Closing date: 21 October 2026
Location: Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, HA7 4LP
Salary: £63,665 to £70,887 a year, pro rata (Agenda for Change, Band 8a)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 392-RNOH-8286036

Job summary
This role will be an integral member of the Leadership Team in the Trust and the Therapies profession. The role will be a Therapies clinical advisor to programmes in the Improvement and Transformation Team and the Electronic Health Record utilisation and optimisation. The post-holder will actively engage the Therapies groups during any digital developments and develop and deliver strategies to enhance engagement and communication with these groups. As a core member of the Clinical Informatics Team, this role will champion the Therapies professions and work with this team to ensure all Trust employees' interests and patients' needs are represented in existing and developing digital applications.

Main duties of the job

• The TIO will assist the Transformation team to ensure the scope and progress of Therapies developments within the Trust's EHR system and more widely through advancements in digital improvement and innovation.
• Identify, report and document EHR clinical risks and take appropriate steps to highlight these to the designated authority.
• Ensure controls are in place to assess the impact of changes introduced within clinical system programmes and projects with respect to clinical safety and patient outcomes.
• To be an external advocate for the Trust across the NHS, representing the Trust in local, regional and national forums, supporting the development of the role of digital therapies and using learning gained to improve the delivery and adoption of digital technologies across the Trust (with key focus on allied health professional teams).
• Be a positive role model through the provision of effective professional leadership, demonstration of competent, high quality clinical practice.
• Use expert clinical knowledge and experience to guide the wider EHR team including the non-clinical change leads to develop pathways and new processes to support the development of integrated care pathways within the EHR application and support the introduction of new models of care more broadly across the organisation. There will be a requirement to work with this role counterpart at the host site for EHR and some travelling between the two trusts will be required.

Job responsibilities

• Ensure that digital systems and processes, pathway or service redesign supports the delivery of kind, compassionate and respectful care which is person centred and fosters relationships with patients and families which promote listening and shared decision making.
• Work with the leadership team to promote a culture that nurtures and promotes effective multi-professional team working to strengthen quality and safety and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
• Champion a safeguarding culture that meets the needs of vulnerable adults and children and escalate issues to relevant others accordingly.
• Contribute to the investigation of incidents and complaints ensuring prompt, compassionate responses, promoting patient and family involvement.
• Ensure that the development/use of therapies informatics/digital systems meet the needs of patients, and that systems are in place to seek and share feedback from patients and families, and mechanisms are in place to learn and improve care.
• Work alongside clinical staff in the clinical environment to ensure effective engagement and understanding of staff/patient experience to inform the digital/informatics agenda.

Person specification
Essential

• Completed EHR EPIC Training applicable to your role
• Evidence of working or knowledge of all the AHP pathways
• Working within the leadership structure
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Completed a Project Management or quality improvement course or equivalent experience
• Experience of NHS working managing teams and services at AFC Band 7 level and above
• Clinical Safety Course

Desirable

• Experience of stakeholder engagement
• Clinical experience of change management and successful implementation of organisation wide digital applications
• Understanding of clinical governance and risk, experience of managing serious incidents and HR/disciplinary processes

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 contact
Chief Nursing Information Officer, Matt Phillips, matthewphillips2@nhs.net, 02039471431

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About us
At the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH), we are committed to achieving the best staff experience in the NHS. In the 2023 NHS Staff Survey, we proudly:

• Scored above the national average for the People Promises: "We are recognised and rewarded," "We are always learning," "We work flexibly," "We are a team," and for staff engagement.
• Ranked #1 among all Trusts in North and Central London for all People Promises and themes.
• Ranked #1 among all Acute Specialist Trusts for "We work flexibly."

At RNOH, we're committed to being actively anti-discriminatory and actively inclusive. We recognise our brilliant people do brilliant work, and we offer rewarding careers, no matter what their background. We continue to strive to break down barriers to be the Trust where people come together because what they do matters, makes a difference and where they can thrive.

Staff benefits

• 24/7 access to wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• A Rewards & Recognition platform, offering opportunities to thank colleagues, send gifts, and access exclusive discounts.
• A dedicated Staff Wellbeing Hub, providing a space to relax and recharge away from the work environment.
• Salary sacrifice schemes for transport (season ticket loans, car and bike), electrical goods, and childcare.

At RNOH, we are more than a workplace, we are committed to patients, to excellence and the wellbeing of our staff.

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