Deputy Chief Nursing Information Officer

at  NHS England

As the D eputy CNIO/ the post holder will provide professional nursing expertise for D igital N ursing. They will support providers and local systems to drive service improvement and work to ensure nurses and midwives have the knowledge and skills to practice and lead in a digitally enabled health and social care system, now and in the future and nursing practice is fully supported using digital technology and data science.
They will be a credible clinical and digital nursing leader and will champion and uphold the values of the organisation, working closely with the nursing team and across the organisation’s directorates and regions.
The post holder will work as part of the Digital N ursing T eam within the Digital Clinical Informatics Team in supporting delivery of national work in collaboration with the regions, service providers and suppliers in all settings .
Develop an understanding of the gaps that currently exist within digital nursing, with specific focus on practice and research.
Work with others to agree how best to deliver improvements that demonstrably drive quality (safety, effectiveness and experience) up.
Form a strong link with all resulting work and organisational objectives ensuring alignment .
Accountable for developing and delivering strategy, promoting innovation and supporting operational excellence in the organisation. Working with highly complex data, facts and situations requiring analysis, interpretations and comparisons on a range of options and making decisions on the most appropriate approach .
Lead the digital nursing programme , ensuring alignment with the core digital nursing vision
Develop plan for the delivery of the role’s responsibilities including identifying interdependencies, managing risks, modelling the potential impacts on the wider organisation, determining resource requirements and building in contingency where necessary.
Contribute to the organisation’s strategic planning process and delivery of priorities and manages consequential adjustments to activities responsible for as required .
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
Work within the overall strategic objectives , devise, implement and monitor the
strategy . Evaluate, interpret and locally implement best practice.
Ensure the development and management of relevant strategic plans.
Develop and champion new initiatives or projects that support and enable
digital nursing practice using evidence base as foundation.
Develop and implement qualitative and quantitative measures to determine
performance against the organisational strategy. Report progress against the
strategy through personal representation at senior management forums and by
written reports to appropriate boards and groups of staff .
Present complex information on all aspects of function practice in a clear, understandable and audience-appropriate manner to senior management and board level groups.
Ensure that best practice for digital nursing is developed and delivered at organisational and departmental levels. Challenge ways of working and persuade, motivate and influence other senior managers to realign their practice where necessary.
Ensure a smooth transition through decision making process to the management of contracts.
Ensure that an appropriate strategy is in line with business objectives and are fully cascaded.
Personally lead, support and contribute to formal negotiations with senior level staff from external stakeholders, providing a high level of negotiating expertise to secure the most advantageous arrangements .
Advise on innovative opportunities and support all departments in their strategies and programmes to maximise service benefits .
Oversee the tracking of progress against plans and transition milestones, ensuring appropriate processes are in place to flag issues, risks and concerns with the relevant stakeholders .
Work closely with the Heads of other Department or Directorate to ensure that units understand and adhere to rules and standards, intervening as appropriate .
Ensure the securing of value for money, giving due consideration to all relevant factors including risk, quality and other factors .
Devise, manage and update policies and procedures, ensuring the adoption of best practice methodology , rules, standards and thresholds. Disseminating these methodologies etc. to staff within the department and throughout the organisation.
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