Job overview
Join Us at the Forefront of Digital Clinical Transformation.
It’s an exciting time to join the Digital Clinical Team at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. As we embark on the transformative OneEPR programme, we’re expanding our team to ensure digital innovation is safe, clinically led, and patient focused.
As Associate Chief Nursing Information Officer, you’ll champion the voice of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals (NMAHPs) in digital transformation, helping embed digital at the point of care and influence how technology enhances clinical practice and patient outcomes.
If you're ready to lead change, inspire innovation, and make a real impact on patient care, we want to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
1. Support the CNIO in delivering the digital strategy for NMAHPs across the Trust.
2. Provide expert clinical input into the design, implementation and evaluation of digital systems.
3. Promote digital literacy and engagement across the NMAHP workforce.
4. Influence service redesign to improve care through digital solutions.
5. Represent NMAHPs in local and national digital forums.
6. Collaborate with the CCIO, CSO, and wider teams, ensuring digital transformation programmes meet the needs of the service and the NMAHP workforce.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search or .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As Associate CNIO, you will play a key role in shaping how digital solutions support safe, effective and modern clinical practice. You’ll work closely with the CNIO and wider digital team to ensure NMAHPs are actively involved in digital transformation, from strategic planning to frontline implementation.
You’ll help embed digital at the point of care, promote innovation, and support the development of a digitally confident workforce. This role is central to ensuring that digital systems meet the needs of NMAHPs and patients alike.
The Associate CNIO will also support the delivery of the OneEPR programme - an ambitious collaboration between four NHS Trusts to implement a single, integrated electronic patient record (EPR) system. This is a pivotal role in shaping how digital solutions are safely designed, deployed, and used to improve patient care across the Trust and the wider network.
Previous experience in digital health is advantageous but not essential, as training and support will be provided to the successful candidate.
Main Responsibilities
7. Lead and support digital initiatives that enhance NMAHP and clinical workflows.
8. Provide clinical expertise to ensure systems are safe, effective and user-friendly.
9. Promote a culture of ownership and quality in digital transformation.
10. Support training, education and digital literacy across NMAHPs.
11. Contribute to procurement, testing and deployment of digital systems.
12. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure patient-centred design and delivery.
13. Deputise for the CNIO when required.
Person specification
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
14. Registered NMAHP (e.g. NMC, HCPC)
15. Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable criteria
16. Leadership or management qualification
17. Teaching qualification
18. Digital qualification
19. Accredited clinical safety qualification (or willingness to complete)
Experience
Essential criteria
20. Significant senior experience in acute clinical practice
21. Experience in clinical leadership or management
22. Understanding of the NHS and NMAHP digital agenda
23. Familiarity with digital clinical systems and electronic patient records
24. Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
25. Ability to manage competing priorities and work independently
Desirable criteria
26. Experience in digital transformation or service redesign
27. Experience in digital transformation or service redesign Familiarity with project management methodologies
Other
Essential criteria
28. Able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
29. Ability to travel across hospital sites, or to other NHS trusts when required for the role