Chief Clinical Informatics Officer - EPR

Job responsibilities

The Trust (GEH) is procuring a new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) which will enable seamless, integrated care across the Trust and improve the safety, efficiency and quality of care. This will be a single shared instance of EPR across the three trusts of George Eliot Hospital (GEH) South Warwickshire Foundation Trust (SWFT) and University Hospital Coventry Warwickshire with GEH and SWFT following on with a planned Go Live in 2026 after a UHCW Go Live in June 2024.

This post of an EPR Clinical Chief Information Officer (EPR CCIO) will provide the clinical leadership for the GEH EPR programme, in close collaboration with the CCIO at SWFT and within the above overarching single instance EPR governance across three trusts. They will lead and promote clinical engagement, support user centred design, support clinical safety activities and raise the profile of the programme to ultimately ensure that the new EPR is safe, it underpins quality, improves the clinician and patient experience and drives efficient delivery of care.Supported by the Trusts CCIO team comprising of the Chief Nursing Informatics Officer (CNIO), Two Deputy Chief Clinical Informatics Officers and Clinical Safety Officer (CSO), the EPR CCIO will work closely with the multidisciplinary Clinical Digital Transformation Team, the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Medical Officer, to ensure that the EPR programme is clinically owned and led. The post holder will be responsible for working collaboratively with clinicians across the organisation to ensure patient and clinical involvement in the planning, development, delivery, training and evaluation of the new EPR; whilst also championing the use of digital as an enabler of change and quality improvement.

Specifically the post holder will:

Ensure the Trusts EPR Programme is clinically owned and reflects clinical as well as organisational priorities.

Lead and promote clinical engagement with and adoption of the EPR

Support user centred design, delivery of training and implementation to clinical teams

Driving continuous clinical process improvement in the use of digital technology

Develop information that supports and develops clinical practice

Develop clinical practice that makes the most of digital technology

The post will be lined managed jointly by Chief Operating Officer / Chief Medical Officer.

If you would like to arrange a time discuss the position, please contact Mr Naj Rashid, Chief Medical Officer / Mr Robin Snead, Chief Operating Officer through their secretaries by emailNicola.Cox@geh.nhs.uk / Jaime.Timms@geh.nhs.uk respectively.

Qualifications

Essential

• Consultant medical professional with degree qualification
• On the specialist medical register of the GMC
• HS Digital Academy Graduate with postgraduate qualification in Digital Health Leadership or equivalent
• Evidence of on-going continuous professional development in Clinical Informatics and leadership
• Certified in Clinical Safety of digital systems by NHS Digital -

Desirable

• Masters in Health Informatics or equivalent
• Masters in Leadership / Management or equivalent
• International Recognition as a certified Health IT Professional with following nationally recognised Health IT Bodies
• Fellowship Trained / Board Certified in Clinical Informatics as per American Board of Medical Specialities
• College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME, USA)
• Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA)
• Digital Health Canada
• Research / Publications in the area of Health Informatics -

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience and currently active in clinical practice with at least 3 years in a consultant level (senior clinical) role -
• Clinical leader for a major ICT implementation project
• Active involvement in at least one major informatics programme to improve patient care in the last three years
• Experience of leading and developing clinical teams
• Experience of leading a significant change project, including knowledge of the principles of cultural change
• Experience in motivating teams, creating a Experience of development of digital clinical pathways A/I Experience of development / design of clinical informatics systems A/I Experience of working with commercial providers A/I positive environment which encourages open discussion and innovation, supports performance, builds capability and empowers staff
• Experience in successfully persuading and influencing individuals and groups at a range of levels on issues which are highly sensitive and contentious e.g. service changes

Desirable

• Experience of development of digital clinical pathways
• Experience of development / design of clinical informatics systems
• Experience of working with commercial providers A

Knowledge

Essential

• Proven ability to engage effectively with a broad range of multi-professional stakeholders within and outside the organisation
• Ability to provide a strategic overview of the role of Health Informatics and Information systems to support high quality of care and organisational effectiveness A
• Competent in the use of Health Informatics and has a good level of understanding of professional informatics standards and best practice A
• Successful influencer and negotiator with the ability to persuade clinicians to engage with and implement and embed change
• High level of personal resilience and ability to deal with the ability to cope with complexity, competing demands, tight timescales despite uncertain outcomes A
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to present to audiences at all levels, including Boards
• Knowledge of current ICT strategy both locally and Nationally
• Technical skills: competent in the use of ICT with an excellent level of understanding of professional informatics standards and best practice
• Able to work collaboratively with corporate and clinical managers, resolving issues and competing demands as appropriate
• Uses a range of techniques to achieve acceptable solutions and compromise through collaborative working

Desirable

• Expertise in process improvement, data analysis and the use of information systems to develop and support outcome measurement -
• Understanding of basic system architecture, data standards in clinical systems, basic software terminology and basic syntax
• Know range of Health information systems and technologies - the selection and utilization of these systems and/or technologies to meet clinical and operational requirements
• Knowledge of different data sources, role of data custodians, AI and the data analytical methods to be used
• Awareness of the latest techniques and their application to healthcare including the challenges in deployment and usage of the following
• Security and governance of data, systems, devices and networks, international and national standards and regulatory frameworks for quality management, software deployment, medical devices and digital clinical safety

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Essential

• Sets clear vision, direction, objectives and responsibilities, assumes accountability and inspires others by acting with integrity
• Drives service improvement and tackles poor performance
• Excellent communicator both orally and in writing with the ability to express complicated, multi-stranded and technical issues to a wide audience
• Ability to cope with pressure, conflicts, demands and ambiguities whilst still achieving results

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

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).