You'd have told them they should have used Apple/Google app model, right? NHSX seeks willing humans to fill health tech and data roles
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2021/02/08/nhsx_tech_data_jobs/
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For a salary of £93,000, two individuals will be charged with leading technology and data policy in the NHS's digital agency, NHSX.
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The director of data policy is set to lead a 125-strong team through "substantive reform of the regulatory, policy, and practical use of data in the health and care sectors."
According to the job ad: "The Director is the senior lead for data within the Department, and will lead on the delivery of the forthcoming data strategy, a major publication that will set the regulatory framework for data use."
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UK Test and Trace chief Dido Harding tries to convince MPs that £14m for canned mobile app was money well spent [4]READ MORE
The individual should be good at getting abreast of their briefs quickly because an [5]NHS strategy paper [PDF] said last autumn that the Data Strategy for Health and Social Care was due "in the coming months". Which means about now unless it has been delayed.
Meanwhile, the ad for Director of Tech Policy really uncorks the Champagne bottle of jargon, asking, as it does, for an individual to "evidence the effects of digital on care and to influence the system to digitise and to shape the various crucial building blocks of delivery."
Reading between the lines, the document teases the fact that whoever is brave enough to take on either role will be parachuted onto a political minefield while under sustained shelling.
It says the successful applicant should be able "to navigate political sensitivities and complexity".
What might they be? The imminent health white paper, which has been widely leaked, is said to contain plans to [6]reverse some of the reforms that took place during the Cameron government and give [7]central government more control of the service .
At the same time, the new hires will be working for NHSX, an organisation created in 2019 to lead digital transformation, which is struggling to find a role as it competes with NHS England & NHS Improvement and NHS Digital, both of which have fingers in IT projects.
"National governance arrangements for digital transformation remain confused, despite attempts to clarify them," [8]spending watchdog the National Audit Office said last year .
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Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, radiologists, and an army of other dedicated medical professionals will be on the receiving end of reforms and digital transformation while the once-in-a-generation demands on the service caused by the pandemic are still ongoing. They might be forgiven for wanting to pause to take a breath. ®
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[1] https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?jcode=1705934&csource=csalerts
[2] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_business/policy&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YCFuJze4WA132qjf0rerQgAAAAg&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[3] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_business/policy&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=3&c=33YCFuJze4WA132qjf0rerQgAAAAg&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/03/test_and_trace_not_waste_of_money_dido_harding/
[5] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/944045/20112020_Busting_Bureaucracy_FINAL_PDF_VERSION_.pdfLinkHere
[6] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55960355
[7] https://www.ft.com/content/97e43c01-2b5f-4907-9781-4be52d606f95
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/18/latest_nhs_it_revolution_is/
[9] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_business/policy&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44YCFuJze4WA132qjf0rerQgAAAAg&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[10] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
"That strikes me as _very_ low for the amount of political wrangling and personal exposure you'll have."
Agreed, this sounds more like a bunch of dummy positions so that gov.uk has something to beat up after a bunch of shit comes out in the wash, post release of that so called Data Strategy.
Plus, I imagine the heat is on a bit after Dido Harding [1]Twat Twat took a hit in the recent Public Accounts Committee.
Can't have one of their own being so thoroughly embarrassed in the public eye, what?
[1] https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2021/02/03/test_and_trace_not_waste_of_money_dido_harding/#c_4199029
Yeah seems like a director level position that I would expect to be well into six figures. Where I work senior developers can get fairly close to £90k.
Re: a large sum of money by anyone's measure
I think Dido Harding would consider that as pocket change.
And she has failed much harder than that.
I'd want at least double that
On the off chance of running into Dildo.
Not that I have much confidence that she's actually been in the vicinity as the coal face - let alone seen it.
Re: I'd want at least double that
You'd be more likely to run into her if you were a horse.
Not a great start...
The candidate information pack quotes this as the link to information about the required vetting process:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/security-%20vetting-and-clearance
Note the intrusive space. If you correct that, the link goes to a page saying the guidance was withdrawn in March 2020...
More substantively, the Director of Data Policy role includes:
Delivering and ensuring maximum possible benefit from the NHS AI Lab, a £250m programme as part of the Government’s mission on artificial intelligence. The lab is a Government Major Projects Portfolio(GMPP) level programme tasked with accelerating AI-based companies, building technical capability within the NHS, and ensuring appropriate regulatory frameworks
Not sure that I'm entirely comfortable with a senior civil servant in charge of our health records having the explicit goal of using that data to "accelerate" private AI companies, "regulatory frameworks" notwithstanding.
Just close it
.......and save the money
Just pointless duplication of existing resources
Of course it's a large sum of money by anyone's measure, but £93k to lead a team of 125, establishing and implementing data/information policy for a health system that touches 70 million lives and wields a £120Bn budget? That strikes me as _very_ low for the amount of political wrangling and personal exposure you'll have.