Job summary
We are seeking an ambitious Deputy CDIO of Digital Transformation to lead the strategic delivery and operational oversight of digital transformation across our organisation, modernising clinical care and enhancing patient and staff experience. As a senior member of the Group Digital Services Leadership Team, you will oversee clinical applications and digital project delivery, ensuring systems across acute and community settings are safe, integrated, and optimised. You will champion innovation, enable workforce and patient digital adoption, and play a pivotal role in delivering our digital strategy and shaping the future of care through technology and transformation.
Responsibilities
* Strategic Leadership: Shape and drive the digital transformation strategy in alignment with organisational goals and national NHS digital ambitions. Act as the senior leader responsible for digital maturity across clinical services, ensuring digital capabilities support integrated, person-centred care. Work in close alignment with the Trust COOs to develop an integrated leadership structure.
* Clinical Applications: Oversee the full lifecycle management of the group’s clinical applications portfolio, including procurement, deployment, optimisation, and retirement. Ensure systems are clinically safe, interoperable, compliant with NHS standards, and designed with end-user experience in mind. Lead stakeholder engagement across acute and neighbourhood services to ensure applications support operational and clinical priorities.
* Digital Projects & Programmes: Lead the delivery of complex, multi-stakeholder digital projects, ensuring robust project management methodologies (e.g. PRINCE2, Agile) are used. Monitor delivery against KPIs, benefits realisation plans, and risk registers. Work with finance, IT, IG, and clinical teams to ensure coordinated planning, delivery, and reporting.
* Governance and Assurance: Ensure all digital solutions comply with NHS Digital standards, including IG, cyber security, and clinical safety frameworks. Be the subject matter expert across clinical applications and digital programmes, including horizon scanning for best practice and future developments. Lead risk and assurance processes related to application and project delivery.
* People and Culture: Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams including programme managers, clinical systems leads, business change analysts, and engagement specialists. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and inclusion. Build digital capability across the clinical and non-clinical workforce through training, support, and partnership, considering long-term skills and development.
* Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with regional partners, ICBs, and suppliers to align with place-based digital priorities. Act as a senior representative in regional digital boards or shared digital service initiatives. Deputise for the CDIO when required.
Qualifications and experience
Knowledge and Experience ( Essential): In-depth professional knowledge across multiple disciplines such as financial management, performance management, information systems, and staff management. Proven leadership in digital transformation in a healthcare or complex organisation. Director-level experience managing clinical systems and large-scale digital projects. Extensive experience working with clinical and operational teams across acute and community settings. Experience and technical knowledge in oversight and management of clinical applications. Highly developed communication skills for complex, sensitive, or contentious matters. Ability to persuade board and senior managers of options, innovation, and new market opportunities. Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with strong political acumen.
Education and Qualifications: Educated to master’s level or equivalent level of experience at a senior level in the specialist area.
Values: Demonstrates commitment to NHS and organisational values and behaviours; supports equality, diversity, belonging and inclusion; shows strong compassionate and inclusive leadership.
About us
St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, St Helier Hospital, and Epsom Hospital. After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021 to enhance research, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.
Details
Date posted: 05 February 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 9
Salary: £117,645 to £134,103 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 200-NN-7646900-A&C-Y
Job locations: St Georges Hospital, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London, SW17 0QT
Legal and compliance
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.
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