RADIX Programme Manager
Job summary
We are recruiting a Programme Delivery Manager (AfC 8b) to lead delivery for RADIX (OneLondon) within SAFEHR at UCLH/UCL (NIHR Biomedical Research Centre).RADIX is a pan-London programme to reduce harm from inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and strengthen antimicrobial stewardship. It will use the OneLondon Secure Data Environment to link prescribing and microbiology data across care settings, and to support analytics and AI / machine learning tools that can be evaluated and scaled.You will be responsible for programme delivery and day-to-day coordination across clinical, research, information governance, and software/data engineering teams. You will work with colleagues across UCLH and UCL, and with external partners in London, to keep delivery on track and governance in place.SAFEHR enables secure access to routine NHS data for research and innovation. We run the processes and delivery needed to turn electronic health record data (and related sources such as imaging and text) into research-ready assets that support evaluation, analytics and AI work.This post is offered for 12 months (fixed-term contract or sabbatical), with potential extension subject to funding. Salary is £72,921-£83,365 per annum (including HCAS).
Main duties of the job
You will lead delivery of the RADIX programme portfolio and provide operational support to keep work moving across UCLH, UCL and OneLondon partners.You will:o Develop and run programme plans: milestones, dependencies, resourcing, progress reporting, and delivery risks/issues.o Coordinate delivery across clinical, research, information governance, EHR, and software/data engineering teams.o Set up and run governance in a way that supports delivery: prepare agendas and papers, capture actions and decisions, and follow through.o Support delivery of linked data and analytics/AI work by ensuring the right approvals, controls and documentation are in place.o Maintain delivery standards: create and improve lightweight templates and standard operating procedures that make projects repeatable.o Provide day-to-day operational management support to the programme team, including prioritisation and workload planning as requirements change.This role suits someone with strong programme management fundamentals, confidence working with technical teams, and experience operating in high-trust, high-governance environments (health, research, or equivalent). Experience with health data governance and delivery of data/analytics/AI programmes is desirable.
Note: For a detailed description of the role, please refer to the complete job description.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
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Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
- Masters level qualification and/or appropriate professional qualification or equivalent in a scientific discipline.
- Good understanding of running technical projects in the digital data and technology space
- Good understanding of governance requirements in the digital, data and technology space
- Experience with stakeholder engagement, scope analysis, feasibility assessment, requirements specification, and software delivery/implementation
- Good understanding of health informatics / within a healthcare setting
- Good understanding of analytics in a healthcare environment for research and innovation
- Good understanding of software development in a healthcare environment for research and innovation
- Good understanding of electronic health records
Experience
- Substantial relevant experience of managing complex technical projects in digital data and technology space
- Experience of leading and supervising a team
- Some understanding of biomedical scientific terms/ability to formulate documents that include scientific detail
- Strong understanding of the clinical informatics environment
Skills and Abilities
- Excellent communication skills, including ability to communicate effectively with a wide-ranging audience.
- Sound understanding of the issues affecting the Disciplines involved in this service area
- Project management skills; Track record of working closely with agile and diverse engineering teams
- Excellent negotiation and persuasion skills
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of data access for research
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of NHS targets and other topical NHS issues
- A clear understanding of the components of Clinical Governance and how these contribute to an integrated and quality driven service
- Experience in using project management tools such as GitHub, Slack etc
Personal Qualities
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of data access for research issues
Other requirements, including:
- Demonstrate a commitment to professional development of self and others
- Knowledge of equalities issues and strong commitment to the promotion of equality in employment.
- An ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of current thinking and policy affecting health and public sector.
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
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University College London Hospital
250 Euston Road
London
NW1 2PG
Employer's website
https://www.uclh.nhs.uk