Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to take a leading role in shaping the Trust's digital transformation. As Digital Medical Lead, you'll provide senior medical leadership within the Digital Directorate, helping to optimise and embed the new Electronic Patient Record (EPR), digital medicines systems (EPS/EPMA), and other digital innovations that support safe, efficient, and high-quality care.
Working alongside the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO), Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO), and wider clinical and operational teams, you'll act as a key link between digital strategy and frontline practice -- ensuring that digital change genuinely supports clinicians and benefits patients.
This is a non-patient-facing role offering the opportunity to influence service improvement, clinical safety, and the future of digital healthcare across Sussex Partnership.
Main duties of the job
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Provide senior medical leadership to the Trust's digital transformation programme, ensuring digital initiatives such as the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) and digital medicines (EPS/EPMA) are clinically safe, effective, and aligned with service needs.
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Act as a key interface between clinical teams and the Digital Directorate, supporting engagement, user-led design, and adoption of new technology.
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Offer expert clinical advice into digital programmes and governance structures, supporting clinical safety cases and benefit realisation.
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Work collaboratively with the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO), Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO), and other digital leads to deliver high-quality, digitally enabled care.
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Promote digital literacy and culture change across the medical workforce, encouraging innovation and continuous improvement in digital practice.
About us
You'll be joining a forward-thinking, collaborative and growing Digital Directorate that sits at the heart of the Trust's transformation agenda. Our team brings together clinicians, digital specialists, programme managers and operational leads -- all working with a shared purpose to improve care through the smart use of technology.
We're a supportive and innovative group who value open communication, flexibility and learning from one another. As part of the wider medical leadership community, you'll be encouraged to share ideas, test new approaches and help shape how digital tools empower our clinicians and improve patient outcomes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Digital Medical Lead will provide senior medical leadership within the Trusts Digital Directorate, ensuring that clinical perspectives guide the design, implementation and optimisation of digital systems such as the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) and electronic prescribing (EPS/EPMA).
Working closely with the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO), Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) and other senior digital and operational leaders, youll support safe and effective digital transformation across all services. This includes contributing to clinical safety governance, championing digital literacy and user-led design, and ensuring digital initiatives deliver measurable improvements in patient care, efficiency and data quality.
The role also involves promoting clinical engagement, supporting the digital culture change within the medical workforce, and helping to realise the benefits of technology-enabled care across Sussex Partnership.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Digital Medical Lead will provide senior medical leadership within the Trusts Digital Directorate, ensuring that clinical perspectives guide the design, implementation and optimisation of digital systems such as the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) and electronic prescribing (EPS/EPMA).
Working closely with the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO), Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) and other senior digital and operational leaders, youll support safe and effective digital transformation across all services. This includes contributing to clinical safety governance, championing digital literacy and user-led design, and ensuring digital initiatives deliver measurable improvements in patient care, efficiency and data quality.
The role also involves promoting clinical engagement, supporting the digital culture change within the medical workforce, and helping to realise the benefits of technology-enabled care across Sussex Partnership.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification or equivalent experience in Project Management methodology such as Agile Project Management (Practitioner level) and/or User Led Design or transformation methodologies
- Post-graduate degree, MSc or PhD from NHS Digital Academy or similar leadership programme or evidence of leadership development
Knowledge/Experience/Skills
Essential
- Experience of leading clinical/digital or operational teams within the NHS
- Experience of managing stakeholder relationships
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly to a non-technical audience.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification or equivalent experience in Project Management methodology such as Agile Project Management (Practitioner level) and/or User Led Design or transformation methodologies
- Post-graduate degree, MSc or PhD from NHS Digital Academy or similar leadership programme or evidence of leadership development
Knowledge/Experience/Skills
Essential
- Experience of leading clinical/digital or operational teams within the NHS
- Experience of managing stakeholder relationships
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly to a non-technical audience.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
