Job summaryOver the coming year we are undertaking work to start to provide people in Lincolnshire a view of their health and care record using our Lincolnshire Care Record. This role will be pivotal in delivery of this, ensuring stakeholder engagement, project planning and delivery. This exciting role is working in the Lincolnshire Integrated Care System supporting all the organisations providing health and care services to work with users of those services to have access to information they need.This role is funded until March 2025.Main duties of the jobdevelop and manage a project planengage with stakeholders widelymanage risks and issuesoversee project delivery and ensure the project meets its deadlinesmanage change controlsupport change adoption and implementationto work with suppliers, professionals and clinicians, digital and information governance colleagues, communications teams, patient representatives and national colleagues to ensure successful deliveryAbout usOur Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesWhat should you do next?Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!Person SpecificationQualificationsEssentialoEducated to degree level or equivalent or equivalent professional qualification.oPrince2 Foundation Level Qualification.oEvidence of ongoing personal and senior level management development.oA good general standard of academic achievement.DesirableoEvidence of postgraduate advancementoMembership of appropriate professional organisationPrevious ExperienceEssentialoDemonstrable track record of achievement and excellence as a project manager at a senior level with evidence of delivery of information technology to support service improvement and business change.oExperience at a senior level in ICT (or professional equivalent) including evidence of developing and managing services in a complex multi-agency environment.oPrevious experience of the procurement of large scale information systems and of negotiation and performance management of contracts and SLAsoExperience of budget management and resource allocation.oExperience of effective team working at a senior leveloExperience of collaborative working with other organisations, colleagues, suppliers and customers in the delivery of aims and objectives.DesirableoSenior level experience within NHS.oEvidence of deploying innovations and new technologies to promote efficient ways of working.oReorganisation and restructuring of service departments.oExperience of the use of the Cranfield or equivalent benefits management methodology.oExperience of supporting the development of ICT policies and procedures with whole organisational impact.oExperience of the development of business or clinical software systems.SkillsEssentialoExcellent project management skillsoGood public sector IT procurement skillsoEffective leadership skills that motivate and involve a teamoGood communication skills including evidence of dealing with senior colleagues and involving other stakeholders from within and external to the organisation.oBroad technical IT skills coupled with the ability to quickly understand the implications of new technologies.oAn up to date knowledge of NHS App and other national initiatives and their impact on the delivery of clinical services in the NHS.oKnowledge of the importance of benefits management for the successful delivery of IT investments.oExcellent analytical and problem solving skills with ability to understand highly complex, sensitive or contentious information.DesirableoKnowledge of POISE, OJEC or other public sector IT procurement standards.oA good knowledge of current technologies, standards, protocols, wide area networks, broadband and best practice delivering ICT services.oGood understanding of the issues surrounding IT systems integration including HL7 and DICOMoKnowledge of one or more modern programming languages.Specific RequirementsEssentialoTeam player with a focus on achievement and corporate goalsoAbility to travel across sites/county as requiredDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 detailsEmployer nameUnited Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS TrustAddressLincolnLincolnLN2 5QYEmployer's websitehttps://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)