Employer Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital Town Basingstoke Salary 62,215 - 72,293 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/08/2025 08:00 Chief Nursing Information Officer (Core Team) - EPR ProgrammeNHS AfC: Band 8bThe Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) is a nursing leader responsible and accountable for advancing clinical quality and patient safety through the delivery of the EPR programme with regards to nursing and AHP work practices. This role is pivotal in transforming patient care through innovative digital solutions.Possessing outstanding communication skills, the CNIO is the translator and main point of liaison for nursing informatics, nursing and midwifery management and digital professionals. Working alongside the local Trust CNIOs, CCIOs and programme team, the CNIO will own the strategic vision for how the EPR will enhance nursing and midwifery practices, clinical quality, and patient safety and the nursing digital work on the selection, development, and deployment of the chosen solution to ensure smooth integration into nursing clinical workflows. The role will include a mix of home and cross site working.Lead the strategic, development and implementation of the chosen EPR; to support nursing / clinical practice.Provide liaison between IT function, programme team and nursing/midwifery community in the planning and implementation of the EPR. Serve as principal nursing and AHP digital advisor to the Programme Director, CIOs and CCIO.Represent the nursing workforce as the main point of contact for EPR and attend all EPR related meetings and committees. Advise relevant parties on, and be accountable for, the impact of the single EPR on nursing practices. To be an EPR change champion leading the super user communities across the ICB.Sign off final solution on behalf of nursing/midwifery.Assess risks to delivery of team capability and hold individuals to account for EPR delivery against realistic objectives in conjunction with the CCIO.Investigate the reporting of nursing errors where EPR is a contributing factor.Monitor and review clinical safety standards during the development and implementation of EPR processes and systems.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.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.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.Tackling Climate Change:

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.Training and QualificationsNursing or Allied Health professional qualificationHolds a relevant project management qualification (e.g. Experience of developing, testing and evaluation clinical software systemsExperience of having delivered clinical / nursing IT projects, leading significant change, delivering tangible and sustained improvementsExperience of risk assessment and risk managementHighly developed communication and influencing skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels, including interpersonal skills, liaison and negotiation skillsAble to build rapport and credibility with senior nursing and managerial colleaguesExceptional organisation and strategic level logistics planning skillsLeadership qualities with the ability to lead, manage and motivate staff into achieving a common goal.Effective IT skills including relevant experience using Microsoft Office applicationsProven ability to respond to the unexpected and be able to make judgements around when decisions are urgent, can be taken independently or when it may be necessary to escalateWe 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.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.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.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.