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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) provides integrated community and mental health, learning disability and social care services of the highest standard due to our continued commitment to quality and service improvement. We aim to support people of all ages to achieve the very best they can for their health and well being. To ensure that we achieve this goal we look to recruit candidates of a high calibre that share our passion for delivering excellent service user care, research and education.

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Address: Elizabeth House; Fulbourn Hospital; Fulbourn; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; CB21 5EF
Contact Number: 0800 953 7016

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Ref: 310-MCORP-7357665 Vacancy ID: 7357665

Chief Clinical Information Officer

Accepting applications until: 18-Aug-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 18-Aug-2025 23:59

Location

Site: Elizabeth House
Town: Cambridge
Postcode: CB21 5EF
Major / Minor Region: Cambridgeshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (6PAs/0.6wte CCIO role + 4PAs/0.4wte clinical)

Salary

Salary: £109,179 - £125,637 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 9)

Specialty

Main area: Chief Clinical Information Officer

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

Strategic Digital Leadership

Provide clinical leadership to develop and implement the Trust’s Digital Strategy in alignment with the ‘What Good Looks Like’ framework.
Act as a key clinical adviser to the Trust Board and executive leadership on digital health, AI, automation, and technology-enabled care.
Represent the Trust in system-wide digital initiatives across Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care System.
Represent the Trust in national, regional and local digital transformation projects.
Support the delivery of national policies and strategies driving NHS digitisation, including the recently launched ‘Fit for the Future: 10 year Health Plan for England’

Clinical Informatics and Safety

Lead the development and implementation of safe, usable, and effective digital clinical systems.
Oversee clinical safety governance in line with NHS Digital safety standards (DCB0129/0160).
Champion the use of data and digital tools to enhance clinical quality, patient safety, and outcomes.
Serve as clinical lead or Senior Responsible Officer for major digital programmes (e.g., EPR optimisation, AI pilots, remote monitoring tools).
Work in partnership with the Trust’s Cambridge Children’s Hospital digital lead to contribute to the development and implementation of the EPR and broader digital innovation programme within the new children's hospital.

Workforce Development & Capability Building

Promote the development of clinical informatics skills across all professional groups within the Trust, including analysts and clinicians. .
Mentor and support aspiring clinical informaticians across all professional groups.
Lead initiatives to build digital literacy and capability among clinical staff, supporting CPD and career development.
Support the integration of digital skills into clinical education.

Engagement & Change Leadership

Act as a visible and accessible digital leader across all services and professions.

· Ensure meaningful co-design and engagement with service users, carers, and patients in all aspects of digital and service transformation.

· Work collaboratively with clinicians and digital teams to align transformation efforts with frontline clinical needs and best practice.

Support change management efforts by translating clinical needs into digital requirements and vice versa.

Equity & Inclusion

Promote digital inclusion and equity in service design and access for patients .
Champion the ethical use of health technologies including AI, predictive analytics, and automation.
Ensure that digital solutions meet the needs of diverse populations and vulnerable groups.

Research, Innovation and Partnerships

Support clinical research and improvement projects involving digital health or data science.
Collaborate with academic and industry partners to develop digital solutions aligned to the Trust’s clinical strategy.

Key Working relationships for CCIO role:

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Chief Executive (CEO)
Executive Team
Executive Digital and Clinical Leadership (CDIO, CMO, CNIO, SIRO)
Operational and Clinical Directorate Teams
Digital Services, Data & Analytics, Clinical Systems, and Transformation Teams
ICS Digital Programme Leads and Regional Partners
Faculty of Clinical Informatics, national informatics bodies and national CCIO/CIO networks
Service Users, Carers, and Co-production Groups

Key Responsibilities - Clinical Role and General

Specific clinical responsibilities will be agreed in consultation with the relevant Clinical Director, based on the postholder’s professional discipline, specialty, and substantive role.

Medical practitioners will be expected to practise in accordance with the General Medical Council’s Good Medical Practice. Practitioners from other professional backgrounds will adhere to the equivalent standards set by their respective regulatory bodies.

Generic responsibilities relevant to all clinicians include:

Quality and Patient Safety

Provide and champion safe, evidence-based, and person-centred care in all areas of responsibility
Promote safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults
Implement NICE and other statutory guidance where relevant
Ensure infection prevention and control standards are met
Contribute to the Trust’s quality, governance, and risk management processes
Report incidents and support organisational learning
Contribute to Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) responses
Adhere to information governance, confidentiality, and data protection policies
Maintain awareness of relevant legislation, standards, and best practice
Maintain awareness of the collective responsibility to ensure a safe and healthy environment for patients/carers visitors, and staff, in line with health and safety regulations and organisational policies.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
Children and young people’s mental health services;
Children’s community services in Peterborough;
Social care;
Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

Professional Registration: Current UK registration with a recognised clinical professional body (eg. GMC, NMC, HCPC) with license to practice.
For medical practitioners - Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in a relevant medical specialty or within 6 months of expected CCT date • Membership/Fellowship of Relevant Royal College e.g. MRCPsych, MRCP(UK) depending on specialty, or equivalent qualification if trained outside the UK
For non-medical clinicians - Master’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant clinical or professional field (e.g. psychology, pharmacy, physiotherapy)

Desirable criteria

Postgraduate qualification in clinical informatics/health informatics, data science or a related analytical discipline, digital health, leadership, or quality improvement
Fellowship or membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. Faculty of Clinical Informatics, British Computer Society, FMLM)
Completion of a recognised digital leadership programme (e.g. NHS Digital Academy)

Experience

Essential criteria

Senior clinician with experience of leading teams and working effectively across a range of clinical settings within a MDT
Experience of using information and analytics to drive service improvement
Experience leading or supporting digital transformation initiatives
Experience contributing to or leading quality improvement, clinical risk management, or patient safety incident responses.
Ability to support the use of digital tools and data to improve clinical safety, reduce harm, and promote continuous learning.

Desirable criteria

Involvement with national digital health bodies & projects (eg FCI, NHS England, NHSD)
Senior clinical leadership role in NHS or equivalent setting

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

Knowledge of digital health, EPRs, and clinical systems
Knowledge, skills and experience that relate to the FCI Competency Framework
Understanding of national digital policy (eg What Good Looks Like, DCMH, DFOCVC)
Demonstrates a sound understanding of clinical safety and digital governance frameworks
Knowledge of DCB0129 and 0160 requirements
Knowledge and understanding of the strategic and operational context of the NHS, including current national priorities, policy drivers, and the role of integrated care systems (ICS)

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Leah Coulter
Job title: Executive Assistant
Email address: [email protected]
Additional information: Additional contact details for information: Executive Assistant [email protected]