Regional Director of Digital, Data & Innovation

Regional Director of Digital, Data & Innovation

An exciting opportunity has arisen in NHS England North West for a Regional Chief Digital, Data and Innovation Officer. This is a pivotal leadership role within the region's new operating model and central to delivering the ambitions of the 10-Year Health Plan.

This post will provide strategic direction across the region's digital, data and innovation portfolio, leading a skilled community to accelerate the shift from analogue to digital and ensuring these capabilities shape regional priorities and decision-making.

The successful candidate will oversee teams responsible for developing and delivering a coherent regional strategy, translating national programmes into a clear roadmap and investment plan, and strengthening digital and data expertise across provider and commissioner boards.

Working across three large integrated care systems, the directorate will collaborate with regional colleagues and national teams to drive the large-scale transformation required to support system recovery, stabilisation and long-term service modernisation.

We are seeking a credible, influential leader who can build strong partnerships across the NHS, social care, local and national government, academia, industry and the VCFSE sector. The role offers the opportunity to advance digitisation across the region and unlock the societal and financial value of health and care data.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder, as a member of the regional executive team, will provide professional support to the Regional Director to deliver the objectives of NHS England. They may also lead or support initiatives set out by NHS England's national leadership, as relevant to their portfolio.

The Chief Digital and Data Officer will help meet the Region's core objectives through:

Strategic leadership of the regional health system to support delivery of reform, overseeing planning, investment and reconfiguration of services, supporting innovation and ensuring effective regional leadership strategy and talent pipelines.

Performance management and oversight of commissioners and providers, holistic oversight of performance in line with national frameworks, including understanding board and leadership capability, identifying 'early warning' systems and managing risk.

Regional approach to improvement support and intervention to ensure high quality and sustainable care, developing capability, addressing underperformance and overseeing regulatory interventions as required.

Understanding the political landscape.

Building strong, collaborative relationships at national, regional and local levels.

Person Specification Leadership

• First in class leadership skills from a breadth of disciplines, a visionary and strategic thinker
• Highly developed negotiation and political skills and awareness and significant experience of operating at Board level in a politically sensitive environment or organisation;

Qualifications

• Educated to masters level or equivalent experience

Skills and experience

• Significant experience of operating at board level and a substantial track record of delivering results in very complex high-profile environments

Sector knowledge

• Demonstrable technical understanding of NHS providers, commissioners and systems, the financial processes they require for success, and the regulatory/control environment, in which they operate.

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.

£131,301 a year per annum (Starting from £131,301)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working