Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
1. Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
2. Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
3. Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
Following the secondment of the substantive role holder, an opportunity has arisen for a 12 month fixed term post/secondment to be a lead nurse for Digital, working closely with the Trust Chief Clinical Information Officer and the Trust Nursing and Quality leadership team.
The post holder will be a key player in helping to realise the trust’s digital vision alongside the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO), the Nursing teams and the other members of Health Informatics team, in order to deliver high quality and safe care. They will provide strong leadership to, and on behalf of the Clinical Safety team in order to support other teams in delivering agreed objectives and providing constructive challenge to improve decision-making and outcomes.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of need of clinically approved technological solutions within the nursing and allied health professional environment, and to contribute to the wider digital needs of the organisation.
They will work closely with the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO). They will also provide day-to-day management of the clinical facilitators (staff with clinical backgrounds) within the Health Informatics team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
* First level registered nurse on the NMC register
* Educated to master’s level or equivalent level of experience and training.
Knowledge
* Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of professional and NHS issues and policy.
* Detailed understanding of professional nursing issues.
* Knowledge of NHS targets, definitions and service improvement methodologies.
* Knowledge of change management and service improvement methods.
Experience
* Evidence of clinical leadership in the field of Information Technology.
* Evidence of clinical leadership.
* Experience of facilitating change in large and diverse clinical teams.
* Experience of a clinically led managerially supported organisation.
* Significant management experience in the NHS.
Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them.
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LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups.
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