Digital Healthcare & Smart Buildings Lead

New Hospitals Programme

The information below covers the role requirements, expected candidate experience, and accompanying qualifications.
Salary - £600 per day outside of IR35
Contract / Associate flexible engagement
The Opportunity
Our NHS client are progressing major schemes under the New Hospitals Programme (NHP) . As we move from concept into delivery, were looking for an experienced digital professional to shape how future hospitals are digitally enabled from the ground up .
This role sits at the intersection of digital, estates, clinical operations and hospital design . Its about helping teams think differently and practically about how technology, data and smart infrastructure can transform care delivery in new hospital buildings.
What Youll Be Doing
Leading and facilitating conversations with clinicians, operational teams, estates and digital colleagues about whats now possible in a digitally-enabled hospital
Translating Hospital 2.0 / NHP blueprints into real, usable digital capabilities within building designs
Shaping approaches to:
Smart buildings & sensor-enabled infrastructure
Digital twins
Integrated command, control and data platforms
Digitally-enabled clinical workflows
Bridging the gap between design intent and operational reality
Producing clear, pragmatic outputs that inform design, investment and delivery decisions (not slide-ware for its own sake)
What Were Looking For
Strong digital background (healthcare preferred, but not essential if youve worked on complex, tech-enabled new builds)
Experience with large-scale new-build or major infrastructure programmes , ideally involving innovative technology
Comfortable leading workshops and discussions with senior clinicians and operational leaders
Able to thought-lead when required but listen deeply and co-design solutions
Practical, delivery-focused, and xwzovoh credible not traditional management consultancy
Must Have
NHS or healthcare system experience
Exposure to NHP, Hospital 2.0 thinking, or major public sector capital programmes
Experience of embedding digital thinking early into estates and engineering decisions
Engagement & Commercials
Contract / associate basis
Funded through the New Hospitals Programme
Commercially flexible for the right profile
Work is starting immediately with teams already mobilised
How to Express Interest
If youre interested or know someone who fits this description wed love to talk.