Chief Clinical Information Officer

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider seeks a Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) to spearhead digital transformation across urgent and emergency care. This pivotal role involves providing expert clinical leadership, ensuring digital health strategies enhance patient safety, and promoting innovative practices. Candidates should demonstrate strong clinical and digital expertise, along with strategic leadership capabilities. This role also includes stakeholder engagement, policy compliance, and mentorship of emerging leaders within the organization, contributing to the future of sustainable healthcare delivery in Yorkshire.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave, increasing to 33

Contributory pension scheme

NHS discounts

Car lease and salary sacrifice schemes

Employee assistance service

Career progression opportunities

Supportive staff networks

Qualifications

• Proven experience in strategic leadership roles.
• Strong clinical and digital skills in health care.
• Ability to analyze and drive clinical governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead digital transformation ensuring system improvement.
• Advise Trust Board on digital health strategies.
• Build strategic partnerships within NHS and emergency services.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Clinical and digital expertise

Analytical thinking

Excellent communication

Innovation

Governance

Values-driven approach

Resilience

Flexibility and mentorship

Job description

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.

Key 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.

Role Overview

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.

Key Skills

• Strategic leadership
• Clinical and digital expertise
• Analytical thinking
• Excellent communication
• Innovation
• Governance
• Values‑driven approach
• Resilience
• Flexibility and mentorship

About Yorkshire Ambulance Service

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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