# Deputy Chief Information Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-chief-information-officer/a0802a6c-0f6e-4048-8d02-4803c6965a66 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-chief-information-officer/a0802a6c-0f6e-4048-8d02-4803c6965a66.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Royal Cornwall Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Officer (discipline unspecified) - **Grade:** Band 9 - **Salary:** £112,782 - £129,783 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-12-06T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-11-04T09:00:28.141Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/Truro/Royal_Cornwall_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Information_Technology/Information_Technology-v8341403 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8341403?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalcornwall.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an exceptional Deputy Chief Information Officer to help shape and deliver the future of digital health and care across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. This is a rare opportunity to lead a large complex technology service at a pivotal point in our digital transformation. Working across organisational boundaries, you will help ensure that our technology is resilient, responsive and focused on improving care for the people and communities we serve. About Cornwall IT Services Cornwall IT Services is a shared digital technology and information service employing over 250 people and managing annual budgets exceeding £10 million in revenue and £5 million in capital investment. The service supports a diverse health and care community, including: Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust; Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Kernow Health Community Interest Company, including NHS 111 and acute general practice services; NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly; primary care; partner health and care organisations across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly; and selected services in Devon. This breadth makes the role significantly more than a traditional technology leadership position. It offers the opportunity to influence digital strategy, service delivery and transformation across an integrated health and care system. Flexible hybrid working across Cornwall ### Main duties of the job As Deputy Chief Information Officer, you will ensure the continued delivery of high-quality, secure and resilient services while leading an ambitious portfolio of technology transformation. You will provide strategic and operational leadership across service delivery, technical services and digital programmes. You will oversee major investment, strengthen performance and value for money, and build trusted relationships with clinicians, operational leaders, executives and partners. Working closely with the Chief Information Officer, you will: lead the day-to-day operation and continued development of Cornwall IT Services, providing leadership, support and development to a large multidisciplinary digital workforce shape and deliver technology strategies and transformation programmes across the Trusts and the wider health and care system - versee a complex portfolio of digital programmes, capital investment and business cases ensure that technology services are safe, secure, resilient and responsive to the needs of patients, clinicians and partner organisations establish clear priorities and provide effective assurance on performance, delivery, finance, risk and benefits develop strong and transparent service-level agreements that demonstrate performance and value for money deputise for the Executive Chief Information Officer across both Trusts and, where required, at wider system, regional and national meetings ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side. To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following: Identity Checks Professional registration and qualification checks Employment history and reference checks Occupational Health clearance Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check Right to work in the UK For further information please visit: https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation We reserve the right to close this advert early. We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes and projects - Knowledge of the Informatics function - Knowledge of change management approaches within the healthcare environment - Knowledge of programme and project management - Governance, risk appraisal and management of risk **Desirable** - Knowledge of the structure and functioning of the NHS ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience of working in a senior management position in IT - Significant experience of leading, planning and managing programmes and projects - Significant experience of working and engaging with a variety of senior staff - Significant experience of design and development of large scale digital business cases and plans (5m+) - Experience of change management approaches within the healthcare environment - Experience of procurement processes including significant business case development - Evidence of successfully delivering multimillion pound business cases - Evidence of successfully managing supplier relationships and contracts - Evidence of Board level engagement and influencing **Desirable** - Experience of working within the health sector - Experience of working in the commercial sector ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to Master’s degree or equivalent qualification, knowledge and/or experience - Evidence of continuous professional development - Membership of a relevant informatics professional body - PRINCE qualified - MSP qualified - Informatics professional registration e.g. CEng, CITP, FEDIP Advanced Practitioner, or CHCIO **Desirable** - Management qualification - Change Management qualification - Better Business Case Practitioner ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 213.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10746233) ## 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.