At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the Shared Patient Record programme, driving strategic delivery and collaboration across health partners.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking healthcare organisation focused on digital health innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working options, staff wellbeing initiatives, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for continuous improvement and career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on patient care through influential leadership in digital health.
- Qualifications: Master's degree or equivalent experience in digital health or healthcare management required.
The predicted salary is between 71882 - 87856 £ per year.
In this role you lead the Hertfordshire and West Essex Shared Patient Record programme, driving strategic and operational delivery. You will work with clinical, operational, digital, and governance colleagues to shape the future of shared records and interoperability across multiple health partners. You’ll manage governance, benefits realisation and supplier relationships to ensure safe, scalable information sharing. You enable cross-organisational collaboration to align local plans with NHS Single Patient Record priorities. This is a mission-critical opportunity to impact patient care by advancing digital health through a credible, influential leadership role.
Pay / Benefits
Staff wellbeing and development flexible working options.
Responsibilities
- Lead a complex portfolio of interoperability developments and translate priorities into deliverable plans.
- Oversee programme governance, performance, risks, dependencies, finances, resources and benefits realisation.
- Manage the Shared Patient Record development pipeline; prioritise requirements by patient benefit, risk, strategic fit and feasibility.
- Lead discovery, scoping, business cases and options appraisals; present recommendations to governance and funding groups.
- Manage supplier and contractual relationships (Oracle Health Cerner platform) ensuring performance and value for money.
- Build relationships with clinical, operational, digital, information governance colleagues, ICBs, providers, suppliers and national bodies.
- Chair or contribute to programme boards and interoperability forums.
- Ensure solutions are safe, compliant, scalable and aligned with governance, safety and interoperability standards.
- Monitor service performance, adoption and outcomes to drive continuous improvement.
- Support coherent interoperability strategy across Central East Shared Care Record environments and SPR priorities.
Key requirements
- Master's degree or equivalent senior-level experience in digital health, information technology or healthcare management.
- Proven track record delivering complex digital/interoperability programmes across multiple organisations.
- Strong knowledge of Shared Care Records, data exchange and interoperability standards.
- Experience in supplier, contract and financial management within healthcare or similarly regulated environments.
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and communicate with senior governance bodies.
- Experience presenting complex information to boards and external stakeholders.
- Postgraduate qualification or professional certification in programme management or related discipline (desirable).
- Leadership and strategic thinking.
- Stakeholder engagement and negotiation.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Interoperability platforms (Oracle Health Cerner).
- Information governance and data protection.
- Business case development and benefits realisation.
Band 8c - Shared Patient Record Technical Program Manager in Watford employer: National Health Service
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment for healthcare professionals in North Wales. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on compassionate care, staff have access to continuous professional development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact in both acute and community paediatrics. The Health Board's integrated approach ensures that employees are part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving health outcomes for the local population.
