LCO EPR Expansion - Chief Medical Informatics Officer, LCO

We are seeking to appoint to the role of Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO), Local Care Organisation (4 PAs). The CMIO is a senior clinical informatics roles within Manchester and Trafford Local Care Organisations, reporting to the Director of Clinical Informatics and professionally accountable to the Joint Chief Medical Officers.

The post holder will combine strategic leadership, operational oversight and clinical credibility, the CMIO will help realise MFT's vision for a digitally enabled, integrated health and care system across Manchester and Trafford., Chair and drive LCO digital delivery: Oversee prioritisation, delivery and de-prioritisation of digital workstreams across community services

Provide clinical leadership for Epic implementation: Act as one of the principal clinical leads for the community rollout of Epic (Hive), ensuring configuration supports safe, efficient and integrated care across all services

Lead post-go-live optimisation and transformation: Drive clinical transformation and benefits realisation after implementation, ensuring digital tools deliver tangible improvements in patient outcomes, staff productivity and service efficiency.

Ensure governance and safety: Establish and contribute to robust governance structures to oversee digital developments, ensuring clinical safety, data quality and compliance with NHS standards.

Champion clinical engagement and training: Build a network of digital champions, support staff training, and address workforce concerns to maximise adoption and digital literacy.

Integrate community perspectives in Trust-wide digital strategy: Collaborate closely with other CMIOs, the CNIO and external partners to ensure community needs are represented in MFT and Greater Manchester.

Promote innovation and research: Encourage use of informatics to enable service redesign and clinical research, working with academic and innovation partners.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.