Lead Digital Clinical Specialist

NHS; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare trust in Cardiff is seeking a Lead Digital Clinical Specialist to drive digital transformation in healthcare delivery. The successful candidate will oversee the implementation of clinical digital systems and provide training to the nursing teams. With a Master's level education and extensive digital knowledge, you will play a key role in enhancing patient outcomes through effective use of digital platforms. This full-time permanent role offers a salary ranging from £48,527 to £55,532 annually.

Qualifications

• Digital qualification or extensive digital knowledge / experience.
• Educated to Master’s level, or equivalent experience.
• PGCE or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and oversight for digital transformation.
• Lead the implementation and optimisation of clinical digital systems.
• Develop and deliver training programmes for clinical digital platforms.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Able to work to demanding deadlines

Clinical audit skills

Education

Educated to Master’s level, or equivalent experience

Digital qualification or extensive digital knowledge / experience

PGCE or equivalent experience

Tools

Change management tools

Service improvement tools and techniques

Job description

Overview

Velindre University NHS Trust (VUNHST) is advancing its digital transformation agenda to enhance clinical practice, improve patient outcomes, and prepare for future service delivery at the new Velindre Cancer Centre and beyond. To achieve this, strong clinical digital leadership is pivotal. This commitment includes embedding digital solutions across all care settings, supporting staff to adopt new technologies, and ensuring systems are safe, effective, and aligned with modern healthcare standards.

The Lead Digital Clinical Specialist will provide robust clinical leadership and be responsible for the operational delivery of this transformation. This will be achieved through working within a multi-disciplinary team to lead the implementation and optimisation of clinical digital systems. This includes the successful delivery of the Trust's electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) solution, which will support the safe, clinical, and cost-effective use of medicines across the organisation and all clinical digital infrastructure required for the new Velindre Cancer Service. In addition, the post holder will be responsible for developing, planning, and delivering training programmes for nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team to support the rollout and effective use of the Welsh Nursing Care Record (WNCR) and other clinical digital platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and oversight for the operational delivery of digital transformation across Trust sites.
• Lead the implementation and optimisation of clinical digital systems, including the ePMA solution and associated digital infrastructure for the Velindre Cancer Service.
• Develop, plan, and deliver training programmes for nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team to support rollout and use of clinical digital platforms (e.g., WNCR).
• Offer specialist clinical advice to the programme team and support development, testing, implementation, configuration, and ongoing optimisation of digital systems.
• Support the Chief Nursing Information Officer for Digital in pre-implementation and delivery planning, system demonstrations, and promotion of digital benefits, collaborating with the Digital, Data and Technology teams to ensure safe and timely implementation.
• Contribute to the design of new ways of working related to ePMA and other digital systems to maximise safety and quality.
• Provide visible leadership and management to the wider Digital Clinical Specialist team.
• Organise workload autonomously and act on initiative to deliver programme aims.
• Ensure successful operational delivery of all clinical digital systems in partnership with managers, leaders, and frontline staff.
• Support the digitalisation of the clinical records project.
• Line manage the Digital Clinical Specialist Team.

About us

Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are proud of the specialist services we provide across Wales in our Velindre Cancer Centre and our Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1994, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that strives to apply value-based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We aim to improve services for the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future, guided by our core values: accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, ensuring the best possible care for patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that makes a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities, Velindre University NHS Trust could be the place for you.

Visit our website to find out more: Velindre.nhs.wales

Details

Date posted: 21 October 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £48,527 to £55,532 a year per annum pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 120-NMR766-1025

Job locations: Head quarters, Nantgarw; Parc Nantgarw, Cardiff; CF15 7QZ

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac

Qualifications

Essential

• Digital qualification or extensive digital knowledge / experience
• Educated to Master’s level, or equivalent experience
• PGCE or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Project management knowledge of change management and service improvement tools and techniques
• PG Cert Independent Prescribing Practice qualification

Skills

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to work to demanding deadlines
• Clinical audit skills

Desirable

• Welsh Language Skills (levels 1 to 5) in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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Employer details

Velindre University NHS Trust, Head Quarters, Nantgarw, Parc Nantgarw, Cardiff, CF15 7QZ

Employer's website: Velindre.nhs.wales