Chief Digital Information Officer

Thank you for your 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 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 a 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.To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.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 make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.We are proud that 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, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.RoleNot all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UKHome Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: David Selwyn Job title: Acting Chief Executive Email address: charlotte.hickman6@nhs.net Telephone number: 01623 622515