Director Digital Services

Director of Digital Services - Oxford

The Director of Digital Services will lead digital operational services across Oxford University Hospitals and support the development and adoption of outstanding digital health and care services for patients and families. The post holder will oversee the delivery of Information Technology services within the Trust, ensuring the best people doing the best work, with delivery to a high standard.

As a Global Digital Exemplar Trust, the Director of Digital Services will deliver a step change in digital transformation, working with clinicians and staff to ensure the optimisation of our digital services across the organisation, facilitating the realisation of benefits and the integration of digital care with the Trusts quality and safety priorities. The post will support delivery of the Trusts strategy through ensuring families and our patients are at the centre of all we do, and staff have the skills and resources required to deliver services to an outstanding standard.

1. Deliver a high quality digital and information technology services.
2. Lead the development of the digital roadmap the Trust
3. Be a transformational leader - one who can drive a step change in our approach to digital healthcare
4. Work with key stakeholders to embed a culture of digital quality improvement and 'digital first' culture across the Trust
5. Ensure brilliant basics are in place to support operational service delivery
6. Support the transformation of key services including outpatient transformation and patient flow, enabling the maximisation of digital technology across the organisation
7. Drive the adoption and integration of digital as a core aspect of our service delivery. This includes working with operational and clinical teams to ensure our workforce is digitally competent and systems are designed to support clinical and cost effective delivery of health and care services
8. Ensure our systems function effectively within the available resources
9. Manage strategic relationships with suppliers and partners
10. Provide effective leadership and support to the teams responsible for delivery within the remit of the Director of Digital Services portfolio
11. Working together with the Chief Digital and Partnerships Officer to play a key role in the development of business cases to demonstrate cost and operational benefit for implementing new digital systems
12. Work in partnership with the Chief Clinical Informatics Officer and Chief Nursing Informatics Officer to facilitate the achievement of key clinical benefits and outcomes
13. Lead on elevating the Trust as a leader in the field of digital healthcare and position us to benefit from national resources available to further our work
14. Maintain and develop local, national and international relationships
15. Ensure sound communications both internally and externally with regards to digital services and programmes