Join MFT your next and best career move, as we seek our Deputy Chief Digital and Information Officer.

Reporting to the Chief Digital and Information Officer, you will create & implement our long-term clinically led digital strategy & investment framework for the Trust, digitising services, connecting them to support integration & through these foundations, enable service transformation.

With a commitment to both system and organisational excellence, you will build on the successful implementation of Hive/Epic (Electronic Patient Record) & related systems, working in partnership with organisational & clinical leadership teams, delivering a Digital Strategy which is aligned to the Trust's overall strategy & priorities.

It goes without saying, as Deputy Chief Digital and Information Officer, you will be the expert lead for the evolution of clinical & business information processes, ensuring high-quality provision and support for business-critical systems across the Trust. As a progressive thinker and creative disrupter, focused on the need to deliver benefits to patients, the public, and care professionals, you will work cohesively & collaboratively with the Clinical Groups and Executive teams across the Trust to generate innovative digital solutions to support clinical processes, improving both staff & patient experience.

So, if this sounds like you & you have the skills, expertise & motivation to succeed in this career changing role, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• With significant experience as a digital leader in a complex organisation or system & experience leading digitisation strategy and roadmap development, you will be a key enabler of the Trust's Research and Innovation Strategy, working in close partnership with stakeholders nationally, regionally and across Greater Manchester, & deputise for the Chief Digital Information Officer when required.
• You will develop innovative technological information systems & analytical solutions to support clinical care, research, operational management, & accountability, ensuring the delivery of data, intelligent information, reporting this to internal & external stakeholders.
• With a track record of digital innovation in multiple settings, you will champion the use of digital technology & practices, engendering a digital mind-set throughout the Trust.
• Naturally, you will be an inspirational leader, with the ability to influence and communicate openly & effectively listen, building strong, mutually advantageous relationships with Research partner organisations & across both the national and local health economies. This will help maximise the opportunities for the Trust, in Health and Research (including the development of the infrastructure & governance to support Research and Innovation).
• Lastly, with experience in governance arrangements & procurement protocols, you will access security, managing a range of access controls to the network, devices, applications, and data.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

Candidate Information Pack

To support this vacancy, we have developed a bespoke Candidate Information Pack which provides specific information about the role and the Assessment and Selection Process. To request a copy of this pack, please contact Talent Attraction & Senior Acquisition Service Partner Rachael Brook, via emailRachael.Brook@mft.nhs.uk.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Resilient under pressure and calm in a crisis.
• A progressive thinker and creative disrupter, always focused on the need to deliver benefits to patients, the public and care professionals.
• Ability to collaborate across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Ability to recognise and manage competing priorities.
• An ability to influence.
• Able to communicate openly and effectively listen.
• Politically astute.
• Inspires others and leads by example.
• Action oriented and committed to excellence.
• A commitment to the ethical standards expected of public sector leaders in the UK including declaration of the Fit and Proper Persons Requirements Test Framework (FPPT).

Skills, Knowledge Requirements & Experience

Essential

• Significant experience as a digital leader in a complex organisation or system.
• Demonstratable digital thought leadership and strategic influencing skills.
• Track record of digital innovation in multiple settings.
• Impacted on health outcomes through the implementation of digital solutions.
• Have led digitisation strategy and roadmap development.
• Experience in governance arrangements and procurement protocols.
• Able to lead complex and sometimes contentious change and transformation at scale.
• Ability to engage across organisational boundaries, disciplines and levels of operation.
• A commitment to system excellence as well as organisational excellence.
• A close commitment to working with partners and stakeholders.
• International experience in healthtech trends and application.
• Knowledge of healthcare information systems and advanced technology including artificial intelligence, its application and governance / design requirements to ensure it is deployed fairly.
• Knowledge of health and care agenda / priorities.
• An understanding of health inequalities.

Desirable

• Clinical qualification / background / NHS Experience.

Qualifications - academic / professional

Essential

• Minimum of Masters level studies or suitable professional experience and development.
• Track record of continuous development.
• Membership of appropriate professional body.

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxford Road Campus

Cobbett House

Manchester

M13 9WL

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