Chief Clinical Information Officer

NHS; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading ambulance service provider in Wakefield is seeking a Chief Clinical Information Officer to lead digital transformation in urgent and emergency care. This senior role will shape and deliver the Trust’s digital strategy, ensuring clinical quality and operational efficiency. Ideal candidates will have significant clinical leadership experience, strong communication skills, and a passion for digital innovation. The position offers various benefits including flexible working, and contributes to improving healthcare delivery in Yorkshire.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

27 days annual leave

Contributory Pension

NHS Discounts

Dedicated employee assistance

Opportunities for research and development

Qualifications

• Proven track record of delivering large-scale digital projects in a structured environment.
• Strong understanding of digital clinical safety standards and governance principles.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for digital transformation.
• Act as principal clinical adviser on digital health strategy.
• Lead digital clinical governance and information stewardship.
• Build strategic partnerships with regional and national networks.
• Mentor digital leaders and promote continuous improvement.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Clinical expertise

Digital expertise

Analytical thinking

Excellent communication

Innovation

Governance

Mentorship

Education

Registered Health Care Professional (e.g., Paramedic or Nurse)

Prince2 Foundation certificate

Post graduate qualification in Clinical informatics

Job description

Job Summary

Join Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust as our Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO), a pivotal senior leadership role driving digital transformation across urgent and emergency care. As the Trust’s most senior clinician for digital health, you will provide expert clinical leadership, shaping and delivering our Digital Strategy to enhance patient safety, clinical quality, and operational efficiency.

Working in partnership with the Chief Digital Information Officer (CDIO) and collaborating with national, regional, and local partners, you will champion digital innovation, clinical safety, and information stewardship. The CCIO acts as the principal clinical adviser on all matters relating to digital health, guiding the Trust Board and Executive Leadership Team, and embedding data‑driven decision‑making and digital capability across the workforce.

You will represent the Trust in regional and national CCIO and Digital networks, influencing policy, research, and collaborative initiatives. The role demands visible leadership, mentorship of emerging digital leaders, and a commitment to fostering a culture of learning, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

If you are passionate about leveraging technology to deliver safe, patient‑centred, and sustainable ambulance services, and share our values of kindness, respect, teamwork, and improvement, we invite you to apply and help shape the future of digital healthcare in Yorkshire.

Main duties of the job

As CCIO, you will provide strategic clinical leadership for digital transformation, ensuring digital systems and data improve patient safety, clinical quality and operational efficiency. You will advise the Trust Board and senior leaders on digital health strategy, governance and programme delivery. Leading digital clinical governance and information stewardship, you will embed data‑driven decision‑making and digital innovation across the workforce. You will represent the Trust in regional and national digital networks, influence policy, and foster collaborative initiatives. Mentoring digital leaders and championing digital literacy, you will promote a culture of learning, inclusion and continuous improvement. You will build partnerships with NHS England, regional CCIOs, professional bodies and emergency service partners. Overseeing the design and optimisation of digital systems, you will ensure they meet clinical, operational and safety requirements. You will lead the development of digital health policies, ensure compliance with standards, manage budgets, and provide clinical assurance for digital investments. You will promote a culture of reporting, learning and continuous improvement in digital clinical safety.

Skills: Strategic leadership, clinical and digital expertise, analytical thinking, excellent communication, innovation, governance, values‑driven approach, resilience, flexibility and mentorship.

About Us

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities. We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live. We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24‑hour, seven‑days‑a‑week, emergency and healthcare service. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.

Benefits

• Flexible working including part‑time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
• 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service
• Contributory Pension
• NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
• Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes (salary dependent)
• Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service
• Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development
• Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce

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Job Details

Date posted: 22 December 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8c

Salary: £76,965 to £88,682 a year Per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full‑time

Reference number: 174-CCIO-221225

Job locations: Yorkshire Ambulance Trust, Wakefield, WF2 0XQ

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Provide clinical leadership for digital transformation, ensuring digital systems and data improve patient safety, clinical quality, and operational efficiency.
• Expert Clinical Adviser: Act as the principal adviser on digital health for the Trust Board, Executive Leadership Team, and senior managers, shaping and delivering the Trust’s digital strategy.
• Digital Governance & Safety: Lead digital clinical governance, clinical safety, and information stewardship, embedding data‑driven decision‑making and digital innovation across the workforce.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strategic partnerships with NHS England, regional CCIOs, professional bodies, and other emergency service partners, and represent the Trust in regional and national digital networks.
• Mentorship & Culture: Mentor and develop digital leaders, champion digital literacy, and foster a culture of learning, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• Programme Oversight: Oversee the design, implementation, and optimisation of digital systems, ensuring they meet clinical, operational, and safety requirements.
• Policy & Compliance: Lead the development and governance of digital health policies, ensuring compliance with national and regional standards.
• Resource Management: Manage budgets for CCIO‑led programmes, provide clinical assurance for digital investments, and oversee procurement and contract management.
• Continuous Improvement: Promote a culture of reporting, learning, and improvement in digital clinical safety, and collaborate with academic and research partners.

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Essential: Registered Health Care Professional e.g. a Paramedic or Nurse with current registration with a relevant professional body

• Desirable: Prince2 Foundation certificate
• Desirable: Managing Successful Programmes Foundation Certificate
• Desirable: Post graduate qualification in Clinical informatics, Health Informatics, Digital health or equivalent

Experience

• Essential: Significant clinical leadership experience within the pre‑hospital urgent and emergency care setting
• Essential: Proven track record of successful large‑scale digital project and programme delivery within a structured programme management environment

Skills and Competencies

• Essential: Strong understanding of digital clinical safety standards (DCB0129/DCB0160) and information governance principles including the Caldicott principles
• Essential: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to build effective working relationships, influence and collaborate with clinical, operational and digital stakeholders across organisational boundaries and at all levels.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer Details

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Yorkshire Ambulance Trust

Wakefield

WF2 0XQ

Website: https://www.yas.nhs.uk/