Job summary
- Main area
- Digital Nursing
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 120-NMR766-1025
- Employer
- Velindre University NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Head quarters, Nantgarw
- Town
- Cardiff.
- Salary
- £48,527 - £55,532 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Digital Clinical Specialist
Band 7
Thank you for your interest in working for Velindre University NHS Trust, which is a committed equal opportunities employer. The Trust welcomes applications from people who share our vision;
Velindre University NHS Trust will be recognised locally, nationally and internationally as a renowned organisation of excellence for patient and donor care, education and research.
our values;
- Caring
- Respectful
- Accountable
and who will complement our current experienced and specialist employees who are passionate about working in a Trust that has the ambition to provide world class services and care to patient and donors.
Velindre University NHS Trust holds a special place at the heart of healthcare in Wales. It is also an amazing organisation to work and to develop your career. The Trust comprises of two divisions, Velindre Cancer Centre and Welsh Blood Service. The Trust also hosts on behalf of the Welsh Government and NHS Wales, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) and Health Technology Wales (HTW).
Velindre University NHS Trust provides our employees with a favourable salary and reward / staff benefits & support package.
For more information on this vacancy please contact the recruiting manager, who will be pleased to discuss their employment opportunity with you.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
The Trust also reserves the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement at any stage of the process, to enable internal staff requiring to be redeployed in suitable roles.
Posts may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check and Professional Registration Check.
For more information on our Trust Employee Reward and Benefit’s Package please visit the Velindre University NHS Trust website.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Job overview
Velindre University NHS Trust (VUNHST) is advancing its digital transformation agenda to enhance clinical practice, improve patient outcomes, and prepare for future service delivery at the new Velindre Cancer Centre and beyond. To achieve this strong clinical digital leadership is pivotal. This commitment includes embedding digital solutions across all care settings, supporting staff to adopt new technologies, and ensuring systems are safe, effective, and aligned with modern healthcare standards.
The Lead Digital Clinical Specialist will provide robust clinical leadership and be responsible for the operational delivery of this transformation. This will be achieved through working within a multi-disciplinary team to lead the implementation and optimisation of clinical digital systems. This includes—but is not limited to—the successful delivery of the Trust’s electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) solution, which will support the safe, clinical, and cost-effective use of medicines across the organisation and all clinical digital infrastructure required for the new Velindre Cancer Service.In addition, the post holder will be responsible for developing, planning, and delivering training programmes for nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team to support the rollout and effective use of the Welsh Nursing Care Record (WNCR) and other clinical digital platforms.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will:
· Use their specialist knowledge and experience, alongside digital skills to provide clinical advice to the programme team and support the development, testing, implementation, configuration and ongoing optimisation of digital systema across all Trust sites.
· Assist the Chief Nursing Information Officer for Digital in informing and contributing to the pre-implementation and delivery plans for the system. This will include system demonstrations, promoting the benefits of digital systems, and working with the wider Digital, Data and Technology teams to ensure the system is implemented in a safe and timely manner.
· Utilise nursing experience and knowledge to contribute to the design of new ways of working associated with ePMA and other digital systems to ensure maximum levels of safety and quality.
· Support the Chief Nursing Information Officer by providing visible leadership and management to the wider Digital Clinical Specialist team.
· Have significant autonomy to organise their own workload and act on their own initiative to deliver the delegated programme aims.
· Ensure full successful operational delivery of all clinical digital systems by working with managers, leaders and front line staff.
· Support the digitalisation of clinical records project.
· Line manage the Digital Clinical Specialist Team.
Working for our organisation
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1994, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Digital qualification or extensive digital knowledge / experience
- Educated to Master’s level, or equivalent experience
- PGCE or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Project management Knowledge of change management and service improvement tools and techniques agement experience
- PG Cert Independent Prescribing Practice qualification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to work to demanding deadlines
- Clinical audit skills
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Language Skills (levels 1 to 5) in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anna Harries
- Job title
- HON Professional Standards/Digital CNIO
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07368286023
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