Allied Health Professional Information Officer

Job summary

We are recruiting for an Allied Health Professional Information Officer (AHPIO) who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The AHPIO will lead and support workstreams as part of the Trust's EPR implementation Project. We welcome applicants from different AHP backgrounds to contribute to our clinical workstreams:

o Emergency Departmento In-patiento ICU and Theatreso Out-patientso EPMA

The AHPIO will be supporting the Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) in leading the development and implementation of Digital to support nursing, midwifery and AHP practice, collaborating with the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) on the clinical and administrative decision-making process.

The AHPIO will take particular responsibility for ensuring AHP adoption and engagement in the use of technology:

  • Driving continuous clinical process improvement in the AHP workforce, focused on patient outcomes and efficiency.
  • Developing clinical Information that supports and enhances AHP practice and organisational efficiency

Our Values are Include, Respect, and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

The Allied Health Professional Information Officer (AHPIO) is a key leadership role central to the success of the Trust's Digital and Nursing Strategies. The AHPIO will be involved across the Trust supporting the CNIO and CCIO across all specialties and will be a key member of the EPR Project implementation team.

The AHPIO is a translator and main point of liaison for AHP staff and will be expected to lead and support workstream/s as part of EPR project implementation.

You will be responsible for the clinical safety of systems and processes.They will hold a recognised CSO qualification or be willing to undertake.

You will be the Lead AHP for digital with ownership and responsibility for the co-ordination and collation of data with colleagues in the AHP, digital department and external agencies where required.

The AHPIO will take responsibility for ensuring AHP adoption and engagement in the use of technology.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more detailed information on the responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential
  • Relevant professional/clinical qualification (HCPC registered)
  • First level degree in related healthcare discipline
  • Master's degree relevant to role or equivalent experience
  • Teaching/Mentorship qualification
  • Clinical Safety Officer Practitioner or willingness to undertake
Desirable
  • Digital Health Leadership course or working towards
  • Post Grad management qualification and/or equivalent experience
  • Project management qualification / experience

Knowledge and experience

Essential
  • In-depth understanding of the national digital agenda and What Good Looks Like (WGLL) Framework
  • In-depth understanding of the relevance of high-quality data
  • Up to date and evidence-based knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
  • In-depth understanding of the unified vision of nursing and midwifery documentation and ability to apply the findings to AHP practice to improve patient care
  • Strong analytical, good technical knowledge and problem solving skills relating to IT Systems
  • Experience in MDT working and experience at 8a Level
Desirable
  • Knowledge of clinical systems (CMIS, Lorenzo, Nervecentre, etc)
  • Post Grad management qualification and/or equivalent experience
  • Project management qualification/experinece

Previous Experience & Skills

Essential
  • Advanced level skills in Microsoft Word and Excel
  • Able to teach and assess in all clinical areas
  • Problem solving and analytical skills relating to the identification and assessment of evidence required to support decision making
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Experience in change management, service improvement

Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes

Essential
  • Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values
  • Ability to work across a large range specialties
  • Demonstrable ability to work professionally under pressure and work deadlines
  • Proven ability to emotionally support other staff and self-reflect on interpersonal style.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (Across all sites)

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/

Company
East and North Herts NHS Trust
Location
Stevenage, United Kingdom SG1 4AB
Employment Type
Secondment
Salary
£50952.00 - £57349.00 a year
Posted
Company
East and North Herts NHS Trust
Location
Stevenage, United Kingdom SG1 4AB
Employment Type
Secondment
Salary
£50952.00 - £57349.00 a year
Posted