Deputy Product Owner (OneEPR program)
Job summary
Band: 6
Hours: 37.5
Contract Type: Fixed-Term for 2 years
Closing date - 17 November 2025
As part of the One Electronic Patient Record (EPR) programme, this role will contribute to improve the effectiveness and value of health care delivery for Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (the Trusts). This post is a member of the Digital Service, within the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) function.
Main duties of the job
IT Deputy Product Owners are responsible for supporting internal software applications and their Agile delivery in the Trust. Post holders play a key role in software implementations, migrations, upgrades, providing technical guidance and IT services to users and project teams. Post holders are also required to support the engagement stakeholders, Trust staff, and third-party suppliers where applicable to ensure services are delivered in a timely fashion to meet the requirements of the clinical and corporate business staff.
Please read the full job description attached for further details.
About us
Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.
The vision for our single corporate services is to:
- Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.
- Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.
- Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.
- Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations.
- Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.
- Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.
- Build resilience for individuals and our teams.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Supporting Product management for the portfolio of patient facing IT products and managing the product(s) backlog
Supporting Stakeholder and Supplier Management within the context of Agile Software Development
Supporting the Maintenance Software User & Management Forums
Represent the user within 'user stories' at sprint planning sessions and fulfilment of the sprint 'done' statement.
Understand the 'product category' to a subject matter expert level.
Promote the 'products' at various local, regional, and national forums.
Ensure all relevant product documentation is maintained e.g. release notes, clinical safety, change management, communication notifications.
Please read the full job description attached for further details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Degree level qualification or equivalent relevant experience.
- ITIL Foundation
- ISEB Testing Certification
Experience
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
- Experience managing Digital & IT and at a senior level, preferably in the public sector
- Successful implementation of significant change, both technical and organisational, in a complex setting.
- Experience of working in a large, complex organisation (in or outside the NHS) leading on digital, IT and information services.
- Experience of successfully operating in and delivering priorities in a partnership environment.
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Address
Queen Alexandra Hospital
Southwick Hill Road
Cosham
Hampshire
PO6 3LY
Employer's website
https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/
- Company
- Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
- Location
- Cosham, United Kingdom PO6 3LY
- Employment Type
- Fixed-Term
- Salary
- £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
- Location
- Cosham, United Kingdom PO6 3LY
- Employment Type
- Fixed-Term
- Salary
- £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year
- Posted