Digital Health Lead Nurse

Maudsley Learning; London; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in mental health care is seeking a passionate eNurse Lead to drive the integration of digital technology into clinical practice. This role offers a unique opportunity to work closely with clinical teams, enhancing patient care through innovative solutions. You will lead training sessions, guide project teams, and ensure that digital tools are effectively utilized to improve clinical outcomes. Join a supportive environment committed to quality improvement and professional development, where your contributions will make a real difference in the lives of service users. If you are excited about transforming healthcare through technology, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in mental health and digital technology.
• Strong clinical background with teaching and training experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the adoption and implementation of digital technology across the Trust.
• Provide clinical guidance, training, and support for staff using digital tools.

Skills

Digital Technology in Healthcare

Clinical Leadership

Teaching and Training

Quality Improvement

Multi-professional Collaboration

Cultural Sensitivity

Change Management

Project Management

Education

Registered RN (Mental Health)

Degree or equivalent experience

MSc

Clinical Safety Officer

ECDL

Job description

Site: Bethlem Royal Hospital

Town: Beckenham

Salary: £59,490 - £66,239 per annum inclusive of HCAS

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 31/12/2024 23:59

Interview date: 13/01/2025

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to providing high-quality specialist care to our service users and are recognized for our care and treatment. The Care Quality Commission rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021, together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes, and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will have the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change-makers.

The trust recognizes the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen, and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk about flexible working.

Job overview

The eNurse Lead role will be the clinical nurse lead in the implementation of digital programmes within SLaM. This will encompass the engagement of clinical staff in capturing requirements, clinical flows, and the provision of professional advice to the implementation teams enabling the use of digital technology to be embedded into clinical practice.

The post holder will work closely with clinical teams to promote the uptake of digital technology and clinical adoption across the Trust and direct project teams as required in identifying, evaluating, and coordinating developments with associated clinical digital systems and devices. This will include validating clinical content, liaising with appropriate Trust Clinical Groups and Services, and planning the utilization of the collected data to transform clinical safety and effectiveness within the Trust.

Main duties of the job

The eNurse Lead role requires a strong clinical background and experience in teaching and training. The role will involve presentations and training sessions as well as providing clinical guidance to both the project team (in dealing with raised clinical issues) and to practitioners, supporting them to use digital technology in their clinical practice. We are looking for a candidate who is passionate about how technology can be used in healthcare to improve outcomes, has an understanding of digital healthcare, and can provide clinical leadership to enable a successful project outcome.

Key Responsibilities:

• The post holder will work as the clinical lead for the adoption and implementation of digital technology across the Trust. This will include reviewing current processes highlighting areas of duplication, redundancy, and opportunities for improved efficiencies.
• The post holder will provide clinical guidance, training, and teaching to staff across the Trust to demonstrate the efficacy of adopting digital technology, providing clinical leadership to the project team. This will include participation at events, meetings, and other programmes/projects representing the various digital Projects.
• The post holder will ensure that developments are coordinated with other nursing/clinical programmes so that dependencies are identified, and that strategic objectives are complemented and not prejudiced.
• The post holder will validate and coordinate all communications between the project and clinical staff, liaising with Corporate and Digital Service Teams as appropriate.
• Will undertake the evaluation, assessment, and baselining of current practice and develop plans to implement.
• Assist with the testing ‘Sign-Off’ of the clinical appropriateness and usability of the technology, initially for Pilot readiness and then full trust roll-out. This will include identification of Pilot wards/teams and engagement with the relevant Managers/Medical teams ensuring they become part of the Clinical Delivery team.
• The post holder will review the existing Benefits log and update and monitor qualitative and quantitative benefits which form part of the reporting framework to evidencing clinical benefits realization.
• The post holder will contribute to clinical governance and responsibility for setting and monitoring standards in the use of digital technology to ensure projects are aligned to relevant clinical safety policies, using the clinical safety officer framework.
• The post holder will participate and promote the interests of the digital projects in the areas of informatics and digital health both within and external to SLaM.
• The post holder will participate in service/team evaluation and the planning of future service developments.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered RN (Mental Health)
• Degree or equivalent experience
• Clinical Safety Officer
• MSc
• ECDL

Experience

• Experience of involvement in quality improvement work in a clinical setting
• Experience of multi-professional collaboration at a senior level
• Partnership working with other statutory and voluntary agencies
• Experience of setting, monitoring, and evaluating standards of care
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment and knowledge of methods to develop culturally sensitive practice
• Experience of racial awareness/diversity training
• Experience of research, publication, and presentation
• Experience of working in a practice development or teaching capacity
• Participation with IT/digital health projects
• Experience of change management

Knowledge / Skills

• Knowledge of the current policy context and the implications for mental health nursing
• Knowledge of current professional developments in nursing and nurse education
• Able to communicate complex and sensitive issues to a range of audiences
• Able to advise on professional nursing issues, demonstrating an understanding of professional guidance, nursing policy, and relevant status
• Able to negotiate and influence in order to achieve objectives without direct line management
• Able to identify and establish credibility and good working relationships with representatives of external agencies and partners, and manage those relationships with sensitivity and diplomacy
• Able to motivate and enthuse nursing staff at all levels, and to inspire confidence and respect
• Able to demonstrate a genuine commitment to ensuring that services meet the needs of service users and their carers, and are delivered with sensitivity
• Able to demonstrate a strong commitment to equal opportunities and equal access with a practical approach to ensure that policies are applicable to practice
• Able to manage individual and team performance effectively
• Understanding of the use of digital technology in a clinical environment
• Able to work on several projects simultaneously using project management skills
• Evidence of consultancy skills
• Able to identify key issues from complex documents and plan for operationalizing same

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect, and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers, and our staff should be treated with compassion, respect, and dignity

Please note:

• All applications for this post will need to be made online
• Read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
• The closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should a sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• Once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
• Should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date, your application has not been successful
• Priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• Should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• We are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.