Chief Digital and Information Officer
Job summary
You can review the candidate pack here As Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO), you will provide strategic and executive leadership for Frimley Health's digital, data, information, AI and technology agenda, ensuring digital capability is embedded at the heart of delivering safe, high-quality, efficient and person-centred care. As a Trust Board member, you will play a full role in the strategic leadership of the organisation, sharing collective responsibility for quality, performance, finance, workforce, culture, risk management and the delivery of safe and effective services. Leading a diverse portfolio spanning digital delivery, data and analytics, clinical coding, Epic optimisation, cyber security, information governance and clinical informatics, you will drive service transformation, productivity, clinical excellence, patient experience and financial sustainability. Working with a highly experienced senior leadership team, you will ensure a clear distinction between maintaining reliable day-to-day digital services and delivering transformational change, with both functions measured against their own outcomes and success criteria.
Main duties of the job
- Digital strategy and transformation, aligned to FHFT 2030, the clinical strategy, the new hospital programme and system responsibilities.
- Epic optimisation making the EPR a clinician-centred platform that demonstrably improves workflow, documentation, patient flow and clinical decision support.
- Information, analytics and business intelligence building a trusted, well-governed data capability including the Trust data lake, self-service reporting and advanced analytics.
- Clinical coding and information quality.
- AI strategy, governance and adoption moving from pilots to safe, governed production at scale, with a protected innovation budget.
- Virtual care, remote monitoring, population health intelligence and digitally enabled pathways.
- The new Frimley Park Hospital ensuring it is digitally enabled, data-rich, AI-ready and designed around future models of care.
- Connected Care exploitation, population segmentation and system intelligence.
- Cyber security, digital resilience, information governance and SIRO responsibilities.
- Digital operations, service management and 24/7 reliability of clinical and corporate systems.
- Digital capital planning, asset lifecycle management and end-to-end commercial and contract management.
About us
Why Join Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust?
At Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, our people are at the heart of everything we do.
As a Disability Confident Employer and recipient of the Gold Award in the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme, we actively champion equality, diversity and inclusion, creating opportunities for people from all backgrounds to build rewarding careers within the NHS.
We also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. By supporting flexible working arrangements wherever possible, we enable our colleagues to balance their professional and personal commitments while continuing to deliver outstanding care to our patients. Whether flexibility means adjusted hours, part-time working, hybrid arrangements or alternative working patterns, we work in partnership with our staff to meet both individual and service needs.
Join Us Whether you're at the start of your career or looking for your next challenge, Frimley Health offers the opportunity to be part of a inclusive, forward-thinking organisation that is committed to excellence, innovation and compassionate care. Together, we can shape the future of healthcare and make a real difference to the lives of the communities we serve.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the candidate pack in the job overview for a full range of duties and responsibilities of this role.
Please note - If applying for this role as per the instruction in the candidate pack on how to apply - The covering letter should be embedded in your CV which will then be uploaded when you make your application via trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Educated to master's level or equivalent senior experience
- evidence of continuing professional development.
- A recognised programme management qualification (e.g. MSP, PRINCE2 Practitioner) and/or a service management qualification (e.g. ITIL).
General Requirments
- Undertake statutory and mandatory training and maintain professional competence.
- Work flexibly across Trust sites and with system partners, including participation in the executive on-call rota.
- Comply with all Trust policies including equality, diversity and inclusion, health and safety, safeguarding, infection prevention and control, risk management, data protection and information governance.
Competence
- Experience of managing significant revenue and capital budgets, digital capital planning and an end-to-end commercial lifecycle -- sourcing, procurement and contract management -- for a large, complex estate.
- Proven ability to work across organisational boundaries and influence within an ICS or wider system.
- A visible, compassionate and inclusive leader who can lead complex change at scale, build high-performing teams, establish clear accountability and delegate effectively, with outstanding communication and influencing skills.
- Integrity, openness, courage, humility and resilience, with patients, staff and communities at the centre of your decisions.
- Comply with all Trust policies including equality, diversity and inclusion, health and safety, safeguarding, infection prevention and control, risk management, data protection and information governance.
- Experience of shared care record platforms and population segmentation methodologies such as Johns Hopkins ACG.
Experience
- Substantial senior digital, data, technology or transformation leadership at or near Board level in a large, complex NHS, public sector or comparable organisation.
- A track record of developing and delivering digital, data or technology strategies and major programmes with measurable improvements in quality, productivity, performance or outcomes.
- Strong working understanding of the NHS digital, data, cyber, information governance, clinical safety, EPR and statutory reporting context.
- Strong understanding of EPRs and their role in clinical transformation, ideally including Epic and digital maturity frameworks such as HIMSS EMRAM.
- Experience of leading the safe, ethical and well-governed adoption of AI, automation and advanced analytics, and of evaluating and scaling digital innovation.
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
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Frimley Park Hospital
Frimley Park Hospital
Frimley
GU16 7UJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/