Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO)

at  Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Are you a visionary nurse leader committed to the delivery of digital innovation and transformation of services?
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an inspirational and innovative digital clinician and leader to be their new Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO).
The CNIO will provide clinical nurse leadership to provide a bridge between clinical and digital strategies and operational practices; acting as a translator of digital need to influence, lead and enable change, focusing on quality improvements through digital transformation.
The post-holder will drive and lead on digital innovation and champion the development of a productive and fit for the future nursing and AHP information and data culture that is clinically led, digitally enabled and operationally delivered.
As an experienced clinician, the CNIO will be in a unique position to truly understand the value a particular technology can bring to the advancement of nursing and allied health professionals practice and quality of care at the Trust and to the ICS community at large.
This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as a Registered Nurse in the UK.
This post is currently banded at Band 8a A4C and is subject to local job evaluation.
To discuss this opportunity further please contact Carolyn Holmes, Head of Digital and CNIO at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust at carolynholmes@nhs.net or on 07775 791628.

The Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) is a patient centred credible nurse leader providing strategic leadership to ensure successful delivery of the Trust’s Digital Strategy to ensure:

• A better service-user/patient experience
• Digital empowerment of patients and staff
• Increased staff engagement and satisfaction with digital

Through providing a bridge between clinical and digital strategies to ensure clinical delivery optimises the use of digital technology. The CNIO is the main point of liaison for nursing and allied health professionals:

• leading the delivery of the strategic vision for how technology will enhance practices, clinical quality and patient safety
• promoting the effective use of data for nursing outcomes, knowledge and technology to support quality improvements
• providing expert credible clinical advice and guidance to support the Trust’s developments in the field of digital and technology
• engaging with key stakeholders to ensure patient and clinical involvement
• undertaking a degree of clinical activity to ensure credibility and triangulation of what is required operationally

The CNIO is responsible for the clinical safety of systems and processes, contributes to Digital Technology Assessment Criteria assessments, and has awareness of Information Security principles and of Cyber Security, specifically the importance of human factors.
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more .

To work alongside the CCIO to deliver strong clinical leadership of the strategic development, design and implementation of digital health transformation across the organisation

• To deliver Clinical Health Programmes and Projects aligned to strategic goals including taking a key role in the procurement, development, deployment, re-engineering, optimisation, integration and safe decommissioning of electronic patient record systems
• To actively engage and collaborate with clinical leaders, colleagues and service users to ensure their voice is heard
• To utilise a strong clinical background to provide sound clinical advice and to identify the right clinically safe solutions which demonstrate good value
• To support the interface between clinical services and the wider Digital & Data Services team providing clinical and management support and guidance
• To provide line management and leadership support and supervision
• To ensure compliance with appropriate health informatics standards including, but not limited to, adherence to Clinical Safety assurance standards DCB0129 and DCB0160, Professional Records Standard Board (PRSB) and DTAC
• To follow and promote a project management culture
• To promote innovation and champion the development of a clinically appropriate information culture
• To have an awareness of Cyber Security specifically the importance of related human factors
• To have an understanding of Information Security principles

Please refer the Job description for details