Job summary
The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an outstanding
candidate to become its new Chief Operational Information Officer. This is an exciting
new role and aims to strengthen and sustain the important bridge between
informatics and our clinical operational teams.
We have taken a significant step forward in our digital maturity in the
past year through the implementation of a new electronic patient record system. We now have a fantastic opportunity to better
understand our population, our patients, our processes and how we can support
our teams to deliver high quality and efficient care.
If you are an ambitious and innovative leader who wants an opportunity
to make a real difference to our patients and those who deliver our services,
please do get in touch.
Main duties of the job
You will be a member of the
triumvirate leadership of the Department of Clinical and Operational
Informatics, working alongside the Chief Clinical Information Officer and the
Chief Nursing Information Officer. You
will be responsible for the delivery of robust information management, clinical
coding, performance and data quality functions to support the delivery of
both day-to-day operational management and longer term strategic planning.
The successful candidate will have a
passion for translating data into insights that clinical and operational teams
can use to drive improvements in the quality and efficiency of the care that
they deliver. You will work closely with
our Associate Directors of Operations, providing both support and critical
friend challenge to ensure plans are driven by evidence and benefits can be
quantified. In addition to supporting
members of the Royal Surrey team, you will take a leading role in the
realisation of our joint ambition to deliver a joined-up view of health and
care across Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership.
About us
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a friendly, supportive, busy but welcoming acute and community Trust that is ambitious about developing our services and your career.
Our compassionate, caring and friendly colleagues make up our Royal Surrey family and are at the heart of what we do. We all have a passion for learning, continuous improvement and excelling together through innovation, research and development. There are over 4,500 members of our Royal Surrey family.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in the community and homes across Guildford and Waverley.
We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC. We are investing in our colleagues through our health and wellbeing programme and a commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.
There has never been a better time to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This
new role aims to enhance the bridge between informatics and our clinical
operational teams, helping to deliver information and insight from data that
supports our vision of delivering nationally celebrated, community focused
health and care. The role will form an
important part of the triumvirate leadership of the Department of Clinical and
Operational Informatics, working closely with the Chief Clinical Information
Officer and the Chief Nursing Information Officer.
The
Chief Operational Information Officer will be responsible for the delivery of
robust information management, clinical coding, performance and data quality
functions to support the delivery of both day-to-day operational management
and longer term strategic planning.
The
successful candidate will have a passion for translating data into insights
that clinical and operational teams can use to drive improvements in the
quality and efficiency of the care that they deliver. You will work closely with our Associate
Directors of Operations, providing both support and critical friend challenge
to ensure plans are driven by evidence and benefits can be quantified. In addition to supporting members of the
Royal Surrey team, you will take a leading role in the realisation of our joint
ambition to deliver a joined-up view of health and care across Surrey Heartlands
Health and Care Partnership.
It
will be important to bring knowledge and experience of working with clinical
teams to build meaningful and trusted reporting. This reporting will become integral to the
way the Trust prioritises resources and seeks assurance of the performance of
the services we provide.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This
new role aims to enhance the bridge between informatics and our clinical
operational teams, helping to deliver information and insight from data that
supports our vision of delivering nationally celebrated, community focused
health and care. The role will form an
important part of the triumvirate leadership of the Department of Clinical and
Operational Informatics, working closely with the Chief Clinical Information
Officer and the Chief Nursing Information Officer.
The
Chief Operational Information Officer will be responsible for the delivery of
robust information management, clinical coding, performance and data quality
functions to support the delivery of both day-to-day operational management
and longer term strategic planning.
The
successful candidate will have a passion for translating data into insights
that clinical and operational teams can use to drive improvements in the
quality and efficiency of the care that they deliver. You will work closely with our Associate
Directors of Operations, providing both support and critical friend challenge
to ensure plans are driven by evidence and benefits can be quantified. In addition to supporting members of the
Royal Surrey team, you will take a leading role in the realisation of our joint
ambition to deliver a joined-up view of health and care across Surrey Heartlands
Health and Care Partnership.
It
will be important to bring knowledge and experience of working with clinical
teams to build meaningful and trusted reporting. This reporting will become integral to the
way the Trust prioritises resources and seeks assurance of the performance of
the services we provide.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A proven track record of service improvement and/or operational management with responsibility for the full range of operational and clinical services.
- Significant experience in a senior leadership role.
- Experience of working in the health sector.
- Evidence of leadership in the field of data and or digital technology
- Working across organisational boundaries and developing effective partnerships.
- Energetic and innovative
- Genuine commitment to ensuring that services meet the needs of services users and their carers
- Strong commitments to equal opportunity and fair access.
- Ability to coordinate the scheduling, phasing and delivery of projects
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Qualification in a data/ technological discipline or equivalent experience
- Qualification in a Project management tools such as Prince II, MSP etc
- BCS/BCS ASSIST/UKCHIP or other FEDIP accredited organisation
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A proven track record of service improvement and/or operational management with responsibility for the full range of operational and clinical services.
- Significant experience in a senior leadership role.
- Experience of working in the health sector.
- Evidence of leadership in the field of data and or digital technology
- Working across organisational boundaries and developing effective partnerships.
- Energetic and innovative
- Genuine commitment to ensuring that services meet the needs of services users and their carers
- Strong commitments to equal opportunity and fair access.
- Ability to coordinate the scheduling, phasing and delivery of projects
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Qualification in a data/ technological discipline or equivalent experience
- Qualification in a Project management tools such as Prince II, MSP etc
- BCS/BCS ASSIST/UKCHIP or other FEDIP accredited organisation
Additional information
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).
