Deputy Director of Digital | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Deputy Director of Digital to support the delivery of our ambitious digital transformation programme.

Working closely with the Director of Digital, you will provide senior leadership across digital services, ensuring the Trust continues to modernise its technology, optimise digital systems, and embed innovation across clinical and operational services.

This is a pivotal leadership role, contributing to both Trust-wide transformation and Greater Manchester digital collaboration.

Working as a key member of the senior leadership team, you will support the Director of Digital in driving organisational change, improving service delivery, and ensuring that digital, data, and technology capabilities enable better outcomes for stakeholders.

This role requires a collaborative and ambitious leader who can operate at both strategic and operational levels, build strong partnerships across the organisation, and champion innovation while ensuring robust governance, security, and value for money.

The post holder will support the development and delivery of Bolton FT’s Digital Strategy, aligned with NHS England and Greater Manchester ICS priorities

We have a long and proud history of caring for generations of local people and can trace our roots all the way back to 1814 with the first hospital in Bolton – the Bolton Dispensary in the town centre.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust was formed in 2008 and, in 2011, we became an integrated provider with community health services joining the trust. Covering a catchment area that also incorporates parts of Bury, Wigan and Salford, we deliver hospital and community based services from the Royal Bolton Hospital in Farnworth and from 20 health centres across Bolton, to a catchment population of 310,000+ people.

The Royal Bolton Hospital is a major hub within Greater Manchester for women’s and children’s services and is the busiest single ambulance-receiving site in Greater Manchester. We’re structured in four clinical divisions – Community Services, Families and Diagnostics, Medicine, and Surgery and are led by a Board of Directors. As an NHS Foundation Trust we’re accountable to our members and have a Council of Governors to represent the views of patients, public, staff and partners.

Buildings, names and models of care have changed over the centuries, but one thing has remained constant and is prevalent among our 6,718 staff members: the enduring commitment to providing the best health and care for the people of Bolton.

For further information and detailed Job description and person specification please see attached documents.

This advert closes on Friday 31 Jul 2026