Job summary
The Chief Nursing Informatics Officer is a key member of the senior leadership team. As a highly experienced and credible senior nurse, you will be able to provide expert clinical advice and guidance to support developments in the field of informatics and technology. You will play a pivotal role in the development and implementation of the 8 principles for a digitally enabled NMAHP workforce:
- Use technology to support Nurses and Midwives vital role in joining up care
- Empower the frontline: adopt the principles of the CNO's collective leadership programme
- Professionalisation of Nursing and Midwifery informatics
- Reduce the documentation burden on Nurses and Midwives
- Release time to care - tech for task, extend humanity
- Improve safety and reduce avoidable harm
- Strengthen evidence base for Nursing and Midwifery using big data to target care and support decision making about Nursing and Midwifery interventions
- Empowering people to actively participate and contribute to their care
I am looking for a great Chief Nursing Informatics Officer but it does not matter whether you are currently an established Chief Nursing Informatics Officer or an experienced digital nurse leader looking for your next role. What matters is that your values align with ours and as a result of this you and your teams deliver for patients and colleagues.
Main duties of the job
The CNIO is a translator and a main point of liaison for nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals (NMAHP) informatics, sharing the strategic vision for how technology will enhance NMAHP practices, clinical quality and patient safety.
As a transformational leader with exemplary clinical credibility, the CNIO will provide expert clinical advice and guidance to support the Trust's developments in the field of informatics and technology; working collaboratively with the Trust's Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) and digital clinical leads, Chief Information Officer and Chief Nurse engaging with key stakeholders to ensure patient and clinical involvement in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of systems and services.
About us
We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children's Hospital and run one of the country's leading heart centres.
Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.
Our purpose is to provide 'Caring at its best' and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we're here to do. They are:
- We focus on what matters most
- We treat others how we would like to be treated
- We are passionate and creative in our work
- We do what we say we are going to do
- We are one team and we are best when we work together
Our patients are at the heart of all we do and we believe that 'Caring at its best' is not just about the treatments and services we provide, but about giving our patients the best possible experience.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: (leicestershospitals.nhs.uk)
The detailed job description and main responsibilities are included as an attachment to this advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the clinical safety of systems and processes in the design, implementation and use of technology solutions to deliver improvements in the quality and patient safety.
The CNIO will also promote innovation and champion the development of a clinically appropriate information culture across the organisation. Promoting the effective use of data for NMAHP outcomes, knowledge and technology to support quality improvements and NMAHP informatics research, which will benefit service users in their recovery and support carers.
The CNIO will support a sustainable governance framework for the review and development of evidenced based clinical content for the Trusts Electronic Patient Record.
The post holder will work closely with the Trusts CCIO in the Local Digital Roadmap. It will be expected they be involved in the NHS Digital strategic agenda and the digital patient work so they are informed of the national direction of NMAHP informatics leadership. As a member of the CNIO national network this will provide networking and learning opportunities from other strategic informatics leaders
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the clinical safety of systems and processes in the design, implementation and use of technology solutions to deliver improvements in the quality and patient safety.
The CNIO will also promote innovation and champion the development of a clinically appropriate information culture across the organisation. Promoting the effective use of data for NMAHP outcomes, knowledge and technology to support quality improvements and NMAHP informatics research, which will benefit service users in their recovery and support carers.
The CNIO will support a sustainable governance framework for the review and development of evidenced based clinical content for the Trusts Electronic Patient Record.
The post holder will work closely with the Trusts CCIO in the Local Digital Roadmap. It will be expected they be involved in the NHS Digital strategic agenda and the digital patient work so they are informed of the national direction of NMAHP informatics leadership. As a member of the CNIO national network this will provide networking and learning opportunities from other strategic informatics leaders
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered nurse with extensive nursing leadership experience.
- oMaster's degree level or equivalent professional qualification.
- oClinical safety officer trained (or willing to undertake).
Desirable
- oDigital Academy Programme graduate.
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of developing and delivering clinical projects, which could include informatics interventions to improve care quality.
- oChange management experience related to the planning and delivery of work in a clinical setting with demonstrated success in overcoming resistance to a change in nursing practice.
- oProven ability to engage effectively with service users and carers and other key stakeholders within and outside the organisation and in a multi- professional environment.
Desirable
- oInvolvement with national initiatives which could include nursing research to support the delivery of evidence based nursing practice
- oExperience of project and programme management techniques and tools such as Prince 2, Agile or Managing Successful Projects.
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
- oHigh level influencing skills: able to persuade clinicians to engage with, implement and embed change to achieve successful outcomes
- oResilient: Able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations, competing demands and tight timescales.
- oProviding assurance that clinical solutions, are designed, developed and implemented with due consideration to clinical safety.
- oExcellent communication skills: able to express complicated, multi-stranded concepts in an accessible way, both verbally and in writing and in a multi-professional environment.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered nurse with extensive nursing leadership experience.
- oMaster's degree level or equivalent professional qualification.
- oClinical safety officer trained (or willing to undertake).
Desirable
- oDigital Academy Programme graduate.
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of developing and delivering clinical projects, which could include informatics interventions to improve care quality.
- oChange management experience related to the planning and delivery of work in a clinical setting with demonstrated success in overcoming resistance to a change in nursing practice.
- oProven ability to engage effectively with service users and carers and other key stakeholders within and outside the organisation and in a multi- professional environment.
Desirable
- oInvolvement with national initiatives which could include nursing research to support the delivery of evidence based nursing practice
- oExperience of project and programme management techniques and tools such as Prince 2, Agile or Managing Successful Projects.
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
- oHigh level influencing skills: able to persuade clinicians to engage with, implement and embed change to achieve successful outcomes
- oResilient: Able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations, competing demands and tight timescales.
- oProviding assurance that clinical solutions, are designed, developed and implemented with due consideration to clinical safety.
- oExcellent communication skills: able to express complicated, multi-stranded concepts in an accessible way, both verbally and in writing and in a multi-professional environment.
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).
