Chief Nurse Information Officer (CNIO)
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 19 Ionawr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £64,455 - £74,896 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 18 Chwefror 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Seaton Delaval, NE25 0QJ |
| Cwmni: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7717106/319-7717106JN |
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A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity for a senior nurse leader who has a passion for the digital agenda and the transformation of services.
The CNIO will take a strategic digital leadership role supporting the Trust's strategic objectives and Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions vision to facilitate the delivery of excellent, safe patient care through the digitalisation of services and service delivery.
The post holder will work collaboratively with key stakeholders to provide direction and nursing leadership, to lead digital transformation across the Trust.
A key aspect of this role will be to encourage and support clinical colleagues to embrace transformational change associated with the digital agenda and to act as a liaison between the Trust’s clinical teams and digital.
The CNIO will pioneer new ways of working and promote the “art of the possible”. They will lead on the promotion, innovation and transformation of clinical services and pathways using information and technologies across nursing, midwifery, and allied health professionals’ (AHPs) workforces to support and improve:
• Patient outcomes and efficiency
• Clinical safety
• Integrated care across partners and commissioners
• Digital empowerment of patients and citizens
• Benefits realisation of digital initiatives
The Trust is continuing an ambitious digital transformation programme and for its successful implementation it is important that all decision-making is clinically lead and that patient experience and clinical safety underpins the programme.
The CNIO will take a strategic digital leadership role supporting the Trust’s strategic objectives and Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions vision to facilitate the delivery of excellent, safe patient care through the digitalisation of services and service delivery.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
The CNIO is a transformational role, pioneering new ways of working and the “art of the possible.” They will lead on the promotion, innovation, and transformation of clinical services using information and technologies across nursing, midwifery, allied health professionals’ workforces to support and improve:
- Patient outcomes and efficiency.
- Integrated care across partners and commissioners.
- Digital empowerment of patients and citizens.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
Provide strategic clinical leadership for information technology and information systems across the organisation, to meet the current and future needs of the Trust’s commissioned services
To bridge business unit silos by identifying, highlighting and managing across programme dependencies. To act on own initiative to deal with contentious and sensitive issues
Responsible for the development, introduction and subsequent maintenance of suitable controls to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the clinical systems in conjunction with Digital Services and suppliers
To be an active member of Trust’s Digital and Data Authority Board (DDAB) and Digital and Data Delivery Board (DDDB). To support the delivery of all activities necessary to enable the organisation to meet its responsibilities to deliver a successful digital transformation programme
To work with the Joint Directors of NMAHPs and the Senior Clinical Team to safeguard patient needs alongside the goals and corporate objectives set out in the Trust’s digital strategy, ensuring clinical improvements and benefits are achieved and delivered
To be the NMAHP figurehead for Digital, leading the way in the art of the possible in terms of innovation and transformation supported by senior leadership and DDDB
To co-ordinate and contribute to updating policies and procedures in conjunction with the implementation of all the projects covered within the digital programme, working with senior leadership and DDAB
To play a key role in directing NMAHP staff, clinical staff, and digital champions
Ensure engagement and that accurate and up to date advice and information is available for all digital projects
To ensure that the overall aim of improving patient experience and clinical safety underpins the delivery of the digital strategy
This advert closes on Monday 2 Feb 2026
This is an exciting opportunity for a senior nurse leader who has a passion for the digital agenda and the transformation of services.
The CNIO will take a strategic digital leadership role supporting the Trust's strategic objectives and Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions vision to facilitate the delivery of excellent, safe patient care through the digitalisation of services and service delivery.
The post holder will work collaboratively with key stakeholders to provide direction and nursing leadership, to lead digital transformation across the Trust.
A key aspect of this role will be to encourage and support clinical colleagues to embrace transformational change associated with the digital agenda and to act as a liaison between the Trust’s clinical teams and digital.
The CNIO will pioneer new ways of working and promote the “art of the possible”. They will lead on the promotion, innovation and transformation of clinical services and pathways using information and technologies across nursing, midwifery, and allied health professionals’ (AHPs) workforces to support and improve:
• Patient outcomes and efficiency
• Clinical safety
• Integrated care across partners and commissioners
• Digital empowerment of patients and citizens
• Benefits realisation of digital initiatives
The Trust is continuing an ambitious digital transformation programme and for its successful implementation it is important that all decision-making is clinically lead and that patient experience and clinical safety underpins the programme.
The CNIO will take a strategic digital leadership role supporting the Trust’s strategic objectives and Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions vision to facilitate the delivery of excellent, safe patient care through the digitalisation of services and service delivery.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
The CNIO is a transformational role, pioneering new ways of working and the “art of the possible.” They will lead on the promotion, innovation, and transformation of clinical services using information and technologies across nursing, midwifery, allied health professionals’ workforces to support and improve:
- Patient outcomes and efficiency.
- Integrated care across partners and commissioners.
- Digital empowerment of patients and citizens.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
Provide strategic clinical leadership for information technology and information systems across the organisation, to meet the current and future needs of the Trust’s commissioned services
To bridge business unit silos by identifying, highlighting and managing across programme dependencies. To act on own initiative to deal with contentious and sensitive issues
Responsible for the development, introduction and subsequent maintenance of suitable controls to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the clinical systems in conjunction with Digital Services and suppliers
To be an active member of Trust’s Digital and Data Authority Board (DDAB) and Digital and Data Delivery Board (DDDB). To support the delivery of all activities necessary to enable the organisation to meet its responsibilities to deliver a successful digital transformation programme
To work with the Joint Directors of NMAHPs and the Senior Clinical Team to safeguard patient needs alongside the goals and corporate objectives set out in the Trust’s digital strategy, ensuring clinical improvements and benefits are achieved and delivered
To be the NMAHP figurehead for Digital, leading the way in the art of the possible in terms of innovation and transformation supported by senior leadership and DDDB
To co-ordinate and contribute to updating policies and procedures in conjunction with the implementation of all the projects covered within the digital programme, working with senior leadership and DDAB
To play a key role in directing NMAHP staff, clinical staff, and digital champions
Ensure engagement and that accurate and up to date advice and information is available for all digital projects
To ensure that the overall aim of improving patient experience and clinical safety underpins the delivery of the digital strategy
This advert closes on Monday 2 Feb 2026