Job summary
Join us for a remarkable opportunity as a Senior Digital
Leader at Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care Trust. We are
looking for an ambitious and influential leader that demonstrates the vision
and leadership qualities to support significant digital transformation and
innovation within the Trust.
The Trust in embarking on the implementation of a new
Electronic Patient Record (EPR) over the next 12 months, come and be a driving
force behind transformative digital endeavours, including the implementation of
game-changing initiatives like our Electronic Patient Record programme.
Longer term you will be responsible for supporting the
development and implementation of our Digital Strategy, which will involve
Digital Architecture, Solution Design & Application Development, and Digital
Systems Integration. This will involve in-depth planning and subject expertise
to deliver the Trust's next steps and identify digital solutions.
You will have the opportunity to work with senior
stakeholders both internally and externally of the Trust and will play an
integral role in the strategic development and delivery of various
technologies, including the Trust's Digital application architecture and
patient-facing applications. Additionally, you will contribute to the CARES
values of the Trust, promoting a culture based on compassion, improvement,
innovation, and understanding.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy Chief Information Officer will play a critical role in supporting the Director of Digital & Chief Information Officer in the full range of their responsibilities, including identifying opportunities to develop digital innovation across the Trust as well as the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care System.
Alongside these duties, you will provide leadership to teams within Digital Services, providing direction and expertise to staff, whilst building strong relationships to support the Trust's aims and Digital Strategy. You will be responsible for overseeing budgetary management, which includes securing internal funding, overseeing project budgets, and identifying opportunities for cost savings.
In return, you could play a vital role as part of an upward journey in which there is both permission and support to be innovative to ensure that the Trust achieve their exciting digital objectives.
For more details and an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
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About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why we were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022 Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer
27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
Flexible and agile working opportunities
Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
Wide range of staff networks such as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)
Health service discounts and online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice schemes
Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Deputy CIO is a pivotal role in delivering the Trusts
Digital Programme. This requires an in-depth knowledge of emerging technology,
drawing on developments across the technical spectrum not only those in
healthcare, and supporting the cross-fertilisation of ideas in design
solutions.
The post holder is the Trusts primary advisor in navigating
the external Digital solution landscape and playing a key role in securing,
where possible, external funding and ensuring systems are delivered to optimise
patient care. The role extends beyond the Trust to encompass the wider health
economy across a patient / client base ensuring optimal Technical design of
Information Architecture, Solutions Design and Systems Integration to allow
secure information sharing and direct access via a patient portal.
The post holder is responsible for identifying Digital,
often innovative, solutions that will improve patient services and work with
senior operational and business colleagues in bringing these solutions to
successful implementation.
The role leads for the Trust in achieving target
levels on external digital assessments including Healthcare Information and
Management Systems Society (HIMSS) digital maturity criteria and the Digital
Maturity Assessment (DMA) to support the Trusts aspirations to achieve excellence
in digital services.
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role
please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Deputy CIO is a pivotal role in delivering the Trusts
Digital Programme. This requires an in-depth knowledge of emerging technology,
drawing on developments across the technical spectrum not only those in
healthcare, and supporting the cross-fertilisation of ideas in design
solutions.
The post holder is the Trusts primary advisor in navigating
the external Digital solution landscape and playing a key role in securing,
where possible, external funding and ensuring systems are delivered to optimise
patient care. The role extends beyond the Trust to encompass the wider health
economy across a patient / client base ensuring optimal Technical design of
Information Architecture, Solutions Design and Systems Integration to allow
secure information sharing and direct access via a patient portal.
The post holder is responsible for identifying Digital,
often innovative, solutions that will improve patient services and work with
senior operational and business colleagues in bringing these solutions to
successful implementation.
The role leads for the Trust in achieving target
levels on external digital assessments including Healthcare Information and
Management Systems Society (HIMSS) digital maturity criteria and the Digital
Maturity Assessment (DMA) to support the Trusts aspirations to achieve excellence
in digital services.
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role
please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level in Digital or related subject, or equivalent experience.
- Management qualification.
- Evidence of personal and professional development.
- Evidence of previous digital leadership roles in large complex organisations
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer
Desirable
- Engagement in the NHS Digital Academy Programme.
- Quality Improvement / Change Management
- ITIL
- Prince 2 or equivalent project management qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Working with and directly influencing clinicians or equivalent staff groups.
- Evidence of effective influence over a wide range of key stakeholders.
- Able to take difficult and challenging decisions that support strategic aims and long-term vision.
- The analytical and judgmental skills necessary to process assess and make decisions on highly complex matters, with conflicting information and a comparison of a range of options.
- Able to create / shape innovative strategic vision and plans for the best possible long-term benefit of patients, the organisation and health and care systems.
- Lead a team successfully
Desirable
- Knowledge of multiple clinical systems from a day to day management perspective
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Role modelling good behaviour
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of providing strategic and Digital advice to the NHS or comparable organisations.
- Significant proven and demonstrated experience as senior manager, head of service, programme lead or architect in IT / digital services.
- Track record of delivery.
- Track record of delivering large scale change and knowledge of quality improvement methodologies.
- Extensive experience in creating integrated digital platforms of online and offline solutions and asset management.
- Significant Digital systems procurement experience.
- Experience in risk management sufficient to understand potential risks from informatics solutions from a clinical perspective.
- Significant experience of implementing a new digital system in a large and complex organisation
- Significant experience of negotiating and managing large contracts.
- Ability to motivate people and strong interpersonal skills.
- Experience of use of Lean/SixSigma, improvement methodology
- Experience of building staff capacity and capability
- Experience of working across partnerships
Desirable
- Examples of creation and delivery of innovative digital solutions.
- Experience in the delivery of large clinical systems across a multi-site estate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level in Digital or related subject, or equivalent experience.
- Management qualification.
- Evidence of personal and professional development.
- Evidence of previous digital leadership roles in large complex organisations
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer
Desirable
- Engagement in the NHS Digital Academy Programme.
- Quality Improvement / Change Management
- ITIL
- Prince 2 or equivalent project management qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Working with and directly influencing clinicians or equivalent staff groups.
- Evidence of effective influence over a wide range of key stakeholders.
- Able to take difficult and challenging decisions that support strategic aims and long-term vision.
- The analytical and judgmental skills necessary to process assess and make decisions on highly complex matters, with conflicting information and a comparison of a range of options.
- Able to create / shape innovative strategic vision and plans for the best possible long-term benefit of patients, the organisation and health and care systems.
- Lead a team successfully
Desirable
- Knowledge of multiple clinical systems from a day to day management perspective
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Role modelling good behaviour
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of providing strategic and Digital advice to the NHS or comparable organisations.
- Significant proven and demonstrated experience as senior manager, head of service, programme lead or architect in IT / digital services.
- Track record of delivery.
- Track record of delivering large scale change and knowledge of quality improvement methodologies.
- Extensive experience in creating integrated digital platforms of online and offline solutions and asset management.
- Significant Digital systems procurement experience.
- Experience in risk management sufficient to understand potential risks from informatics solutions from a clinical perspective.
- Significant experience of implementing a new digital system in a large and complex organisation
- Significant experience of negotiating and managing large contracts.
- Ability to motivate people and strong interpersonal skills.
- Experience of use of Lean/SixSigma, improvement methodology
- Experience of building staff capacity and capability
- Experience of working across partnerships
Desirable
- Examples of creation and delivery of innovative digital solutions.
- Experience in the delivery of large clinical systems across a multi-site estate.
