Job description
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is a large integrated acute and community provider and a major teaching hospital which is a trusted anchor institution at the heart of our communities. Playing an influential and critical role in two integrated care systems, we are an organisation of considerable scale, complexity and potential, and we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together. We have over 14,000 staff working across five hospitals and many other sites and are rated Good by the CQC, however we recognise the challenges we face and are committed to delivering improvements including across cancer services and urgent and emergency care.
Pivotal to delivering these improvements and delivering exceptional care together will be the appointment of an accomplished and visionary leader to join our Board. The Executive Chief Digital Information Officer reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer and offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of healthcare delivery through the implementation of our ambitious Digital and Data Strategy and lead the implementation of the new NerveCentre Electronic Patient Record (EPR).
As the Chief Digital Information Officer, you will spearhead the execution and advancement of our Digital and Data Strategy, concentrating on key responsibilities such as deploying a unified Trust EPR and PAS system and overseeing its thorough implementation. Additionally, you will offer strategic guidance to digital, data, and health records teams across UHDB, guaranteeing the synchronisation of digital services with UHDB strategies, and cultivating a pervasive 'digital-first' culture. Your role extends to active participation in national initiatives to elevate UHDB's standing as a digital exemplar, along with establishing and nurturing influential relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
You will be an effective role model, exhibiting and promoting collaborative leadership behaviours that uphold our values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence, providing strategic vision, challenge and support to all colleagues in the Trust.
In this appointment process we are actively seeking candidates from a range of diverse and inclusive backgrounds who offer the executive skills required to take our Trust forward, and your values and ability to inspire and harness the talents of others is critical for us.
This is a significant and impactful opportunity, and if your values and ambition match ours and the opportunity to be a leader of our Trust attracts you, then we very much look forward to hearing from
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In Return We Will Offer
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sandeep Chohan Job title: Deputy Head of Recruitment Email address: sandeep.chohan@nhs.net Telephone number: 01283 788466
Extra information
- Status
- Open
- Education Level
- Secondary School
- Location
- East Midlands
- Type of Contract
- Full-time jobs
- Salary indication
- Between £120,000 and £180,000 Per Month
- Published at
- 13-09-2026
- Full UK/EU driving license preferred
- No
- Car Preferred
- No
- Must be eligible to work in the EU
- No
- Cover Letter Required
- No
- Languages
- English
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