Overview
The BSW Hospitals Group is seeking an exceptional digital leader to shape and deliver a transformative digital and data agenda across our three acute Trusts: Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to lead digital transformation at scale across a developing Group committed to improving outcomes, enhancing patient and staff experience, and creating healthier, more equitable communities.
Main duties
As Group Chief Digital and Information Officer, you will provide strategic leadership for the digital, data, and technology agenda across all three sites. Working closely with Executive, clinical, and operational colleagues, you will:
- Modernise and integrate digital systems across the Group
- Strengthen cybersecurity and digital resilience
- Drive the adoption of new technologies, including AI, automation, and advanced analytics
- Reduce digital exclusion and improve access to digital tools
- Embed data-driven insight and decision-making across clinical and non-clinical services
- Lead the implementation and benefits realisation of our new shared and integrated Electronic Patient Record
- Provide visible system leadership across the BSW Integrated Care System
Your leadership will set the tone for digital innovation across the Group, ensuring our digital capability keeps pace with rising demand, increasing complexity, and the need for more integrated and preventative care.
About us
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group – a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17,600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.
We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
Job responsibilities
Reporting to the Chief Executive, and working alongside Executive, clinical, and operational colleagues, the Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO) will provide a critical role in enabling digital transformation across Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.
Please find attached the full Candidate Brochure
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Evidence of continuing professional, leadership and management development.
- Professional qualification in a discipline related to digital technologies, innovation, or business transformation.
Experience
- Significant senior management and leadership experience in the NHS or a similarly complex organisation, operating at Board level.
- Proven track record of leading large-scale transformational change and performance improvement.
- Proven track record of leading technology and digital transformation
- Experience in managing large, complex budgets.
- Experience and professional credibility with developed networks.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Address
Great Western Hospital/ Royal United Hospitals Bath/ Salisbury Foundation Trust
The role will include travel/working between the three Care Organisations.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Reference number
249-7869740
Job locations
Great Western Hospital/ Royal United Hospitals Bath/ Salisbury Foundation Trust
The role will include travel/working between the three Care Organisations.
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