The Digital Clinical Leads will work as part of a dynamic Chief Clinical Information Officer team. The role is responsible for supporting digital transformation for new digital solutions and upgrades to existing digital solutions across the Trust with clear collaboration with internal and external stakeholders as required. The postholder will have an understanding of digital systems and will support the efficient and effective management of the on-going EPR development, education, implementation and training of our NGH EPR.
We are seeking Digital Clinical Leads as follows:
+ 1 x Nurse
+ 1 x Digital Medicines (Pharmacy Professional), The role is responsible for operating as a key member of the Chief Clinical Information Officer portfolio which focuses on ensuring there is clinical engagement at all levels of the Group Digital Strategy. The postholder will promote and lead delivery of effective, safe clinical systems with all groups of clinical, administrative and operational staff.
The Digital Clinical Leads will work with multi-professional teams on improving patient care by leading audits, research and benefits realisation data collection, analysis and subsequent improvements to our processes.
The postholder will lead engagement with end users to ensure clear documentation of current state processes and subsequent future state processes and participate in clinical hazard workshops as required. They will work with members of the multidisciplinary team within the hospitals and at community venues, including all clinical colleagues, operational colleagues, administrative personnel and all teams within Digital and the EPR Programme., Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values
+ Compassion
+ Accountability
+ Respect
+ Integrity
+ Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
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The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals., + To operate as a key member of the Chief Clinical Information Officer portfolio which focuses on ensuring there is clinical engagement at all levels of the Group Digital Strategy
+ Promote and lead delivery of effective, safe clinical systems with all groups of clinical, administrative and operational staff
+ Provide clinical advice and guidance to support the delivery of the programmes associated with the Group Digital Strategy including the NGH EPR
+ To support with the efficient and effective management of the on-going EPR development, education, implementation and training of our NGH EPR with our wider EPR programme team
+ To be responsible for supporting digital transformation for new digital solutions and upgrades to existing digital solutions across with clear collaboration with internal and external stakeholders as required
Programme leadership/ delivery
+ Ensure visibility within all clinical areas
+ Lead ongoing implementation, development and optimisation of EPR with the wider EPR programme team
+ Work closely with all CCIOs, Digital Clinical Leads, Digital Clinical Facilitators and Transformation Specialists to ensure delivery of EPR
+ Ensure their clinical input in design and configuration of clinical systems and support testing of clinical systems
+ Co-ordinate the collection and dissemination of "lessons learnt" from projects to define optimal changes in subsequent processes and procedures
+ Support the digital clinical safety officer and promotion of clinical safety within all digital projects and programmes
+ Identify, assess and communicate the impact of risks to programmes and work with project managers and Transformation Specialists for project delivery against realistic timeframes
+ Assesses evolving hospital processes and evaluate how this impacts care
+ Promotes clinical and health intelligence systems capable of reporting measures to evaluate patient outcomes, to support research, and operational improvement across the continuum of care
Leadership and engagement
+ Act as role model for all clinical staff - providing a high level of expertise and support across all divisions
+ Ensure that the education and developmental needs of staff are commissioned to meet the requirements of the Group's Digital Strategy. Ensuring a competent, technology-enabled workforce
+ Contribute to the assessment of Digital Literacy with the Digital Training and Engagement Manager and Group CCIO
+ Ensure that relevant professional stakeholders are consulted and engaged in the design, delivery and evaluation of clinical information systems and that prioritisation of developments is clinically-led by the appropriate clinical/professional groups
+ Actively seek views from multi-disciplinary, clinical, administrative and operational colleagues and teams in the development of high quality and innovative clinical information systems that assist clinicians in their delivery of care
+ Act as an advocate for digital solutions as an enabler for safe and effective care
+ Convey and receive highly complex, highly sensitive and possibly highly contentious information
+ Ability and capacity to quickly absorb and understand large amounts of complex, information whether in written, verbal, numerical, analytical and electronic forms
+ Act on own initiative to deal with contentious and sensitive issues
+ Work with the Group CCIO and Digital Training and Engagement Manager to develop SOPs/FAQs for clinical engagement
Communication/ relationships
+ Establish excellent relationships with Digital teams, staff at all levels and external bodies which will support the implementation of collaborative working through leadership, motivation and inspiration of others
+ To participate as a Digital Responder with the Digital teams and actively support all staff with digital queries
+ Provide leadership and direction across situations where highly complex ideas or concepts need to be conveyed and implemented across the organisation in easily understood language
+ Use well developed persuasive, motivational, negotiating, influencing empathetic and / or reassurance skills especially when required to overcome significant barriers to acceptance, thus drawing on the highest level of interpersonal communication skills.
+ Produce and deliver where required formal comprehensive reports to relevant clinical Boards
+ Support the patient voice by working with trust/ group leads to continuously encourage digital volunteers and patient representation in line with the demographic of the population UHN serves
Partnership working
+ To work in partnership with wider system leadership structures in supporting collaboration across KGH and NGH and wider ICS/East Midlands Acute Provider Network
+ To represent the Group locally, regionally and nationally where required
Innovation
+ Challenge the clinical community to identify areas to try out new ideas in a safe way, seeking to define emergent approaches to digital delivery that can be implemented
+ Identify areas where innovative digital solutions would improve patient care and efficiencies and promote others to do the same
+ Promote the development and implementation of artificial intelligence within the Group to drive excellent patient care
+ Support digital research and innovation strategies

At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper-acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.
We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence® designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC).
We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That's why we talk about Team NGH. It's all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills. We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.