Job Description
Reports to – TBC
Function – Health & Care
Location – University Hospital Coventry & Warwick including hybrid working.
Context
WM5G Limited was formed six years ago as a leading digital connectivity, innovation, and transformation business. The company is a subsidiary of the WMCA and is governed by an independent board and subject to usual audits and company accounts.
Since then, the company has successfully led pioneering health and care technology trials – including early bowel cancer diagnosis, connected ambulances, and remote care home monitoring.
In 2023-24, WM5G secured £10m of funding to scale-up remote monitoring, community diagnosis, and prevention trials into live clinical services, working in partnership with the West Midlands’ three NHS Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) to support over 7,000 citizens.
This role supports WM5G’s mission to simplify adoption of digitally enabled care across health and social care settings.
Following the success of our Digital Discharge programmes in community settings, we are now expanding our impact. DDS (Digital Discharge Service) is designed to enable safe and timely discharges from hospital to home for patients with reablement needs or social care requirements. It offers a technology-first approach that provides short-ter...