Job description
This is a Trust wide role and will involve working in conjunction with the Chief Nurse, Chief Clinical Information Officer and Chief Information Officer to provide clinical leadership in the delivery of the Trusts digital health and care strategy, oversee the implementation of existing and new clinical digital systems and support the digital optimisation of care pathways and interventions across the Trust.
The CNIO will be required to provide leadership, co-ordination, facilitation, evaluation and improvement across a range of digital transformation workstreams within the Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Portfolio.
They will be a transformational leader with exemplary clinical credibility and will be required to provide expert clinical advice and engage with key stakeholders to ensure patient and clinical involvement in support of the Trust’s digital development.
The CNIO will work with colleagues in the BOB Integrated Care System to ensure there is a system wide approach to digital transformation and will be a regular contributor to the Southeast and National CNIO and Digital Leaders networks. They will be responsible for ensuring the clinical safety of systems and processes in the design, implementation and use of technology solutions to deliver improvements in the quality of services and patient safety. The CNIO will demonstrate understanding and passion about using digital technology to support clinicians to transform patient care and patient experience.
Some of your duties:
- Proactively manage key clinical risks relating to digital health technology and ensure appropriate actions are taken to mitigate or respond to the risk.
- Provide a strong Nursing and Allied Health Professional voice and vision using advanced communication methods to ensure the best and safest possible digital healthcare systems are delivered.
- Ensure that the Trust works collaboratively with patients and carers in developing and using digital technology, and ensure that patient experience is at the heart of improvement and development.
- With clinical expertise contribute towards the Trust’s safe management of data and compliance with GDPR.
- Understand emerging trends and promote innovation in Nursing and AHP practice within the Trust through the use of new technology e.g. remote monitoring and artificial intelligence.
- Oversee the delivery of relevant digital research focused projects and support the development of publications suitable for local, regional and national sharing events.
- Design, initiate and participate in the use of audit related to digital systems for the delivery of care and complete the improvement cycle.
- Oversee the clinical mobilisation of electronic patient records systems (EPRs) and ensure the full functionality of clinical systems is utilised in order to fully realise benefits and deliver more efficient, safer and high-quality services.
- Represent the Trust on behalf of the Chief Nurse, at local, regional and national digital events.
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
As part of the chief nurse's team you will find an environment where colleagues are committed to supporting each other's work and challenges, and where Improvement is driven by joint endeavor with colleagues, patients and carers. You will be offered regular supervision and a wealth of opportunities to develop you skills and abilities.
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Staff accommodation
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
For full information about the role take a look at the job description.