Deputy Product Owner (OneEPR program)

Isle of Wight NHS Trust; Newport; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is looking for an IT Deputy Product Owner to support software applications and Agile delivery. The role requires strong communication skills, digital management experience, and the ability to implement significant organizational change. Ideal candidates should possess relevant qualifications and experience in managing IT products in a complex partnership environment.

Qualifications

• Proven technical change management experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead digital initiatives.
• Strong partnership and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Support product management for IT products and manage backlog.
• Facilitate stakeholder and supplier management in Agile context.
• Represent user stories in sprint planning sessions.
• Maintain all relevant product documentation.

Skills

Excellent communications and interpersonal skills

Experience managing Digital & IT

Successful implementation of significant change

Experience in a complex organisation

Delivering priorities in a partnership environment

Education

Degree level qualification or equivalent relevant experience

ITIL Foundation

ISEB Testing Certification

Job description

As part of the One Electronic Patient Record (EPR) programme, this role will contribute to improve the effectiveness and value of health care delivery for Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (the Trusts). This post is a member of the Digital Service, within the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) function.

Main duties of the job

IT Deputy Product Owners are responsible for supporting internal software applications and their Agile delivery in the Trust. Post holders play a key role in software implementations, migrations, upgrades, providing technical guidance and IT services to users and project teams. Post holders are also required to support the engagement stakeholders, Trust staff, and third-party suppliers where applicable to ensure services are delivered in a timely fashion to meet the requirements of the clinical and corporate business staff.

Please read the full job description attached for further details.

About us

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.

The vision for our single corporate services is to:

• Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.
• Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.
• Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.
• Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations.
• Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.
• Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.
• Build resilience for individuals and our teams.

Job responsibilities

Supporting Product management for the portfolio of patient facing IT products and managing the product(s) backlog

Supporting Stakeholder and Supplier Management within the context of Agile Software Development

Supporting the Maintenance Software User & Management Forums

Represent the user within 'user stories' at sprint planning sessions and fulfilment of the sprint 'done' statement.

Understand the 'product category' to a subject matter expert level.

Promote the 'products' at various local, regional, and national forums.

Ensure all relevant product documentation is maintained e.g. release notes, clinical safety, change management, communication notifications.

Please read the full job description attached for further details.

Person Specification

Experience

• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
• Experience managing Digital & IT and at a senior level, preferably in the public sector
• Successful implementation of significant change, both technical and organisational, in a complex setting.
• Experience of working in a large, complex organisation (in or outside the NHS) leading on digital, IT and information services.
• Experience of successfully operating in and delivering priorities in a partnership environment.

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification or equivalent relevant experience.
• ITIL Foundation
• ISEB Testing Certification

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.