Person Specification

GOSH Culture and Values

Essential

• Our Always values

Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential

• Master’s degree or equivalent relevant experience
• Post Graduate Qualification in Health Informatics, Project/Programme Management, or Information Technology, or equivalent experience
• Relevant Microsoft certification or equivalent experience
• One or more security qualifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CISA), Information Risk Management qualification (e.g., CRISC), COBIT 5/2019 (minimum foundation level)

Desirable

• Experience of delivering and managing complex transformation programmes
• Knowledge of OJEU procurement and contract processes
• Prince2 or equivalent project/programme management qualification
• ITIL support management qualification or equivalent

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

• Experience (5+ years) in managing complex IT environments, preferably within the NHS
• Experience in planning and managing the technical aspects of IT application deployments, delivering to plan, and managing exceptions in a complex environment
• Experience of managing significant operational budgets (>£1m pa)
• Experience of managing significant capital budgets (>£2m pa)
• Experience in managing stakeholders, ensuring high quality and timely communications across project groups and organisational management
• Advanced written skills with the ability to write complex business papers, reports, and policy documents that are suitable for approval by high-level Trust groups
• Ability to work across institutions and boundaries between healthcare sectors to formulate and implement projects and deliver agreed benefits
• Excellent business analytical skills and knowledge of budget management, business case development, financial planning, and benefits realisation
• Able to work under significant pressure to achieve deadlines whilst managing frequent interruptions. Ability to concentrate for long periods of time on complex transactional clinical data and process analysis
• Good understanding of HL7, FHIR, and interoperability standards

Desirable

• Experience in managing multi-vendor platforms and supplier relationships
• Management of integration teams and integration infrastructure
• Familiarity with ISO27001 and implementation of ISMS frameworks
• Understanding of Agentic AI architectures and LLMs

Skills/Abilities

Essential

• Exceptional organisational, analytical, and strategic-level logistics planning skills
• Exceptional leadership qualities with the ability to lead, manage, and motivate staff into achieving a common goal
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate, negotiate, and influence staff at all E levels in the organisation, including clinical staff, managerial staff, and senior/board level executives, as well as with external suppliers
• Excellent knowledge of enterprise IT applications and software programmes, ideally in the healthcare environment
• Ability to assess complex application and transactional clinical data-related issues and identify solutions.
• Inspires and sets direction for others
• Outcome-focused and proactive
• Collaborative and open communicator
• Committed to continuous improvement and innovation

Desirable

• Ability to negotiate beneficial outcomes with suppliers and partners

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).