Allied Health Professional Information Officer

Job overview

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:

• Emergency Department
• In-patient
• ICU and Theatres
• Out-patients
• 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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specificationQualifications / TrainingEssential criteria

• 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 criteria

• Digital Health Leadership course or working towards
• Post Grad management qualification and/or equivalent experience
• Project management qualification / experience

Knowledge and experienceEssential criteria

• 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 criteria

• Knowledge of clinical systems (CMIS, Lorenzo, Nervecentre, etc)
• Post Grad management qualification and/or equivalent experience
• Project management qualification/experinece

Previous Experience & SkillsEssential criteria

• 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 AttributesEssential criteria

• 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.

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

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