Chief Digital and Infrastructure Officer

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust; Worthing; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust in Worthing is seeking an exceptional Chief Digital and Infrastructure Officer (CDIO) to join the Board and Executive Team at a pivotal point in our development. You will lead digital, technology assets and the estates, facilities and infrastructure portfolio, ensuring safe, compliant and modern healthcare across seven hospitals and community services.

Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will provide executive accountability for the EPR

Job description

There is a significant agenda ahead. We are implementing a new electronic patient record, accelerating our digital and AI ambitionsand continuing to improve and invest in a large,complexand varied multi-site estate. The CDIO will provide the executive leadership and strategic coherence needed to ensure these programmes support our clinical priorities and deliver tangible improvements for patients and staff.

You will have executive accountability for our digital and technology assets, including leadership and oversight of the EPR programme and our wider digital, data, AIand cyber agenda. Alongside this, you will provide Board-level leadership for our estate,facilitiesand capital programme, ensuring our physical infrastructure is safe, compliant, effectivelyutilisedand capable of supporting outstanding modern healthcare.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive and working closely with clinical and executive colleagues, this is much more than a functional leadership position. As a full member of the Board, you will contribute to the overall leadership,performanceand future direction ofUHSussex, while providing clear accountability for a substantial enabling portfolio.

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest acute provider organisations in the NHS, with an annual operating budget of around £1.7 billion. We employ almost 20,000 colleagues and deliver care to around 1.8 million people through seven hospitals across five main hospital sites, alongside community services and satellite locations across Sussex and beyond. We are now seeking an exceptional Chief Digital and Infrastructure Officer (CDIO) to join our Board and Executive Team at a pivotal point in our development.

This is a newly configured and strategically important executive portfolio, bringing together leadership of digital, technology, estates,facilitiesand infrastructure. The role reflects our recognition that the physical and digital environments in which healthcare is delivered are increasingly interdependent and must be planned,developedand transformed as a coherent whole.