Looking for a rewarding new role with plenty of flexibility and opportunities for career progression? Look no further than Norfolk’s community NHS. You’ll be working closely with patients and their families to keep people safe and well, by looking after them at home and in their local communities. NCH&C is proud to be the first standalone NHS community trust in the UK to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our focus is on continually improving the quality of care we offer to local people and on improving access to that care, helping people to move seamlessly from one service to another. Praising NCH&C’s “compassionate, inclusive and effective leadership at all levels”, the CQC observed that our staff are well supported to make positive changes and innovations.
Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust is committed to continuing to create a modern and inclusive work environment. As part of this commitment we actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible, to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce to maintain and improve their wellbeing. The trust offers a range of flexibility, including flexible working patterns, and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.
We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.
Do you want to be our first Board level leader for digital and data? Are you ready for the challenge of implementing the Government's mission to transform NHS care, by maximising digital care and care provided at home? As a pivotal member of our executive team and Board, you will shape the development and implementation of our strategic vision for digital, IM&T, data, and business intelligence. We are currently in the process of developing a new group model between Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust and Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust which will commence in April 2025, and as part of this we have been able to create this new role. utilise data to make informed decisions for continued service quality and improvement; and provide a secure digital environment.
With significant experience as a digital leader in a large and complex organisation, you will have the ability to inspire our people, push the boundaries of innovation and deliver high quality outcomes. You will need to be a team player and good at building relationships both internally with our clinicians and broader staff and with the partners we collaborate with.
16 th December you will take part in virtual stakeholder panel discussions with a face-to-face interview taking place on the 17 th of December.
They will provide vision, professional leadership and strategic direction to achieve the Group’s aims and improvements in quality, efficiency and effectiveness.
They will be the lead expert responsible for delivery of the digital agenda within the Group, leading the use and adoption of new digital technologies and approaches including AI, deploying clinical benefits to gain productivity, enhance the working lives of colleagues and deliver improved patient experience. The CIO will work collaboratively with the ICS digital leadership teams across all the ICSs within the group footprint and play an active role in the development of digital strategy within them.
As a member of the Group Board and senior management team, contribute to the strategic and operational agenda, with a key role in the shaping of clinical and corporate services to improve population health outcomes, reduce health inequalities and meet the priorities of the trust and its commissioners. Actively contribute to the leadership of the Group, continually seeking to improve the safety, quality, sustainability and efficiency of services, to support the provision of excellent patient care.
Comply with the Group’s standing financial instructions, standing orders, policies and the code of conduct for NHS managers.
Ensure the Group’s legal and statutory obligations are fulfilled in line with governance requirements within the resources available to organisation.
Work with other director colleagues to develop the Group’s reputation as a good employer, enhancing performance along with effective resource and skill utilisation. Maintain own professional and personal development.
Information Technology, Information Management and Information Security.
Lead the development and implementation of the Group's Digital vision and strategy, championing the use of digital technology and practices.
Oversee the maintenance and modernisation of the ICT infrastructure, identifying and mitigating any risks.
Responsible for information management and information security
Identify and effectively manage information governance related risks and information and cyber security issues, communicating the importance of this across the Group and engendering a collective responsibility.
Ensure that the Group's digital related policies (including information risk management, cyber security, and business continuity) are contemporary and compliant with relevant regulation and guidance.
Provide expert advice to the Chief Executive and the Group Board relating to Digital and Information issues, in particular highlighting both potential risks and opportunities for improving patient care and safety and Group performance.
Ensure that digital initiatives are fully integrated with annual planning processes.
Digital Transformation and Innovation
Responsible for the development and delivery of a Group Digital Transformation vision and strategy which also promotes digital skills and digital inclusion, ensuring it is aligned with the Trust’s strategic direction.
Manage the ongoing development of access to data for research, maintaining the highest standards of security and confidentiality.
Participate in national initiatives and forums to raise the profile and reputation of the Group as a digital exemplar and to influence policy and funding allocations for the benefit of the Group, its health and care partners and patients.
Work collaboratively across the Group, its partners and wider ICS’s to champion digital transformation.
Data and Analytics
Enable a business intelligence led organisation, ensuring high quality data supports effective decision making and quality improvements
Ensure that accessing, processing, reporting and presentation of information is underpinned by the requirement to provide high quality business intelligence that supports effective decision-making and quality improvements.
Drive digital innovation as a change agent to enable clinically led digital transformation and move the organisation to be data driven.
Lead the Trust’s information risk strategy and policy, ensuring exceptional data safety and compliance with relevant regulations.
To lead at Board level the Trust’s Statement of Internal Control as it relates to information risk.
Evidence of on-going personal and professional development
Educated to master's degree or equivalent post-graduate qualification or equivalent level of experience
Ability to lead complex and sometimes contentious change and transformation at scale.
Demonstrable experience as a digital leader in a large and complex organisation.
Demonstrable experience of leading significant programmes of work, digital/change initiatives and innovation, in partnership with a range of stakeholders.
Experience of building and developing high performance teams.
Experience in governance arrangements and procurement protocols.
Proven track record in the development and delivery of IM&T strategies and projects, aligned with business requirements.
Knowledge of information systems and advanced technology including artificial intelligence, its application and governance/design requirements to ensure it is deployed fairly.
Ability to lead complex and sometimes contentious change and transformation at scale.
Effective at improving operational performance through fit for purpose processes and holding people account for delivery.
Equal Opportunities - We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Additionally, people with disabilities that fall under the Disability Confident Scheme will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). Immigration Status - Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust is a diverse employer and welcomes all job applications. However, potential applicants should note that although the Trust is registered with the Home Office as a sponsor organisation for migrant workers, sponsorship can only be offered against Skilled Worker visas. If you are an applicant from outside the UK and do not already hold a self-gained right to work, we recommend you check the Home Office eligibility requirements before making an application.
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.
DBS - If this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and you are not a current employee of Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust or being recruited as an Apprentice then the cost of the DBS check will be automatically removed from your first month’s salary. Data Protection - A privacy notice detailing how we will handle your data is attached to this advert as a document. Your application will be transferred to our recruitment management system (Trac) once the advert has closed and you will receive notification then detailing how Trac will handle your data.
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