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Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced senior nurse to lead the Clinical Informatics Team. You will provide strategic clinical leadership for the development of the long-term vision and strategic plans for digital transformation projects in Hywel Dda University Health Board. This will include WNCR systems, Epma, eObs, eflow and other digital systems. You will advise on national and local policy development and lead on the development of local clinical and digital standards and protocols, including clinical digital risk management. You will also provide clinical professional advice regarding digital system development and deployment ensuring digital ways of working supports accountable clinical practice and quality patient care. You will lead a team implementing these changes across the health board working closely with the Head of Nursing for Professional Standards and Digital Informatics.
Main duties of the job
* Translate and implement the high-level digital strategy of the health board into the clinical workforce.
* Provide leadership for the development and delivery of a statutory digital patient safety strategy and standards in the health board
* Act as an expert clinician reviewing Health Information Systems to identify strategic fit and risk / benefit analysis.
* Work autonomously to ensure complex decision making, prompting implementation of evidence-based interventions when digital patient safety incidents are identified
* Work closely with the Patient Safety Team to ensure patient safety in relation to digital and informatics systems as a Clinical Safety Officer.
* Work with the Head of Nursing for Professional Standards and Digital Informatics to lead on nursing informatics work on digital solutions to ensure the effective technology into nursing and wider MDT practice.
* Take responsibility for the management and investigation of clinical incidents related to digital solutions ensuring learning and appropriate action is disseminated
* Represent the Health Board at national level and will advise on national digital application, health informatics policies and strategies such as the Welsh Nursing Care Record (WNCR) and hospital electronic prescribing and administration (ePMA), eObs, patient flow
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.
We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.
We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.
Our services are provided in:
* Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
* Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
* Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
* 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
* Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services
Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
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