Digital Business Partner Team Manager
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Digital Business Partner Team Leader to join Nottinghamshire Health Informatics Service (NHIS). This is a senior leadership position responsible for leading the Business Partner function in delivering high-quality, customer-focused digital services.
This role has been created to support the onboarding of Derbyshire partner organisations and the continued expansion of NHIS services. You will play a key role in shaping how digital services align with organisational priorities across both acute and community settings.
As a senior leader, you will act as a vital link between NHIS and its customers, driving service development, demand management, and continuous improvement.
If you're ready to take on a senior leadership role and help drive the future of digital healthcare services, we would love to hear from you.Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
- Must possess an understanding of the use of information, informatics related national strategies and policies
- Has understanding of the role and importance of health informatics
- Has significant managerial experience in a digital business or customer engagement role, preferably in an NHS environment, and be experienced in managing staff and projects
- Knowledge of current health and social care agenda
- Demonstrates an understanding of procurement processes and supplier contract management
- Knowledge of the national, regional and local drivers in relation to digital business management
Qualifications
- Educated to first degree level in an appropriate discipline. In possession of or working towards to Master's degree or be willing to undertake
- In possession of the PRINCE2 Project Management Foundation Qualification
- Recognised advanced qualification in use of Microsoft Office e.g. MOST Expert or ECDL Advanced
- ITIL Service Management
- In possession of the PRINCE2 Project Management Practitioner Qualification
- MOST Master or equivalent
Experience
- Significant overall experience of working in an operational capacity in a health care setting, with at extensive' experience at a senior level
- Experience of setting up/facilitating events for groups of varying sizes
- Proven experience of completing digital business activities, such as the development of key strategy documents
- Experience of managing and delivering a major information system
- Experience of developing innovative digital business initiatives which will help improve quality and performance throughout organisation
- Experience of managing complex programmes of work using the PRINCE2 methodology
- Ability to negotiate supplier contracts/costs
- Proven advanced communication skills and an ability to communicate highly complex information clearly and concisely to stakeholders with varying degrees of understanding
- Proven ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ability to communicate with a diverse group of professionals to very large groups
- Ability to motivate staff, colleagues and stakeholders to achieve the project outcomes
Contractual Requirements
- Ability to work flexibly, outside normal office hours, in order to suit the needs of the users
- Ability to travel in order to attend meetings/deliver training at point of need
- The post holder may be required to form part of the on-call management rota
- Clean driving licence and use of own c
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-in-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/