Digital Business Partner

Key Responsibilities

Communication and Working Relationships

Build and sustain effective communications with other roles involved in the shared services as required. Build and sustain effective communications with other Trust functions and positions involved with digital and transformation agenda as appropriate. Provide leadership and advice to Board, Executives, clinicians and managers on all aspects of Digital infrastructure. As a senior specialist be involved in meetings, feedback sessions etc. where highly complex, sensitive, emotive and sometimes highly contentious information is conveyed. Facilitate, train and advise on the appropriate and proportionate investigation/review of service development and sustainability.

Analytical and Judgement

Maintain and continuously improve specialist knowledge in an aspect of Health Service which significantly contributes to the Trusts stated objectives & aims. Establish and maintain strategic links with a range of external partners/stakeholders or manage the links made through the team. Engage with external partners/stakeholders to gain their necessary level of contribution & commitment to the successful delivery of your work. Undertake proactive horizon scanning for either developments relating to Trust work or opportunities for Trust involvement around health issues. Increase the level of knowledge & skills within the Trust through documenting key learning and supporting others to develop their professional abilities. Dissemination of knowledge through engagement in report writing, and reviewing, taking full responsibility for technical accuracy and reliability and being sensitive to the wider implications of that dissemination. and assurance processes including audit. To plan, facilitate and implement change projects to implement the Trusts revised policies and strategies, ensuring that resources are identified appropriately to enable staff and the service to develop.

Planning and organising

As an advocate for change, identify the need for delivery productivity and efficiency improvements through digital transformation; lead and support the planning and provision of digital services & solutions and work alongside nursing and clinical staff to ensure successful implementation of digital services & solutions that achieves expected outcomes and benefits patient care. Facilitate the implementation of Trust digital projects, investments and benefits realisation programmes helping to ensure that these meet budget and time targets and are carried out in accordance with Trust and departmental procedures as appropriate. Support the Digital senior leaders in provision of routine and ad-hoc reports, plans and risks to Trust Board, Trust Leadership Team, Digital Committee and other bodies to ensure digital issues are understood and responded to in an appropriate manner at all levels of the organisation. Represent the Digital Department at local levels, developing partnerships, sharing best practice and integrating knowledge within the Trust. Work in conjunction with the team to deliver effective programmes of education and training, taking an active role in teaching on these programmes and any initiatives as appropriate. For further details please refer to enclosed job description.