Chief Nursing Information Officer

Employer: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Doncaster Royal Infirmary

Town: Doncaster

Salary: £88,168 - £101,677 Pro Rata Per Annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 20/04/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Band 8D

Job Overview

Thank you for your interest in joining Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (DBTH). We have an exciting opportunity to join our Trust as Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO). We are seeking a driven CNIO who has the energy and passion to make a sustainable and lasting difference to our populations and those we care for.

This is an exciting time in our development as we implement our new electronic patient record (EPR). As a Trust we have big ambition and are excited by the opportunity this new EPR brings to improve clinical services, maximise staff resources and enhance patient experience.

To apply for this role, applicants should apply directly to Hunter Healthcare with a CV and cover letter directly to [email protected]

Main duties of the job

The Chief Nursing Information Officer role is an exciting and pivotal member of our senior leadership team and crucial to the success of our new EPR. Working with our Chief Information Officer, Chief Clinical Officer and Chief Nurse, the postholder will act as the principal nursing digital advisor to the Trust and the main point of contact for nursing, midwifery and AHPs in relation to digital.

We are looking to speak with passionate and forward-thinking nursing professionals who have excellent track records of clinical engagement and leading digital projects. You will act as a champion for the development of a clinically appropriate digital culture across the Trust. We are seeking individuals who wish to be at the forefront of digital change and who are committed to driving clinical excellence that will deliver tangible benefit to our patients and staff.

Working for our organisation

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:

• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemes
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully.

Please note, if your application is successful, you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

Certificate of sponsorship

Applications from individuals who require a Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applicants. For further information and to check your eligibility for this post please following the link UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK. Please note that from April 9, 2025, band 2 & 3 entry roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience of operating at a senior level within the NHS. Significant experience of senior nursing/midwifery or AHP leadership with a focus on digital priorities
• Leadership of, or active involvement in, at least one major recent digital project (such as EPR) to improve care quality
• Ability to provide a strategic overview of the development of digital systems to support high quality of care and organisational effectiveness
• High level influencing skills: able to persuade nurses and other clinicians to engage with, implement and embed change to achieve successful outcomes
• Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations, competing demands and tight timescales
• Excellent communication skills: able to express complicated, multi-stranded concepts in an accessible way, both verbally and in writing and in a multi-professional environment
• High level presentation skills: able to confidently present information publicly using a variety of media in different settings in both 1:1 settings and to large gatherings of clinical professionals (conferences and workshops etc) or to Trust Executive or senior leadership team
• Benefits management: able to identify and articulate benefits of information-enabled change and drive through these benefits through their active management
• Patient safety: Responsibility for clinical risk management of clinical informatics systems and services in accordance with NHS standards
• Demonstrable record of successful line management of staff and proven team leadership and motivational skills.
• Autonomous practitioner, able to manage staff and work programmes effectively and to take decisions.
• Evidence of quality improvement initiatives undertaken and able to demonstrate value added.
• Able to apply NHS expertise to complex clinical and business areas in order to implement solutions that support service essential processes.
• Proficient in leading significant change, delivering tangible, timely and sustained improvements
• Ability to make judgement on clinical and professional standards
• Ability to write management reports identifying investigation findings, clearly documented with appropriate judgement and actions needed
• Ability to gain credibility with and influence fellow clinicians, managers and speciality leads- including influencing clinical changes where appropriate
• Highly developed oral communication skills, ranging from informal 1:1 discussions, formal presentations covering both oral and written skills.
• Ability to build strong working relationships at all levels.

Desirable criteria

• Significant digital implementation experience
• Attained national Clinical Safety Training for clinicians
• Knowledge of national IM&T strategy and trends in clinical informatics
• Knowledge of the current and/or future EPR system
• Demonstrates ability to interpret and analyse data and adapt national and local policy from several sources to develop Trust policy or strategy.

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria

• Professional Nursing, Midwifery or AHP qualification with appropriate and active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Registered with BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, the professional body for informatics: or willing to register within 6 months of appointment
• Demonstrates evidence of commitment to professional development
• Educated to Degree level in appropriate field.
• Masters degree or demonstrable equivalent experience

Desirable criteria

• PRINCE2 Practitioner / Agile practitioner (or equivalent project management methodology)
• Masters degree in risk, governance, and patient safety or equivalent (or relevant experience)
• Masters level degree in either informatics, business analysis or process re-engineering, or equivalent (or relevant experience)
• Fellow of BCS

Personal Attributes & Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to present and operate at Board level
• Proven ability to engage effectively with a broad range of stakeholders within and outside the organisation and in a multi-professional environment
• Passionate about digital healthcare as a tool to drive up clinical quality of care and support professional practice
• Excellent communicator both orally and in writing
• Successful influencer and negotiator
• Highly developed analytical and interpretation skills and the ability to understand, evaluate and make sound recommendations from complex and contentious data.
• Strong organisation skills- able to organise own workload and take responsibility across an area of responsibility

Desirable criteria

• Able to manipulate complex data using IT

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

If you choose to use AI or other tools to assist in writing your application, it's essential to personalise this information, particularly your supporting statement.

While AI can help streamline the writing process, these tools cannot fully grasp the context or requirements of the job you're applying for, nor can they accurately reflect your skills, knowledge, and experience. It is crucial that you personalise your supporting statement by articulating these in your unique voice.

Relying solely on AI to write your application or supporting statement is not advocated by DBTH and could negatively impact your chances of success in the application process.

For example, AI responses:

• Usually lack relevance and fail to address the key criteria outlined in the job description and person specification, may come across as generic and fail to distinguish you from other applicants.
• May be ambiguous or open to misinterpretation. Without careful review and editing, the supporting statement could convey messages that are unclear or misconstrued by hiring managers.
• May include qualifications, skills, knowledge or experience that you do not possess, potentially leading to misrepresentation.

Please note that all correspondence will be sent to you via email. If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.

We reserve the right to close down this advert early should there be a high number of applicants.

The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken. The Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event that they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Please note that this check will be charged for in two instalments when you commence employment with Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.