Chief Clinical Information Officer

at  Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

The Trust is increasingly dependent on digital systems to support front line services and improve patient safety, quality of care and staff wellbeing. With the implementation and roll out of eCare, our new electronic patient record underway, now more than ever before is an exciting time to be involved in designing the future of RCHTs digital infrastructure . We need to ensure that we make the right choices in terms of what we do next to complete our digital journey. Vital to this is the leadership role of the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO).
The Trust is seeking to appoint a CCIO to its clinical workforce on a 6 sessions a week basis on a substantive basis with 4 sessions a week in their own speciality. The CCIO will help shape regular updates to our digital strategy at both a Trust and care system level. The CCIO will also play a key part in ensuring that there is strong clinical engagement in the selection, deployment and ongoing operations of the clinical digital systems in the future. Essential to this will be a commitment to improving our workforce digital skills and process maturity so that clinical colleagues have the confidence to fully adopt and continually improve our digital systems and working practices. The CCIO will also provide the strategic clinical leadership required to ensure that the Trust delivers planned benefits, financial sustainability and drives clinical and patient benefits, to improve quality of care.
The post holder will work collaboratively with key internal & external stakeholders to ensure clinical involvement and ownership in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of strategic informatics solutions. The post holder will promote innovation and champion the development of a clinically appropriate information culture across the Trust.
You will be supported by and will help direct the work of eHealth Team comprising of Cornwall IT Services, eCare Programme and team, the eTransformation Manager and team as well as the wider health informatics resources within the Trust.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is the biggest provider of healthcare services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our three main sites are Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro, St Michael’s Hospital Hayle and West Cornwall Hospital Penzance, our staff and services are available across the region.
The Trust employs 5,000+ staff, has a budget of £380 million and 750 beds. We work with health and social care organisations -including NHS Kernow and NHS England- to ensure local healthcare needs are met. We provide acute medical, surgical and specialist services to around 500,000- which can increase significantly during busy holiday periods.
The Trust has teaching hospitals status as part of the University of Exeter Medical School. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we continually develop clinical services and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care offered locally.
We can offer you a rewarding career in a supportive working environment. We have extensive educational links to help you realise your full potential and develop skills to provide outstanding healthcare to the local community.
Enjoy an outstanding quality of life in a place that offers surfing beaches and fishing harbours to beautiful countryside and historic towns. With clean air, plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities and excellent schools, colleges and universities (including adult education) it is the ideal place for families and for you to develop your own career.
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