# Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/chief-nursing-information-officer-cnio/60b4cb35-6527-44cc-b33c-ac8cdf8c14f7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/chief-nursing-information-officer-cnio/60b4cb35-6527-44cc-b33c-ac8cdf8c14f7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bradford - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 per annum (pro rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-14T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-01T10:00:44.873Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/Bradford/Bradford_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Informatics/Informatics-v8047133 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8047133?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Closing date: 14th June 2026 Shortlisting to take place: 15th June 2026 Interviews to commence: W/C 22nd June 2026 Due to the retirement of our existing CNIO, Bradford Teaching Hospitals are looking for an experienced and inspiring registered nurse or midwife to join our Digital, Data and Technology team as Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO). This is an exciting leadership role for an individual who is passionate about improving patient care through digital innovation, clinical informatics and service transformation. The CNIO will provide professional nursing leadership across the design, development and implementation of digital systems, ensuring they support safe, effective and high-quality care. Working closely with nursing, clinical and digital leaders, the postholder will champion the voice of nursing and midwifery in digital transformation, helping to embed technology that improves clinical practice, patient outcomes and staff experience. This role is ideal for a senior nurse with strong clinical credibility, leadership skills and a keen interest in informatics, innovation and change management. ### Main duties of the job As CNIO, you will play a key role in shaping how digital systems support nursing and midwifery practice across the Trust. Working closely with clinical, operational and digital teams, you will help design, implement and improve digital solutions that make a real difference to patient care, staff experience and service quality. You will champion nursing informatics, support the successful adoption of electronic patient records and other digital tools, and ensure the voice of nursing is at the heart of digital transformation. This is an exciting opportunity to influence change, lead innovation and help deliver safer, smarter and more effective care. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details as to the main responsibilities. ## Job Details Closing date: 14th June 2026 Shortlisting to take place: 15th June 2026 Interviews to commence: W/C 22nd June 2026 Due to the retirement of our existing CNIO, Bradford Teaching Hospitals are looking for an experienced and inspiring registered nurse or midwife to join our Digital, Data and Technology team as Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO). This is an exciting leadership role for an individual who is passionate about improving patient care through digital innovation, clinical informatics and service transformation. The CNIO will provide professional nursing leadership across the design, development and implementation of digital systems, ensuring they support safe, effective and high-quality care. Working closely with nursing, clinical and digital leaders, the postholder will champion the voice of nursing and midwifery in digital transformation, helping to embed technology that improves clinical practice, patient outcomes and staff experience. This role is ideal for a senior nurse with strong clinical credibility, leadership skills and a keen interest in informatics, innovation and change management. ## Job Description As CNIO, you will play a key role in shaping how digital systems support nursing and midwifery practice across the Trust. Working closely with clinical, operational and digital teams, you will help design, implement and improve digital solutions that make a real difference to patient care, staff experience and service quality. You will champion nursing informatics, support the successful adoption of electronic patient records and other digital tools, and ensure the voice of nursing is at the heart of digital transformation. This is an exciting opportunity to influence change, lead innovation and help deliver safer, smarter and more effective care. ## Responsibilities Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details as to the main responsibilities. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Registered Nurse (NMC) **Desirable** - Registered with the UK Council for Health Informatics Professions (UK CHIP) at level 2 ### Skills **Essential** - Able to demonstrate emotional intelligence and excellent leadership skills - Excellent report writing and presentation skills - Financial management skills and business acumen - Ability to manage, motivate and empower a team of staff - Excellent communication skills with a range of people from a variety of disciplines - Analytical and problem solving skills - Innovative and creative - Able to resolve conflict and overcome resistance - Mentoring and counselling skills - Demonstrable clinical skills and knowledge - Excellent interpersonal and time management skills. - Computer literate - Able to manage own work load and work for periods without direct supervision and stamina and commitment to bring drive to new ideas and projects - Proactive approach to problem solving - Demonstrates leadership qualities, skills and values - Ability to influence at a senior level, e.g. influence without direct line management authority- through highly tuned & credible leadership skills & track record - Ability to communicate and deliver complex and conflicting information in a clear, concise manner. **Desirable** - Ability to contribute ideas for service improvement and development. - Ability to translate complex technical or business information for end users - Able to use initiative and judgement in appropriate circumstances and to work autonomously ### Knowledge **Essential** - An in depth understanding of the statutory framework governing nurses and midwives including emerging nursing revalidation - Understanding (& experience) of how to improve clinical quality in acute patient settings - A clear understanding of the national nursing and midwifery strategy, resultant work-streams and the standards to underpin and demonstrate best practice in nursing; - understanding of national policy in relation to the national approaches to clinical quality, the Care Quality Commission activities and methodologies & the impact & expectation on front line services to deliver high quality safe care - Proven ability to achieve targets and objectives within a pressured environment against challenging deadlines; - Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality **Desirable** - Organisation development: understanding of the requirements of an information culture and emerging technologies - An understanding of the professional frameworks that support AHP roles - Ability to interpret national and local policy drivers understanding the political environment; - Knowledge of change management: experienced in managing change across teams/services in a multi-professional environment - Knowledge of benefits management: able to identify and articulate benefits of information-enabled change - Patient safety: Responsibility for clinical risk management of clinical informatics systems and services in accordance with NHS standards ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience of working in the NHS or a similar large, complex environment - Significant post registration experience - Experience in supervising, leading and managing staff - Extensive experience in clinical practice at a management or leadership level – with a track record of credibility - Change management experience related to the planning and delivery of work in a clinical setting - Project management experience - Financial and budget management experience - Experience of influencing stakeholders - Ability to cope with difficult interpersonal situations, competing demands and tight timescales - Experience of working autonomously - Demonstrates use of own judgement to resolve complex clinical issues. - Proven track record of successful working with different staff groups to implement improvements in practice. **Desirable** - Experience of successfully implementing clinical or service practice and organisational change - Experience of management or significant contribution to complex, mission critical projects – clinical / IT / transformation - Experience of delivering transformational leadership to effect change in teams - Proven ability to engage effectively with a broad range of stakeholders within the organisation and in a multi-professional environment ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse or Midwife - Educated to Degree level - Additional specialist knowledge or training to master’s level or equivalent experience - Evidence of ongoing and recent personal and professional development - Evidence of training in clinical safety and risk management **Desirable** - Recognised leadership qualification or training programmes / frameworks - Project or Programme Management qualification, such as PRINCE II, Managing Successful Programmes - Management qualification ## Documents - [useful links (pdf, 110.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2589) - [candidate pack (pdf, 22.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2803) - [job description (pdf, 312.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10336576) - [people strategy (pdf, 640.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2592) - [person specification (pdf, 392.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10336577) - [standard information (pdf, 232.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2904) - [terms and conditions - afc (pdf, 96.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2804) - [voluntary living wage guidance (pdf, 65.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2595) - [guidance for applicants including values (pdf, 246.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2591) - [policy statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 94.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2593) - [code of practice for disclosure and barring service (pdf, 54.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2590) - [policy statement on the secure handling off disclosure information (pdf, 67.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2594) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.