This is a Fixed Term/Secondment vacancy until Until 31/03/2027
If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.
Are you a senior registered nurse with a strong track record of leading and sustaining change within your clinical area? Are you ready for a new challenge and keen to play a strategic role in delivering digital transformation within Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB)?
If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Nursing Informatics team as a Senior Nurse Clinical Informatics.
This is a pivotal leadership role in the ongoing digital transformation providing clinical leadership and operational support for the ambitious development, implementation and optimisation of digital clinical systems, including e-Flow, e-Obs, and Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA).
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the Assistant Director of Nursing, Head of Nursing and Lead Clinical Informatics Nurse in leading the planning processes needed to achieve the strategic aims of the Nursing and Midwifery Professional Standards and Nursing Workforce Corporate Team.
They will work closely with senior members of the Executive Team and Heads of Nursing across the health board, leading on a range of capital projects and related service improvement programmes for nursing. Examples of such projects are the Clinical informatics programmes such as the implementation of the digital Wales Nursing Care Record (WNCR), Safecare and e-prescribing.
They will be a key member of the corporate nursing team supporting all aspect of nursing service modernisation and supporting service change aligned to the Annual Plan, the Integrated Medium-Term Plan and the Transforming Clinical Services Project.
They will have considerable ability to organise their own workload and act on their own initiative to deliver the delegated project aims. They will advise organisationally on delivering informatics programmes that involve nurses and midwives throughout the service.
Interviews to be held on 18/8/25
About us
Job responsibilities
The post holder will need to;-
Lead on planning and delivering staff engagement and training sessions.
Provide expert clinical input into the design, rollout, and evaluation of digital systems.
Act as a key liaison between clinical teams and digital project teams to ensure safe and effective development and implementation.
Promote digital literacy and engagement across all staff groups.
Support service transformation and future workforce developments.
This role will require flexibility, including the ability to work across a 7-day/24-hour rota during key implementation phases. Regular travel across Health Board sites is essential.
If you are passionate about digital innovation, professional standards and ready to lead from the front, we would love to hear from you.
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
* Degree or equivalent professional qualification, NMC registrant
* Postgraduate qualification to master's level or equivalent experience
* Extensive experience of working in the NHS at a senior management level
* Understanding of project management
* Knowledge of NHS planning processes
Experience
* Service planning and working in multi-disciplinary environment
* Leading on change and service development
* Leadership on NHS service projects / programmes
* Experience of clinical informatics project management
Language Skills
* Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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