SPaRC is the name we give to our ambitious digital roadmap. Our roadmap is being co-created with our stakeholders and will contin.....
SPaRC is the name we give to our ambitious digital roadmap. Our roadmap is being co-created with our stakeholders and will continue to evolve. It underpins all our clinical activities with a comprehensive suite of digital solutions, engagement and training. SParC will touch every patient and clinician and will unify how we work with NHS partner organisations. The digital solutions will be used contemporaneously, delivering a comprehensive longitudinal shared care record. We will make the capability widely available to our patients, our clinicians, and to partner organisations across the Surrey healthcare system. The underlying management information and data will be used to improve service, support decisions, plan, predict and respond and ultimately produce impactful research that will shape the future of medicine. We are looking for an experienced registered nurse leader, who can engage with large groups of service users and lead them through significant change. The CNIO will join a new senior leadership team and will help shape digital care, locally, regionally and nationally. If you are professional and passionate about improving clinical outcomes through digital adoption and are a compassionate person then we urge you to apply. You will be familiar with the development of service improvement plans, confident in advising board/senior teams on professional issues and able to engage with patients and key stakeholders. You will have outstanding communication and digital skills with knowledge of a wide range of digital solutions, including Electronic Patients Records used within large acute hospitals and good experience of the impact of using such clinical systems. You will be confident in building rapport and credibility with digital, nursing and operational colleagues and communicate highly complex, sensitive, contentious information to groups of staff where there may be barriers and resistance to change. An enhanced DBS check will be required for the role. Some evening and weekend work will be required to meet deadlines, so flexibility with regard to working hours is essential. The Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) will be accountable, on behalf of the CDIO and Chief Nurse where applicable, for providing high-level nursing, Allied Health Professional (AHP) and midwifery engagement and leadership to enable safe and effective adoption of digital solutions, including electronic patient records. The CNIO is a nursing or AHP leader responsible and accountable for advancing clinical quality and patient safety through the optimal use of digitally-enabled clinical initiatives that affect or involve nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals work practices. Possessing outstanding communication skills, the CNIO is the translator and main point of liaison between digital teams, project leads and the nursing, midwifery, and allied health professionals (NMAHP) workforce. Owning the strategic vision for how technology will enhance nursing, midwifery and AH practices, clinical quality, and patient safety, the CNIO leads on the selection, development, and deployment of solutions to ensure the smooth integration of technology into clinical workflows. As an educator and transformational leader with exemplary clinical credibility, the CNIO understands and communicates the benefits of digitally-enabled initiatives to engage the workforce. Working in partnership with senior nurses/AHPs/Midwives to ensure a convergent clinical strategy is developed and delivered. The post holder will also promote innovation and champion the development of a clinically appropriate information culture across the health economy. Trust performance of all NHS constitutional standard is key to this role. The post holder will be required to engage key stakeholders across the breadth of the organisation to ensure that digitally-enabled clinical initiatives are fit for purpose and will meet the needs of patients, achieve set and agreed standards, and deliver financial targets. When required, the post holder will also lead on other projects as part of the overall Digital Strategy, with a specific focus on clinical implementation of Trust digitalisation opportunities and priorities.