Product Owner

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. 

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations.  You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.

NHS Band 7 Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum

Hours per Week:  full time 37.5 

Contract type: Temporary for 2 years (Secondment Considered)

Location: Base location either St Mary's Hospital, Parkhurst Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG, or Building 4000, Lakeside, North Harbour, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3EN. Across site travel may be required, the frequency will be agreed locally

The Product Owner Team are a key enabler in our five-year digital strategy and support the successful rollout of the OneEPR (HIOW Acute Electronic Patient Record). 

Job purpose

As part of the Product Owner team, this role will contribute to improve the effectiveness and value of health care delivery for Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (the Trusts). This post is a senior member of the Digital Service, within the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) function.

The Product Owners are a key enabler in our five-year digital strategy and will support the successful rollout of the OneEPR (HIOW Acute Electronic Patient Record).

Job summary

• Product management of patient facing IT products and managing the product(s) backlog
• Stakeholder and Supplier Management within the context of Agile Software Development
• Maintaining Software User & Management Forums
• Represent the user within 'user stories' at sprint planning sessions and fulfilment of the sprint 'done' statement
• Understand the 'product category' to a subject matter expert level
• Promote the 'products' at various local, regional, and national forums
• Ensure all relevant product documentation is maintained e.g. release notes, clinical safety, change management, communication notifications

IT Product Owners are responsible for internal software applications and their Agile delivery in the Trust. Post holders play a key role in software implementations, migrations, upgrades, providing technical guidance and IT services to users and project teams. Post holders are also required to engage fully with stakeholders, Trust staff, and third-party suppliers where applicable to ensure services are delivered in a timely fashion to meet the requirements of the clinical and corporate business staff.

Specifically, Product Owners are required to:

• Manage and lead Software User & Management Forums
• Represent users within ‘user stories’ at sprint planning sessions and sprint’ done’ statements
• Be subject matter experts for the products they are responsible for
• Ensure all relevant product lite documentation is maintained (e.g. release notes, clinical safety, change management and communications notifications)
• Act as representatives for their products at local, regional, and national forums

Please refer to full job description for more details.

Essential

• Degree level qualification or equivalent in computing or related field.
• CSPO Certification
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Evidence of working in a high performing Agile environment

Desirable

• ITIL Foundation Certificate
• BSC Diploma in Business Analysis
• ISEB Testing Certification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience managing Digital & IT and at a senior level, preferably in the public sector.
• Successful implementation of significant change, both technical and organisational, in a complex setting.
• Considerable experience of developing and implementing digital roadmaps and plans, IT development.

Desirable

• Experience of working at senior management level in a large, complex organisation (in or outside the NHS) leading on digital, IT and information services.
• Experience of successfully operating in and delivering priorities in a partnership environment.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal and explanatory skills in dealing with a wide range of information technology users from skilled to ICT-illiterate.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills, you must be a strong communicator.
• Good presentation and negotiation skills to produce and present formal proposals and get proposals accepted.
• Excellent planning and time-management skills.
• Good negotiating and relationship-building skills to gain maximum benefit for customers from software suppliers and internal IT providers.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. 

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026