Overview
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust • Chief Digital Information Officer
The closing date is 13 November 2025
Thank you for taking the time to consider this opportunity to work with us in this exciting role. We are looking for a Chief Digital Information Officer to join Sherwood Forest Hospitals and support our journey to realise our ambition of outstanding care, compassionate people and healthier communities. Digital change and improvement is essential to the future of the NHS, and we want to be at the forefront of this change. This post will lead digital, data and intelligence services across the Trust, providing strategic direction and delivery. This role will work with colleagues, patients and partners to drive digital improvement and transformation. We must leverage the potential of digital to improve the working lives of colleagues, patient experience and outcomes. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate leadership in the right way and evidence what they deliver. We want Sherwood Forest to have one of the best cultures in the NHS because an inclusive and empowering culture delivers safe care.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to treat every patient as we would want a family member to be treated. We expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe we are a clinically-led organisation. Our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, and the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as outstanding for care, with King’s Mill Hospital as the only outstanding NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Details
* Date posted: 23 October 2025
* Pay scheme: Agenda for change
* Band: Band 9
* Salary: £109,179 to £125,637 a year per annum
* Contract: Permanent
* Working pattern: Full-time
* Reference number: 214-CEN-7523798
Job locations
King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL
Employer details
* Employer name: Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
* Address: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL
* For questions about the job, contact: Acting Chief Executive, David Selwyn, charlotte.hickman6@nhs.net, 01623622515
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We are looking for a Chief Digital Information Officer to join Sherwood Forest Hospitals and join us on an exciting journey to realise our ambition of outstanding care, compassionate people and healthier communities. Digital change and improvement is essential to the future of the NHS, and we want to be at the forefront of this change. This post will lead digital, data and intelligence services across the Trust, providing strategic direction and delivery. This role will work with colleagues, patients and partners to drive digital improvement and transformation. We must leverage the potential of digital to improve the working lives of colleagues, patient experience and outcomes. We are looking for someone who can show that they lead in the right way and that can evidence what they deliver. We want to Sherwood Forest to have one of the best cultures in the NHS because an inclusive and empowering culture delivers safe care.
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