Associate Director of IT Infrastructure Programmes – Dorset Digital Health

This is a pivotal time to be joining our Dorset Digital Health team as we are embark on a bold journey to transform Dorset’s health and care system through digital innovation. Our vision is for Dorset to be recognized as a digital pioneer within the NHS by 2031, creating a seamless, integrated digital ecosystem that empowers staff and improves patient experiences across all settings.

As our Associate Director of IT Infrastructure Programmes, you will play a central role in making this vision a reality. You will lead the delivery of aligned enterprise infrastructure across our three NHS Foundation Trusts: Dorset County Hospital (DCH), Dorset HealthCare (DHC), and University Hospitals Dorset (UHD). This role is essential to establishing the modern infrastructure foundations and creating a resilient, secure, and scalable digital backbone for modern healthcare. You’ll primarily be responsible for:

• Leading Strategic Infrastructure: You will ensure our technical architecture meets business needs and enables clinical transformation, moving us toward cloud solutions and away from inefficient legacy systems.

• Enabling Clinical Innovation: You will oversee critical Medical Devices Integration programmes, providing the underpinning technology that supports safer, more efficient care.

• Estates and Development Interface: You will act as the primary interface for Estates leadership, particularly supporting the New Hospitals Programme to lead all technical-enabling activities for our new builds.

Collaboration is at the heart of our success. We are moving as one ‘Dorset System’, where digital decisions are made once, wisely, and together. You will work closely with clinical and operational leaders to ensure technology keeps pace with our ambitions for standardized, joined-up working. We are looking for a highly-experienced and values-driven digital programmes leader who is committed to our Patient First improvement system and our shared priority to use every NHS pound wisely.

If you would like to have an initial conversation, please contact our recruitment partner, Brendan Davies, at Hunter Healthcare on 07585 356985 or by email at bdavies@hunter-healthcare.com

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