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Job summary

Main area
Information Technology
Grade
9
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
273-DC-7316159
Employer
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
City Road
Town
London
Salary
£117,645 - £134,103 pa pro rata incl. HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/07/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Chief Information Officer

9

 

YOU MAKE US MORE

Join Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

At Moorfields, people’s sight matters—and so do the people who make it possible.

For over 200 years, Moorfields has been at the forefront of ophthalmic care, research, and education. With more than 2,300 dedicated team members and over 700,000 patients seen annually across our City Road site and 22 networked sites, we are proud to be a global centre of excellence.

We're also a vibrant community where kindness, equity and excellence shape every aspect of our work. Whether it’s pioneering research through our partnership with UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre or training the next generation of global eye care leaders, we’re united by one mission—delivering world-class eye health, sustainably and at scale.

And we’re just getting started.

Construction is well underway on our groundbreaking new centre in Camden, a joint initiative between Moorfields Eye Hospital, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Charity This modern, flexible facility will bring together eye care, research, and education under one roof—enabling transformative innovation and collaboration like never before.

Could you be part of this future? Make us more.

Job overview

We are now recruiting to our Chief Information Officer (CIO) role where you will be a key member of the Trust’s senior management team (non-voting member of the Trust Board). Building on the existing systems, we are looking for someone who can drive digital innovation and serve as a change agent to enable clinically led digital transformation. You will provide a strategic Digital Technology vision for the Trust

The next two years are exciting ones for us as we focus on the rollout of the Meditech electronic patient record (Moorconnect) and the construction and opening of the new centre for eye health in Camden (currently referred to as Oriel). This CIO role will play a key role in delivering both of these major programmes.

Main duties of the job

As CIO you will work as a technology partner and will leverage Digital Technology to add value and enhance the Trust’s use of computer-based systemsWe are looking for someone who can lead on all aspects of client facing technology implementations and support and can provide vision and leadership to ensure that the Trust’s information technology keeps pace with prevailing trends both within healthcare and the wider technology community. 

In this role you will also lead on the wider information and informatics agenda and develop systems and process that enhance structured data capture for use in the organisationYou will also lead on developing and setting the strategic digital agenda within the Trust and the wider stakeholder communities of education and research. 

We are looking for someone who is used to working in a service-driven role who understands how to manage systems and technologies in a mixed environment of “in house” teams, shared services and out-sourced partners.   

Using your experience, and a strong strategic and commercial understanding of technology and how it impacts a complex organisation, you will set and enhance service and governance objectives within the Trust.   

Working for our organisation

What’s in it for You?

At Moorfields, we invest in you—your growth, your wellbeing, your future.
You’ll join a flexible, supportive organisation offering:

•    Competitive salary (including high-cost area supplement)
•    Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme
•    24/7 independent counselling support
•    Career-long learning and development opportunities
•    Excellent transport connections
•    Access to NHS and Blue Light discount schemes
•    Free Pilates classes
•    Full support and training to develop your skills

And so much more!  To see the full range of benefits we offer please view our Moorfields benefits leaflet.

We are anticipating to interview for this role week commencing 11th or 18th of August.  The interview process will include stakeholder sessions.

RRP premia may be available for exceptional candidates.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Kindly find the job description and responsibilities on the attached Job Description document. 

Main responsibilities :

-Strategy

-Direction and management of Digital Technology

-Emergency and business continuity planning

-Corporate and other responsibilities  

 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree level education or equivalent experience
  • Management qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
  • Higher degree

Knowledge and experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant senior management experience in an NHS or comparable complex healthcare environment
  • Effective working with Board-level colleagues and senior clinicians
  • Well developed and demonstrable leadership and communication skills with a wide range of staff
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working at Board level

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to think strategically
  • Good influencing and negotiation skills

Values, attitudes and personal qualities

Essential criteria
  • Familiar with, and committed to, the principles and values of the NHS
  • Resilient, resourceful, able to manage conflict and to work in a pressurised environment

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jon Spencer
Job title
Chief Operating Officer
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
020 7253 3411
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