Senior Digital Change Manager

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Digital Change Manager to join its digital transformation team. The role focuses on facilitating business changes, maximizing employee adoption of digital initiatives, and promoting a digital culture within the Trust. Candidates should possess strong communication and analytical skills, with a passion for driving change in a complex healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in change management or improvement techniques.
• Track record of delivering change projects.
• Knowledge of healthcare services is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop change management plans and define change initiatives.
• Maximize employee adoption of digital changes.
• Engage with clinical and operational colleagues.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Negotiation skills

Job description

We are looking to recruit a Senior Digital Change Manager on a fixed team basis to join our growing digital transformation team to help deliver several significant digital change programmes.

The post holder will develop change management plans, define & shape change initiatives, integrate change management into digital workstreams, and to ensure successful delivery and adoption of large-scale digitally enabled change. This will include identifying opportunities for digital change, facilitating the design of 'to be' processes enabled by digital interventions, and delivering the benefits and outcomes enabled by digital transformation.

The successful candidate will be a passionate 'change agent' who has a track record of delivering improvement or change projects. A working knowledge of health care services and/or of delivering digital change in a complex environment is desirable.

If you are looking to take your next steps in change management, transformation, or quality improvement and are dedicated to providing exceptional customer service and building effective change networks, we would be delighted to hear from you!

The Senior Digital Change Manager role will have a primary focus on:

• Facilitating the business and operational changes resulting from digital transformation.
• Maximizing employee adoption of change.
• Engaging with clinical and operational colleagues to plan successful change initiatives.
• Promoting a digital culture across the Trust.
• Establishing a network to communicate changes.
• Cultivating digital change champions.
• Providing exceptional customer service.
  
  

The post holder will be responsible for creating and implementing change management plans that maximise employee adoption and overcome barriers to change, in the delivery of numerous work programmes which contribute to the Trust's strategic ambitions.

The Senior Digital Change Manager will work with Trust staff of all grades and professions, establishing effective networks with those impacted by change using motivational skills to encourage collaborative working to improve services through changes to practice.

The successful candidate will have the following skills and abilities:

• Highly organised.
• Good communication skills (written, verbal, presentational).
• Knowledge of change management or improvement techniques.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Creative problem solving capabilities
• Well developed negotiation skills.
• Proven ability to bring diverse groups of people together to achieve change.
  
  

The Digital Services team is a friendly, supportive, and dedicated group of digital professionals who are committed to providing outstanding support services to Dorset County Hospital.

The post holder will work closely with digital colleagues from services including:

• Clinical Systems
• Development
• Digital Portfolio Team
• Business Intelligence
• Health Records
• Clinical Coding
• Digital Technology and Infrastructure
• Digital Change and Training
• ICS Partner Organisations
• EHR Programme Management Office and Programme Director
  
  

The successful candidate will be fully supported and be provided with opportunities to develop new skills and knowledge as part of their role.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tania Shorten Job title: Digital Transformation Programme Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01305 251150

Please contact Tania Shorten by email ([e-mail]) in the first instance for any questions related to this role.