Associate Director of Informatics

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:- applied for a Graduate visa- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on the 29th January 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on the 17th February 2026.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• General education to degree level, equivalent professional qualification, or equivalent experience.
• Certification in at least one Epic module.
• Recognised management qualification or substantial equivalent leadership experience.

• Recognised management qualification or equivalent leadership experience.
• Additional professional qualification of evidence of continued professional development.

Experience

• Substantial / extensive experience of managing an EPR design and configuration team and / or an EPR readiness team at assoc. director / director level during an Epic EPR implementation for a UK NHS organisation.
• Extensive and highly developed specialist knowledge and experience across the multiple disciplines that underpin Health Informatics, Digital Health, and Information Technology.
• Advanced knowledge of associated standards and operating procedures.
• Extensive experience of communicating complex information in a clear and understandable way to non-information managers and staff.
• Demonstrable experience of leading programmes in highly complex and challenging environments across multiple agencies in a politically sensitive environment.
• Experience of managing risks, reporting, and preparing papers and correspondence at Board level.

• Previous NHS Experience.
• Detailed understanding of the public sector.
• In depth knowledge of project principles, techniques, and tools e.g., Agile, MSP, PRINCE2.

Knowledge

• Extensive and expert knowledge of NHS data definitions, reporting requirements, sources and flows of NHS information, datasets, data quality and statutory returns.
• Awareness and understanding of NHS organisational structure, financial and commissioning frameworks.
• Good understanding of the political climate in which the NHS and other public sector organisations operate.
• Knowledge of financial systems and processes e.g., budget monitoring and management of large-value procurement.

• Detailed knowledge of NHS modernisation agenda and Government Policy for NHS.

Skills

• Excellent leadership skills with ability to influence and motivate teams to manage change and achieve organisational goals.
• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet informative communications for a broad range of stakeholders across multiple agencies and disciplines.
• Able to articulate the connection between IT work and the benefits to patients and the public, and how to maximise benefits.
• Ability to manage complex programmes of work and make informed judgements and decisions where there is a multiplicity of targets / objectives, imperfect information and no obvious precedent.
• High level of numeracy and analytical skills and ability to understand complex issues across the Trust and health economy.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues at all levels and external stakeholders.
• Excellent, communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Flexibility to work autonomously with the skills to make decisions independently and delegate effectively.

Additional Requirements

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
• Confident to interact with executive level staff.
• The post-holder must have well developed interpersonal and persuasive skills.
• The post-holder must be able to plan ahead, to manage and prioritise their workload and respond flexibly to rapidly changing demands.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Addenbrookes Hospital-Division Corporate

Hills Road

Cambridge

CB2 0QQ

Employer's website

https://www.cuh.nhs.uk