Job summary
- Main area
- Medical & Dental
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment considered)
- Hours
- Part time - 32 hours per week
- Job ref
- 423-7863549
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Chief Clinical Information Officer
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
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Job overview
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is preparing to introduce a new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system that will transform the way patient information is stored, accessed, and used to deliver care. The new system, provided by Oracle Health, will bring together information that is currently held across different paper and digital systems into one secure, easy‑to‑use digital record.
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an exceptional Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) to lead the clinical vision for our Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Programme.
As our senior clinical digital leader, you will ensure digital change is safe, clinically led, and designed around patient care. You will work closely with the Medical Director, Chief Digital Information Officer, CNIO, and clinical teams across the Trust to shape digital strategy, redesign workflows, and champion clinical engagement and adoption as part of the EPR programme.
Main duties of the job
The Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) is the Trust’s senior clinical digital leader, responsible for ensuring that digital transformation and implementation of the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Programme—is safe, clinically led, and delivers meaningful improvements to patient care and staff experience.
The CCIO will:
- Provide clinical leadership and assurance for all digital, data, and technology developments.
- Act as the senior clinical partner to the Chief Digital Information Officer and a key decision-maker on the EPR Programme.
- Ensure digital solutions support safe, effective clinical workflows and reflect national clinical safety standards.
- Champion the needs of clinicians, patients, and service users in all digital design and implementation.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for a detailed description of the duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current clinical registration with a UK professional body (e.g., GMC, NMC, HCPC) Educated to Master’s level or equivalent senior clinical experience Evidence of ongoing CPD in clinical leadership, digital health, or informatics
Desirable criteria
- Formal training in clinical informatics, digital health, or data/information management men
- Programme/project management training (e.g., PRINCE2, Agile, MSP)
- Membership of Faculty of Clinical Informatics or similar body
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant senior clinical leadership experience in an NHS or complex healthcare setting
- Demonstrable experience of leading or advising on digital transformation at service, divisional, or organisational level
- Experience working with or implementing clinical systems, EPRs, or major digital programmes
- Experience influencing multidisciplinary clinical teams and senior decision makers
- Experience in clinical safety, risk management, or governance committees
- Evidence of leading change or improvement projects with measurable impact on patient care
Desirable criteria
- Experience as a Clinical Safety Officer or involvement in DCB 0160 compliance
- Experience working across organisational boundaries (ICS, regional, national programmes)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You 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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Andrew Loughney
- Job title
- Chief Medical Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 294807
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