Deputy Chief Information Officer

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust; Truro; Hybrid; GBP 113,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust seeks a Deputy Chief Information Officer to shape and deliver digital health and care across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

You will lead Cornwall IT Services, overseeing a portfolio of technology transformation, investment and business cases while ensuring safe, resilient services for patients and clinicians.

Qualifications

• Educated to Master’s degree or equivalent qualification.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Membership of a relevant informatics professional body.
• Informatics professional registration (e.g. CEng, CITP, FEDIP Advanced Practitioner, CHCIO).

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of high-quality, secure and resilient IT services.
• Shape technology strategies and transformation programmes across the NHS system.
• Oversee major investment, strengthen performance and value for money.
• Deputise for the CIO at wider system, regional and national meetings.

Skills

Strategic IT Leadership

Programme Management

Change Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Continued professional development

Informatics professional registration (CEng, CITP, FEDIP Advanced Practitioner, CHCIO)

Job description

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an exceptional Deputy Chief Information Officer to help shape and deliver the future of digital health and care across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

This is a rare opportunity to lead a large complex technology service at a pivotal point in our digital transformation. Working across organisational boundaries, you will help ensure that our technology is resilient, responsive and focused on improving care for the people and communities we serve.

About Cornwall IT Services

Cornwall IT Services is a shared digital technology and information service employing over 250 people and managing annual budgets exceeding £10 million in revenue and £5 million in capital investment.

The service supports a diverse health and care community, including:

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust;

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust;

Kernow Health Community Interest Company, including NHS 111 and acute general practice services;

NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly;

primary care;

partner health and care organisations across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly; and

This breadth makes the role significantly more than a traditional technology leadership position. It offers the opportunity to influence digital strategy, service delivery and transformation across an integrated health and care system.

Flexible hybrid working across Cornwall

Main duties of the job

As Deputy Chief Information Officer, you will ensure the continued delivery of high-quality, secure and resilient services while leading an ambitious portfolio of technology transformation.

You will provide strategic and operational leadership across service delivery, technical services and digital programmes. You will oversee major investment, strengthen performance and value for money, and build trusted relationships with clinicians, operational leaders, executives and partners.

Working closely with the Chief Information Officer, you will:

lead the day-to-day operation and continued development of Cornwall IT Services, providing leadership, support and development to a large multidisciplinary digital workforce

shape and deliver technology strategies and transformation programmes across the Trusts and the wider health and care system

oversee a complex portfolio of digital programmes, capital investment and business cases

ensure that technology services are safe, secure, resilient and responsive to the needs of patients, clinicians and partner organisations

establish clear priorities and provide effective assurance on performance, delivery, finance, risk and benefits

develop strong and transparent service-level agreements that demonstrate performance and value for money

deputise for the Executive Chief Information Officer across both Trusts and, where required, at wider system, regional and national meetings

About us

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is at the heart of acute and specialist care for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We care for a population of around 470,000 people, a number that increases during visitor seasons. We employ around 6,700 staff, united by a shared commitment to deliver safe, high-quality care. We provide services across three main hospital sites, with around 780 inpatient beds:

Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro

St Michael's Hospital in Hayle

As a teaching hospital, we're proud to work in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, the University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School, supporting the next generation of health professionals. We're committed to staying at the forefront of medical advance; investing in our people, developing our facilities, and expanding the specialist care we can offer locally so more patients can receive the care they need closer to home. We have a growing reputation for research and innovation that helps shape better care for the future. The Knowledge Spa, located on our Truro site, is a vibrant hub for medical, nursing and professional education across clinical and non-clinical roles. It plays a vital role in attracting, developing and retaining highly skilled teams.

We are driven by one clear ambition, Outstanding Care for One and All, care that's safe, kind and high-quality. We are RCHT.

Job responsibilities

PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

Identity Checks

Professional registration and qualification checks

Employment history and reference checks

Occupational Health clearance

Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check

Right to work in the UK

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We reserve the right to close this advert early.

We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to Master's degree or equivalent qualification, knowledge and/or experience
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Membership of a relevant informatics professional body
• Informatics professional registration e.g. CEng, CITP, FEDIP Advanced Practitioner, or CHCIO

Experience

• Significant experience of working in a senior management position in IT
• Significant experience of leading, planning and managing programmes and projects
• Significant experience of working and engaging with a variety of senior staff
• Significant experience of design and development of large scale digital business cases and plans (5m+)
• Experience of change management approaches within the healthcare environment
• Experience of procurement processes including significant business case development
• Evidence of successfully delivering multimillion pound business cases
• Evidence of successfully managing supplier relationships and contracts
• Evidence of Board level engagement and influencing
• Experience of working within the health sector
• Experience of working in the commercial sector

Knowledge

• Knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes and projects
• Knowledge of the Informatics function
• Knowledge of change management approaches within the healthcare environment
• Knowledge of programme and project management
• Governance, risk appraisal and management of risk
• Knowledge of the structure and functioning of the NHS

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.

£112,782 to £129,783 a yearper annum pro rata