Chief Nursing Information Officer

We are seeking an exceptional Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) to play a strategic and transformational leadership role at the intersection of clinical practice and digital innovation. As CNIO, you will champion the voice of nursing and allied health professionals in the design, implementation, and optimisation of digital health systems across our organisation. The postholder will develop links with clinical colleagues, patient groups and other stakeholders to ensure that the provision and application of systems and informatics is clinically relevant and meets the needs of patients and clinical colleagues. This is a fully remote position, allowing you to work from home or any suitable UK location. We support flexible hours to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance and work in the way that suits you best.

Main Responsibility

• Work in collaboration with the Director of IT, Head of Clinical Systems, Data Protection Officer and Information Security Lead in sharing and implementing the Organisations Digital Technology Strategy.
• Act in the capacity of Lead Clinical Safety Officer alongside the CSO in ensuring all digital clinical systems proposed and in place have a robust governance framework to ensure patient safety.
• Coach and mentor individuals who hold the role of clinical safety officers, helping them manage their digital projects effectively and safely.
• Lead on new ways of working using digital and information technologies, to support nursing, AHPs, medical colleagues and clinical/professional support roles in transforming health and care across the Organisation.

The Ideal Candidate

• Registered Nurse/Midwife/AHP with live professional registration.
• Relevant first degree related to professional registration.
• Leadership qualification or equivalent experience with demonstrable clinical leadership skills.
• Demonstrable clinical experience in a senior role.
• Excellent knowledge of clinical pathways within the organisation, and the use of current clinical IT systems.
• Experience of using and championing clinical information systems.
• Experience and knowledge of the wider NHS informatics agenda and national developments.
• High level of interpersonal and communication skills in written and verbal format, and ability to engage, negotiate, mediate and influence clinical teams with new initiatives.
• Evidence of ongoing CPD in specialist area of practice.
• Significant experience in change management.
• Strong understanding of clinical governance issues specifically focused on digital risk management.
• Ability to engage clinical teams in new initiatives and develop quality improvement programmes linked with digital solutions.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Evidence of an ability to prioritise workload for themselves and where appropriate, others.
• Strong IT skills, and understanding of national, regional and local strategic initiatives.
• Operate under pressure whilst maintaining the ability to work to deadlines and to prioritise workload.
• Successful completion and maintenance of a recognised Clinical Risk Management qualification.
• Experience of completing Clinical Risk Management activities as a Clinical Safety Officer within a healthcare setting.
• Project Management.
• A good working knowledge of the organisation.
• Experience working with independent healthcare providers.
• Experience of working at a strategic level.
• Ability to work flexibly.

Other requirements:

• Occasional planned travel to meetings and services.

Package Description

As a Chief Nursing Information Officer, you’ll be part of our valued team at HCRG Care Group. You will feel valued as a Chief Nursing Information Officer within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £62,215 - £72,293 AFC T&Cs with group pension.
• Private medical insurance with fast access to the most used specialists including for musculoskeletal problems and for mental health support – at locations across the country.
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location in Runcorn.
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you.
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates.
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling.
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise.
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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