Main area Joint Deputy Digital Director – Technology and Operations Grade Band 8d Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 270-TG155-CORP
Employer Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site RCI, Haylock House, Town Kettering Salary £88,168 - £101,677 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 10/08/2025 23:59
Joint Deputy Digital Director
Band 8d
Job overview
Joint Deputy Digital Director – Technology & Operations
At Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) and Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) we are embarking on a bold digital transformation—aligning strategies, uniting teams, and harnessing the power of technology to reimagine care for our populations.
We are looking for a Joint Deputy Digital Director to help shape the future of healthcare in our region. You will drive technology, optimise our existing systems, digital infrastructure, and identify opportunities to enhance our cyber security to support the delivery of safe care.
You will oversee multiple teams within our Digital Group leading Assistant Directors and Heads of Service and working closely with the Group Chief Digital Information Officer (GCDIO), you’ll serve as a key deputy, providing strategic oversight and continuity across services.
We're seeking a high-calibre IT leader with extensive experience in managing multidisciplinary service portfolios—spanning Service Delivery, Cyber Security, Infrastructure, CRM and end user support, supporting NHFT, LPT and playing a significant role in Leicestershire Health Informatics Service.
In this role, you'll collaborate with senior leaders across the Group and the wider ICS to ensure our digital directorate continues to deliver safe, effective and high-quality services ensuring that the voices and needs of NHFT, LPT and the communities we serve are represented.
Main duties of the job
· The Joint Deputy Digital Director Digital Technology and Operations is a senior manager role based within the digital directorate providing strategic oversight and direction to a number of specialist digital services. It is also part of a wider group level senior management team for digital under the Group Chief Digital & Information Officer (GCDIO).
· As lead officer for NHFT, LPT and LHIS (NHS Shared Service) for digital infrastructure and cyber security the post holder will be expected to attend all relevant committees representing the interests of NHFT and LPT. This will include internal meetings as well as ICS and regional meetings as directed by the GCDIO.
· The post holder will lead on the management, maintenance and enhancement of the Trusts’ digital infrastructure, driving delivery of national expectations and targets related to infrastructure and cyber ensuring that NHFT, LPT and LHIS remains compliant with contractual obligations relating to digital, whilst constantly seeking to identify emerging technologies that will improve the security and resilience of digital infrastructure and in turn the business tools which are reliant on it.
For a full overview of the main duties of this role, please refer to the 'This Role' section of the job description located under the supporting documents heading.
Interviews are due to take place w/c 8th September 2025
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document
Person specification
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* Behaviours and Values
* Knowledge and Experience
Assessment against application form
* Skills and Abilities
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You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
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Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.
We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,
At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly, the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.
Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period.
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