Chief Nursing/Midwife/AHP Information Officer (CN/ MW/AHPIO)
The Chief Nursing/Midwife/AHP Information Officer (CN/ MW/AHPIO) for the EPR Programme provides strategic clinical leadership for digital transformation across nursing, midwifery & allied health professions, specifically focused on the implementation, optimisation & ongoing maturity of the new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.
This fixed‑term 12‑month role acts as a crucial bridge between frontline clinical services & the digital programme, ensuring that the EPR supports safe, patient‑centred care & aligns with national standards, operational needs, and partnership requirements across Airedale, Bradford Teaching Hospitals, and Calderdale & Huddersfield.
The post holder will lead the EPR Clinical Informatics Team, guide clinical subject matter experts, and shape clinical workflow design, testing, deployment and optimisation. They are responsible for embedding digital ways of working, driving clinical readiness for go‑live, supporting benefits realisation, and ensuring clinical risks are identified, escalated, and mitigated.
The role requires strong stakeholder engagement across internal & external partners, effective communication of complex digital‑clinical issues, and leadership of change management activities across clinical divisions. The CN/AHPIO will also contribute to governance, training alignment, quality improvement, and strategic planning, ensuring that EPR‑enabled care is safe, effective, efficient, and future‑focused.
Provide senior clinical leadership for nursing, midwifery and AHP contributions to the Trust’s Electronic Patient Record (EPR) programme.
Act as the key link between clinical services and the digital teams to ensure EPR design and configuration support safe, efficient and patient‑centred care.
Lead the EPR Clinical Informatics Team, guiding clinical SMEs and ensuring digital workflows align with operational practice.
Oversee clinical aspects of EPR design, build, testing, readiness and go‑live activities across all relevant services.
Drive post‑go‑live optimisation, supporting clinical teams to embed new digital ways of working.
Identify, assess and mitigate clinical safety risks in partnership with the Clinical Safety Officer.
Lead clinical engagement, communication and change management across the Trust and with partner organisations (BTHFT and CHFT).
Represent nursing and AHP digital priorities in programme boards, working groups and external stakeholder meetings.
Support quality improvement, benefits realisation, and development of policies, SOPs and training aligned to EPR workflows.
Contribute to programme planning, risk and issue management, and production of programme documentation and reports.
Build collaborative relationships with suppliers, partner Trusts, and internal stakeholders to deliver a standardised, safe approach to digital care.
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
Cycle to Work
Travel Scheme
Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
Onsite Nursery
Buying and Selling Annual Leave
Car Leasing
Employee Assistance Programme
Employee Health and Wellbeing
Extensive Reward Scheme
Counselling Service
Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality, Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our Values
Committed to Quality of Care
Compassion
Working together for patients
Improving Lives
Everyone Counts
Respect and Dignity
Contact Details
For further details/informal visits: Lianne Robinson, Chief Nurse – Email: lianne.robinson2@nhs.net – Tel: 01535 294016
Executive Assistant: Georgina Russell‑Smith – Email: Georgina.Russell-Smith@nhs.net – Tel: (01535 29)4547
Airedale General Hospital, Skipton Road, Steeton, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6TD
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