Chief Digital Information Officer

Job summary

This is a career-defining opportunity to join the Trust as our Chief Digital Information Officer and holding a (non voting) position on the Board, reporting into the Deputy CEO. You will be responsible for the effective development and delivery of our forward thinking Digital and Technology Strategy, ensuring the end to end digital and technology offering at the Trust is fit for purpose and meeting user needs. This will include the responsibility for all business-critical IT, such as Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), whilst addressing how we can better align our services across 999, 111 and patient transport, and enhancing information governance and cyber security practices. The successful individual will also be able to evidence significant leadership and strategic thinking skills, with a passion for influencing and managing various stakeholders to drive collaborative thinking and actively promote the effective use of innovative technical solutions to address complex challenges in the delivery of patient care. Collaboration is key as you work in a vibrant ecosystem including NHS England, the Northern Ambulance Alliance (NAA),the three regional ICBs and regional CIO colleagues in acute and community Trusts.

This is an unrivalled opportunity to effect change and transformation across the Trust whilst proudly improving the services for the communities we serve.

Main duties of the job

Establishing Digital & Technology as an enabler for the development and delivery of Trust strategies and business plans.

Working with the Trust and partners to create and deploy systems of service improvement and change which work from a clinical, quality and safety, operational and financial perspective.

Working with NHSE, local Integrated Care Systems and IT suppliers (partners) to secure the benefits of IT investment.

Advancing analytics and AI to transform data into actionable insights, empowering the Trust and wider ecosystem to navigate complex challenges and better serve our staff and communities we serve.

Developing and delivering programmes of work which meet the needs of the Trust and its partners, and which deliver measurable benefits for the Trust and the care systems it works with.

Effectively managing vendor relationships and partnerships to leverage external expertise and technologies for the Trusts benefit.

Proactively identifying technical risks and developing robust cyber security strategies to safeguard organisational data and systems

Ensuring the adoption of all statutory and mandatory knowledge, information and data standards, including robust information governance and security arrangements.

About us

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) is a forward-thinking, ambitious organisation covering nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities. We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live. As an anchor organisation linking the three ICSs of the Yorkshire Health economy, we set ourselves the highest standards, creating a culture shaped by compassionate leadership, common values, and a shared vision. We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven days a week, emergency and healthcare service. With a strong track record of innovation and continuous improvement, and as part of our ongoing development, we are now progressing a major organisational and cultural transformation programme that will seek to embed clinical leadership and provide an efficient and effective model of integrated care. This will also enhance the Trusts work with health and care partners across our three Integrated Care Systems (Humber & North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire), as we seek to progress system collaboration.