require the post holder to have specialist training and skills, and to be able to demonstrate continuing professional development within the discipline and at senior management level.
• Demonstrable leadership and communication skills with proven record of working as part of a team
• Advanced analytical and judgement skills.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience
• Leadership qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

Employer name

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bradford Royal Infirmary

Bradford

BD9 6RJ

Employer's website

https://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk