Job overview

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Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is now seeking an exceptional digital leader to join our unitary Board (non-voting) and Executive Leadership Team as Chief Digital Information Officer (CDIO), reporting to our CEO Karen Howell OBE. This is a pivotal role at the heart of our digital transformation journey - leading innovation, data strategy, and IT operations to improve mental health care and patient outcomes. As CDIO, you will drive the Trust’s digital vision and strategy, as we further advance our digital capabilities and become a data-driven, digitally mature organisation aligned with both national priorities and local community needs. You will oversee the strategic use of digital technologies, cyber security, and the continued optimisation of our Electronic Patient Record, while enabling inclusive digital access and smarter ways of working across clinical and corporate services.

This is a unique opportunity to influence care at scale, collaborate with system partners across Greater Manchester and nationally, and position GMMH as a centre of excellence for digital mental health innovation.

Main duties of the job

Essential Criteria

• Proven experience as a senior digital leader within a complex organisation, ideally within healthcare, public services, or a similarly regulated environment.
• Proven experience of setting, communicating and translating a strategic vision into deliverable operational plans, delivering large-scale digital transformation and managing significant capital programmes.
• Proven success of leading, inspiring and developing high-performing and cross-functional technical teams, establishing and owning key performance indicators whilst raising performance levels and developing critical capabilities
• Proven ability to establish, develop and maintain effective working relationships with all colleagues, partners and diverse stakeholders (ideally at Board level) to deliver impact with excellent communication and influencing skills
• Working knowledge of emerging digital trends and technologies such as artificial intelligence, data analytics, and digital health innovation (ideally), including regulatory and ethical considerations.
• Working knowledge and understanding of industry standard security issues and processes
• Experience in supplier management, with the ability to establish and improve supplier performance standards and deliver value for money.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.