Joint Deputy Digital Director

Job summary

Joint Deputy Digital Director - Clinical Systems, Programmes and Innovation

At Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) and Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) we are embarking on a bold digital transformation--aligning strategies, uniting teams, and harnessing the power of technology to reimagine care for our populations.

We are looking for a Joint Deputy Digital Director to help shape the future of healthcare in our region. You will drive technology, optimise our existing systems, digital infrastructure, and identify opportunities to enhance our cyber security to support the delivery of safe care.

You will oversee multiple teams within our Digital Group leading Assistant Directors and Heads of Service and working closely with the Group Chief Digital Information Officer (GCDIO), you'll serve as a key deputy, providing strategic oversight and continuity across services.

We're seeking a high-calibre IT leader with extensive experience in managing multidisciplinary service portfolios--spanning Service Delivery, Cyber Security, Infrastructure, CRM and end user support, supporting NHFT, LPT and playing a significant role in Leicestershire Health Informatics Service.

In this role, you'll collaborate with senior leaders across the Group and the wider ICS to ensure our digital directorate continues to deliver safe, effective and high-quality services ensuring that the voices and needs of NHFT, LPT and the communities we serve are represented.

Main duties of the job

The Joint Deputy Digital Director - Clinical Systems, Programmes and Innovation will have oversight and accountability for all Digital Programmes and projects within Digital supporting the Trusts' PMO with prioritising and resourcing all programmes and projects and making sure they align to the Digital strategy. Projects will include technical projects and programmes as well as digital innovation projects, clinical systems projects and also supporting and leading on ICS/county digital programmes.

As lead officer for NHFT and LPT on the Northamptonshire and LLR shared Care Record and all other ICS shared digital clinical technologies the post holder will be expected to attend all relevant committees representing the interests of NHFT and LPT.

The post holder will lead on digital innovation for the Group CDIO, driving delivery of national expectations and targets related to digitisation ensuring that NHFT & LPT remains compliant with contractual obligations relating to digital, whilst constantly seeking to identify emerging technologies that will improve the way services are provided.

For a full overview of the main duties of this role, please refer to the 'This Role' section of the job description located under the supporting documents heading.

Interviews are due to take place w/c 8th September 2025

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.