LEAD THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES AT ONE OF LONDON AND HERTFORDSHIRE’S LARGEST COMMUNITY HEALTH TRUSTS, WHERE YOUR STRATEGIC VISION WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT PATIENT CARE AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE.

Do you want to play a leading role in shaping the digital future of healthcare? Are you excited by the challenge of working in a fast-growing, innovative, and ambitious digital department at one of the largest standalone community health trusts serving London and Hertfordshire? Do you want a role that gives you the freedom to set strategic direction, drive innovation, and leave a lasting impact?

REQUIREMENTS

To succeed, you will need deep technical knowledge of the Trust digital and data estate, strong understanding of clinical operations, and proven experience in operational service delivery, programme management, team leadership, and budget oversight. You will provide line management for multiple teams, ensuring effective supervision, staff development, and performance management, while building strategic relationships across the organisation and with external suppliers to drive digital delivery and transformation.
Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION AND PERSON SPECIFICATION FOR FULL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

Benefits:

• Flexitime

Work Location: In perso

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Head of Applications and Data is a new senior leadership role to provide strategic direction and management oversight of CLCH’s most critical digital and data systems and functions. You will oversee delivery teams, set strategic direction, and foster innovation. You will cover the crucial software applications (including Trust EPRs) and data that enable the Trust to carry out its clinical functions, and will include: the clinical application portfolio, the Business Intelligence (BI) service. You will ensure the delivery of high-availability, high-quality, and compliant services within the organisation’s SIAM model of service provision.
Working closely with the Chief Information Officer, you will actively look for opportunities to collaborate with the Trust partners - the NW London community and mental health collaborative, ICSs, Local Authorities, and other Trusts, and use these relationships to align ways of working across the region, develop insights, share costs, and generate benefits for all.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

As Head of Applications and Data you will ensure all activity aligns with the Trust’s overarching digital strategy and evolving organisational priorities. You will take responsibility for the clinical application portfolio, Business Intelligence services, clinical data platforms, the Registration Authority, and technical design authority functions, leading change and innovation across these areas.