Employer Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Basingstoke Town Basingstoke Salary £55,690 - £62,682 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/03/2026 23:59Chief Nursing Information OfficerNHS AfC: Band 8aOur cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.Job overviewAs our Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO), you’ll be at the heart of shaping how digital innovation transforms care for our patients, our staff and our communities.Working alongside the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO), Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) and senior digital leaders, you will provide clinical insight and digital leadership to ensure nurses, midwives and AHPs are fully involved in designing, developing and evaluating our digital systems. Your focus will be on making sure every digital solution we introduce genuinely enhances safety, quality and patient outcomes, while helping to build a strong and positive digital culture across the organisation.Main duties of the jobWe’re looking for a senior clinician with a passion for digital transformation and a genuine interest in how technology can improve care. You don’t need to be an informatics expert — what matters most is your enthusiasm for innovation, your ability to inspire and influence others, and your commitment to shaping safer, smarter and more effective ways of working.Working for our organisationOur vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.We understand relocating can be a big step. Hampshire Hospitals may be able to provide accommodation options for successful candidates, depending on availability. If this something you would like to explore please contact Southern Housing on 02080 360017Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesWork alongside the CCIO to drive the strategic direction for Informatics through the implementation and delivery of clinical systems across the trust and the wider healthcare community.Provide high quality clinical guidance for Digital and leadership across the organisation in collaboration with other stakeholders.Act as champion for Digital within the Nursing and Allied Health Professional communities as an enabler for safe and effective patient care.Promote innovation and champion the development of an information culture that drives continuous clinical and business improvement across the organisation.Provide clinical overview and expertise to the design and development of informatics enabled change programmes and development strategies, plans and activity to ensure they deliver safe, effective, evidence-based and accessible services and systems to meet the health and care knowledge and information needs of Nurses and other clinicians.Ensure that all key stakeholders are consulted in the design, delivery and evaluation of clinical informatics systems, including patients, carers, clinicians, technical and programme teams and best practice groups.Ensure that proposed service redesigns will be effective in improving clinical practice and patient care outcomes, whilst adhering to professional and IT standards.Monitor regional, national and international development of Digital and informatics standards and apply best practice within the organisation.Determine and advise on implications of national and local informatics policy/strategy development from a clinical perspective.Ensure that structures are in place to monitor effective and valid information flows within health care systems which are necessary for the delivery of clinical care.Strive to enhance others contributions and to promote leadership, nurturing capability and continuing professional development.Person specificationTraining & QualificationsFully Qualified Registered Nurse.Educated to Masters or equivalent experienceRelevant IM&T or Project Management QualificationExperience & KnowledgeExperience in clinical practice as a nurse, currently operating at Clinical Matron levelExperience of managing and leading people and projects from creation to implementationChange management experience related to the planning and delivery of work in a clinical setting with demonstrated success in overcoming resistance to a change in clinical working practiceProven ability to engage effectively with a broad range of stakeholders within an outside the organisation and in a multi-professional environment.Skills & AbilityHigh level influencing skills; able to persuade clinicians to engage with, implement and embed change to achieve successful outcomesResilient; able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations, competing demands and tight timescalesAttained national Clinical Safety Training for cliniciansOur commitment to you:We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.The paperwork:HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first – as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.We believe that using technology wisely reflects strong time management and a commitment to innovation. However, it's essential to personalise your recruitment application to showcase your unique skills and experiences. Over-reliance on generic, AI-generated content may result in rejection if multiple candidates submit applications with similar language or structure. In such cases, recruiting managers may reach out for further clarity where applications appear consistent with others, to better understand your individual strengths.Tackling Climate Change:Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, searchHHFT Climate Action orcontactclimateaction@hhft.nhs.uk.Employer certification / accreditation badgesYou must have appropriate UK professional registration.This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. #J-18808-Ljbffr