The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced leader to join our expanding Digital Business Services Team. The successful candidate will help to lead the delivery of key Digital business-related services, as well as supporting the wider delivery of NHS Lanarkshire’s (NHSL) Digital Strategy to transform our health and social care services to the benefit of the population of NHS Lanarkshire.
Reporting to the Business Services Manager, this new role will provide comprehensive project management, planning, and service improvement expertise across several key work streams, including (but not limited to):
* Finance and Procurement
* Digital Strategy
* Digital Governance
* Risk Management
* Health & Safety
A key aspect of this role will be to provide day-to-day leadership and line management of the Business Services Team.
The post holder will be a team player, committed to further developing the functions of Business Services Team to support the priorities of the wider Digital Directorate and NHS Lanarkshire.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
* Educated to degree level or equivalent with qualification in an Informatics / Information Technology or business-management field
* Post graduate expertise within the area of practice area that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently
* Comprehensive knowledge of the operation of core IT systems in use within NHS Lanarkshire
* Knowledge, acquired through experience, of the operation of clinical and non-clinical departments across all sectors of NHSL
* Knowledge of project management methodology
* Knowledge of ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library)
* Influencing, negotiating and mediation skills, able to gain credibility and confidence of a wide range of NHS professionals and senior managers
* Excellent inter-personal, communication (verbal and written) and presentation skills
* Initiative, independence of action and maturity of judgement
* Ability to deal with often conflicting demands and priorities, and working under pressure
* Good understanding of NHS Scotland direction, priorities and structures and an ability to think strategically in respect of programmes national and local in terms of how they impact on Digital strategy
* Knowledge of current legislation on Data Protection, Freedom of Information, Diversity, etc.
* The post holder will come into contact with multiple applications and systems across all sectors of NHS Lanarkshire, Acute, General Practice Community as well as Health and Social care integrated environments. The post holder will have to develop detailed and comprehensive knowledge of each of these as part of their service management responsibilities.
Applicants should refer to the job description, person specification, and role profile attached below before applying.
Contract type
* Permanent
* Full time
* 37 hours
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in eHealth within Kirklands Headquarters.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Jordan Livingstone, Business Support Manager - Digital on jordan.livingstone@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Lynn Deas, Recruitment Administrator on lynn.deas@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
* A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
* A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
* Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension )
* Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
* Occupational health services
* Employee counselling services
* Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage .
Additional Information for Applicants
* Posts close at midnight on the indicated date. However, if there are a high level of interest in this position, we may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
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NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.
Right to Work within the UK
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.
We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk .
Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.
Please note that all Band 1 and Band 2 posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.