Deputy Chief Information Officer

We acknowledge that we are living in very challenging times and our Trust has much work to do to improve our performance, culture and services for our patients and staff. We are committed to doing so and have made a significant start by responding quickly and positively to the findings of the CQC inspection. Our priority has been to improve culture focussed on listening and responding to our staff. We now have a unique opportunity for an ambitious, highly motivated, experienced and skilled digital professional to join the Digital, Data and Technology Directorate as Deputy Chief Information Officer (DCIO). You will help create and implement our long-term clinically led digital strategy & investment framework for the Trust, digitising services, connecting them to support integration & through these foundations, enable service transformation.

We're in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. We serve people from across the whole of the Northeast, North Cumbria and beyond. We are continuing our journey for our system's plans for greater collaboration to develop, enhance, and improve clinical pathways resulting in better patient experience and outcomes through our strategic alliance and partnership with the Great North Healthcare Alliance (GNHA)., Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.