Job Summary
The Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) is a core member of both the Digital Healthcare Team and Corporate Nursing Team.
As a transformational leader with exemplary clinical credibility, the CNIO will support the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) and Medical Information Officer (MIO) by providing senior professional leadership to the Trust's digital strategy.
You will identify opportunities to transform practice for the benefit of patients, and in partnership with the CCIOs, will provide expert professional and clinical advice and guidance and will engage with key stakeholders to ensure patient and clinical involvement in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of systems and services.
The CNIO is responsible for strategic and operational nursing leadership in the development, deployment, re-engineering, optimisation and integration of clinical information systems to support nursing/midwifery/allied health professional (NMAHP) and patient care.
The CNIO provides clinical leadership to advance NMAHP utilisation of clinical information systems consistent with the goals and objectives of WUTH's NMAHP initiatives.
As an experienced clinician, the CNIO will be uniquely positioned to truly understand the value that a particular technology can bring to the advancement of practice and quality of care at WUTH and to the wider community.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide exceptional clinical leadership creating a vision for WUTH NMAHP digital and act as a champion for digital.
2. Lead assessment of requirements and implementation of strategies to meet current needs and future direction for NMHP digital within the organisation and across transitions through the continuum of care.
3. Undertake a comprehensive review of NMAHP workflows with the aim of maximising efficiency across the pathway of care.
About Us
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
Job Description
Responsibilities
1. Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Chief Nursing Information Officer position available at WUTH.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Current active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council NMC/Health and Care Professional Council HCPC
* Educated to Masters level or can demonstrate equivalent experience
* Management qualification. Post registration qualification.
* Experience of managing teams
Desirable
* Digital Clinical safety Officer training or demonstration of equivalent.
* Project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2)
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
* To have the ability to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities across different professional groups and organisations which will require ongoing review and modification of plans
* To be able to manage competing demands from managerial and staff perspectives across different services and geographical sites and be able to work under pressure to meet deadlines
* Extensive experience in managing and delivering change successfully
* Significant experience and understanding of the value that digital technology and information brings to improving quality of care, outcomes and efficiency
* Excellent communication skills including the ability to articulate NMAHP issues to technical colleagues and conversely technical aspects to non-technical colleagues
Desirable
* To have the knowledge of tendering and contracting processes
Personal Attributes
Essential
* To be attuned to health strategy and policy at a national level and plan to take account of these strategies
* To be able to communicate confidently and assertively through written/verbal means to a wide range of individuals, for example Trust Board, general public, General Practitioners, when representing the Division in a variety of formal and informal settings
* To have the confidence to set ambitious targets which may exceed the minimum standard required and take calculated risks
* To be self-aware, have personal integrity and the ability to self-manage
* To inspire others to be positive in their support of service improvement
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website. #J-18808-Ljbffr