Site Digital Portfolio Lead - QEHKL

• Lead the planning, coordination and delivery of a defined digital portfolio aligned to Trust and Collaborative digital strategies and national NHS priorities. • Act as the senior interface between Digital Services and Trust stakeholders, including Divisional Directors, senior clinicians and operational leaders, ensuring priorities, risks and dependencies are understood and managed. • Provide senior oversight and assurance of digital programmes and projects within the portfolio, ensuring delivery to agreed scope, time, cost and quality. • Identify, manage and escalate risks, issues and dependencies through established governance routes, exercising professional judgement in complex and sometimes contested environments. • Hold indirect responsibility for patient care by ensuring digital systems and services within the portfolio support safe, effective and high-quality clinical practice. • Ensure digital initiatives are implemented in ways that minimise risk to patient safety, service continuity and clinical workflow, working closely with clinical safety officers and governance leads. • Communicate complex digital, technical and programme information to non-technical audiences, including senior clinicians and managers.Manage situations where there may be differing priorities or resistance to change, using persuasion, negotiation and professional credibility rather than authority. • Hold delegated responsibility for managing agreed portfolio budgets within defined limits, ensuring resources are used efficiently and in line with financial controls. • Contribute to the development of business cases and investment proposals, providing portfolio-level insight and assurance rather than final approval. Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post. Job description Job responsibilities • Lead the planning, coordination and delivery of a defined digital portfolio aligned to Trust and Collaborative digital strategies and national NHS priorities. • Act as the senior interface between Digital Services and Trust stakeholders, including Divisional Directors, senior clinicians and operational leaders, ensuring priorities, risks and dependencies are understood and managed. • Provide senior oversight and assurance of digital programmes and projects within the portfolio, ensuring delivery to agreed scope, time, cost and quality. • Identify, manage and escalate risks, issues and dependencies through established governance routes, exercising professional judgement in complex and sometimes contested environments. • Hold indirect responsibility for patient care by ensuring digital systems and services within the portfolio support safe, effective and high-quality clinical practice. • Ensure digital initiatives are implemented in ways that minimise risk to patient safety, service continuity and clinical workflow, working closely with clinical safety officers and governance leads. • Communicate complex digital, technical and programme information to non-technical audiences, including senior clinicians and managers.Manage situations where there may be differing priorities or resistance to change, using persuasion, negotiation and professional credibility rather than authority. • Hold delegated responsibility for managing agreed portfolio budgets within defined limits, ensuring resources are used efficiently and in line with financial controls. • Contribute to the development of business cases and investment proposals, providing portfolio-level insight and assurance rather than final approval. Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.