Job summary
An exciting career opportunity has arisen for a Chief Information Officer to lead our Digital and Data team at the Trust. Inspired by our Journey to Change we are embarking on developing our 'Digital and Data Journey', making this a great time for you to consider joining us.
The Digital and Data teams include many passionate, highly skilled, professional and experienced colleagues who put people at the heart of everything we do. We are ambitious and want to continuously improve, whether that supports improved patient outcomes in providing high quality support to our Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism services, value for money or colleague experience, and we want someone who shares that sense of ambition and energy to deliver the change.
Working with the Executive Director, you will co-ordinate the, planning and delivery of an effective digital and information technology service. As part of the Senior collective leadership team develop the digital and data framework, leading, coordinating and directing the service to provide innovation and successful delivery of the strategy.
Main duties of the job
The Chief Information Officer will deliver a step change in digital transformation, working with clinicians, colleagues and partners to ensure the optimisation of our digital and data services across the organisation, facilitating the realisation of benefits and the integration of digital care with the Trust's quality and safety priorities. The post will promote and support delivery of the Trust's over-arching strategic framework; Our Journey to Change including consistently role modelling Trust Values. Specific role responsibilities include accountability for delivering our enabling Digital and Data Journey to Change through ensuring families and our patients are at the centre of all we do, and staff have the skills and resources required to deliver services to an outstanding standard
About us
We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country, with an annual income of £320m and a workforce of some 6,700 staff operating from around 100 sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York and Selby. We provide a range inpatient and community services to 2m people living in County Durham, the Tees Valley, Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale, Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire. We also provide additional specialist services to other parts of Northern England.
We deliver our services by working in partnership with eight local authorities and clinical commissioning groups, a wide range of voluntary organisations, as well as service users, their carers and the public. The services are spread over a wide geographical area of around 3,600 square miles, which includes coastal, rural and industrial areas.
We are a multi-award winning trust and are included within the Health Service Journal's Best 100 Places to Work. The trust take a positive and proactive approach to support staff in their personal development and has embedded the Talent Management approach within the Trust, with the vision of helping people to be as good as they can be, helping TEWV to do things better.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification which outlines the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification which outlines the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant first degree or equivalent. Relevant Masters degree or equivalent demonstrable experience.
- Evidence of further personal and professional development, including senior leadership development.
Experience
Essential
- Proven track record of leading and managing digital services.
- Substantial line management, including senior management and specialists
- Successful delivery of complex multi-organisational portfolios within operational and service based environments.
- Strategic and business planning, including preparation of business cases
- Experience of large budget management
Desirable
- Significant experience in a senior management position in the Health Service.
- Substantial experience of delivering major transformation change initiatives in healthcare.
- Proven track record of digital leadership in a multi organisational, health and social care environment
- Proven track record of digital quality improvement delivering clinical change in a complex environment.
- Proven track record of digital leadership in a multi organisational, health and social care environment
- Exposure to Board level work.
Knowledge
Essential
- Impeccable interpersonal, communication and facilitation skills.
- Able to create / shape innovative strategic vision and plans for the best possible long term benefit of patients, the organisation and health and care system.
- Able to make sound judgements and take difficult and challenging decisions that support strategic aims and long term vision.
- Highly developed problem solving, administrative, budgetary, analytical and statistical skills
Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritise, delegate and meet challenging deadlines
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant first degree or equivalent. Relevant Masters degree or equivalent demonstrable experience.
- Evidence of further personal and professional development, including senior leadership development.
Experience
Essential
- Proven track record of leading and managing digital services.
- Substantial line management, including senior management and specialists
- Successful delivery of complex multi-organisational portfolios within operational and service based environments.
- Strategic and business planning, including preparation of business cases
- Experience of large budget management
Desirable
- Significant experience in a senior management position in the Health Service.
- Substantial experience of delivering major transformation change initiatives in healthcare.
- Proven track record of digital leadership in a multi organisational, health and social care environment
- Proven track record of digital quality improvement delivering clinical change in a complex environment.
- Proven track record of digital leadership in a multi organisational, health and social care environment
- Exposure to Board level work.
Knowledge
Essential
- Impeccable interpersonal, communication and facilitation skills.
- Able to create / shape innovative strategic vision and plans for the best possible long term benefit of patients, the organisation and health and care system.
- Able to make sound judgements and take difficult and challenging decisions that support strategic aims and long term vision.
- Highly developed problem solving, administrative, budgetary, analytical and statistical skills
Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritise, delegate and meet challenging deadlines
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
