Lead the digital services that support Scotland's largest NHS Board.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is seeking an exceptional senior leader to join our Digital Services Senior Management Team as Head of Operations.
This is a pivotal leadership role with responsibility for the strategic and operational delivery of critical digital services that support over 44,000 staff and healthcare services across one of the largest and most complex healthcare organisations in the UK. The role provides leadership across IT operations, technical infrastructure, telecommunications, cyber security, applications and digital service delivery, ensuring safe, resilient and high-performing services for clinical and corporate teams.
Working directly with the Director of Digital Services, you will lead a substantial portfolio of services, budgets and multidisciplinary teams, while contributing to the delivery of the Board's Digital Strategy and wider national and regional digital priorities. The post holder will represent NHSGGC at senior internal and national forums and play a key role in shaping the future of digital healthcare across Scotland West.
- What you'll do
- Provide strategic leadership for operational digital services across NHSGGC.
- Develop our approach to strategic design of data, infrastructure, application and AI architecture that aligns and accelerates national initiatives, but accelerates maturity in digital capabilities for NHSGGC and Scotland West
- Lead major programmes, service developments and organisational change initiatives.
- Direct the delivery of resilient IT infrastructure, telecommunications, cyber security and application services.
- Oversee significant revenue and capital budgets, procurement activity and investment programmes.
- Influence and collaborate with senior clinical, operational and national stakeholders.
- Represent NHSGGC on national working groups and strategic programmes across NHS Scotland.
What We're Looking For
We're seeking an experienced senior leader with a proven track record of delivering complex operational services, digital transformation and organisational change within a large-scale healthcare or similarly complex environment.
You Will Bring
- Significant strategic leadership and management experience.
- Extensive knowledge of digital service delivery and operational management.
- Strong stakeholder engagement, influencing and negotiation skills.
- Experience of managing large budgets, resources and complex programmes of work.
- The ability to lead high-performing teams and deliver sustainable service improvement.
- Degree-level education (or equivalent experience), with relevant professional or project management qualifications highly desirable.
Why join us?
This is a rare opportunity to influence digital strategy and service delivery at scale, helping to ensure clinicians and staff have the technology, systems and support they need to deliver outstanding patient care. You will join an ambitious Digital Services leadership team at a time of significant transformation, innovation and investment in digital health services.
For an informal discussion please contact: Alistair Graham, Director of Digital Services Telephone: 07483 733699 email: Alistair.graham1@nhs.scot
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Information for candidates
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work-life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow. For roles where less than full-time hours can be accommodated, and where the tenure is listed as
“various”, we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements. Flexible working will be included as a topic for discussion during the recruitment process.
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