Deputy chief clinical information officer

Band 8d · Chief clinical information officer · 701 job evaluation points

Leads major parts of the clinical digital agenda on behalf of the CCIO, such as a care setting, a professional group, or a large clinical system programme, and deputises for the CCIO.

Responsibilities

Lead the clinical direction for a major programme, care setting, or professional group.
Lead a team of clinical informaticians and clinical leads, setting priorities and standards.
Advise programme boards and executives on the clinical risk and benefit of digital investment.
Chair clinical design and safety groups and make clinical decisions within delegated authority.
Build networks of clinical champions and lead clinical engagement for large-scale change.
Deputise for the CCIO at executive meetings and with partner organisations.

Skills

Skill	Expected level	What this level means
Registered clinical practice in digitalThis reference	Expert (4)	You can: lead clinical professional standards for the organisation's digital work act as a senior clinical voice in decisions about patient safety and care support the revalidation and professional development of clinicians in digital roles
Clinical leadership in digitalThis reference	Expert (4)	You can: set the clinical direction for the organisation's digital services lead clinical leaders across organisations through digital change advise the board on clinical risk and benefit of digital investment
Clinical system design and optimisationThis reference	Expert (4)	You can: set design principles and standards for clinical systems across the organisation lead optimisation programmes that measurably improve care and staff experience advise senior leaders on clinical system choices and their effect on care
Clinical risk managementThis reference	Practitioner (3)	You can: lead hazard identification and risk assessment for a product or change write and maintain hazard logs and clinical safety case reports agree risk controls with product teams and check that they work advise teams on applying clinical risk management standards
Digital health evaluation and benefitsThis reference	Practitioner (3)	You can: design evaluations and benefits plans for digital health products choose suitable measures for clinical outcomes, safety, and experience judge the strength of evidence and explain its limits
Understanding health and care servicesThis reference	Expert (4)	You can: shape organisational strategy using a deep understanding of the health and care system represent the organisation with health and care partners and leaders anticipate how policy and service changes will affect digital services and care
People managementThis reference	Practitioner (3)	You can: line manage a team, setting objectives and running appraisals support wellbeing and manage attendance, performance, and conduct plan the team's development and succession
Stakeholder relationship managementUK GDaD PCF	Expert (4)	You can: direct the stakeholder relationship strategy for your teams ensure stakeholder's objectives are set and support teams to meet them influence and negotiate with senior stakeholders to resolve issues and enable progress
Strategic thinkingUK GDaD PCF	Practitioner (3)	You can: define strategies and policies, providing guidance to others on working in the strategic context evaluate current strategies to ensure business requirements are being met and exceeded where possible
Leadership and guidanceUK GDaD PCF	Expert (4)	You can: change organisational structures to fixable and sustainable designs lead on the strategy for the whole organisation, marrying business needs with innovative analysis make and justify decisions characterised by high levels of risk, impact and complexity build consensus between organisations (private or public) or highly independent and diverse stakeholders solve and unblock issues between teams or departments at the highest level understand the psychology of a team and have strong mediation skills coach the organisation on team dynamics and conflict resolution

Typical qualifications and experience

Current registration with a clinical professional body, with extensive clinical and clinical leadership experience.
A master's degree in clinical or health informatics or leadership, or equivalent experience of leading clinical digital change.

Band 8d outline

Knowledge: Strategic knowledge across functions and the wider health and care system.
Autonomy: Shapes organisation-wide strategy; deputises for a director.
Scope: A major function or several functions.
Leadership: Leads several functions or a large department.
Accountability: Major functions, large budgets, and organisation-wide risks.

Job evaluation (illustrative)

Factor	Level	Level summary	Points
Communication and relationship skills	6	Gives highly complex, highly contentious information where there are significant barriers to acceptance, using the highest level of communication skills.	60
Knowledge, training, and experience	8	Advanced knowledge (doctorate plus further training or equivalent), or specialist knowledge across more than one discipline built over a long period.	240
Analytical and judgemental skills	5	Judgements on highly complex facts or situations needing analysis, interpretation, and comparison of options.	60
Planning and organisational skills	4	Plans a broad range of complex activities or strategies, adjusting them as needed.	42
Physical skills	2	Skills gained through practice, such as standard keyboard use or driving.	15
Responsibility for patient and client care	6	Develops specialised care, gives highly specialised advice, or is accountable for part of a clinical service.	39
Responsibility for policy and service development	5	Implements and develops a range of policies or services for a directorate.	45
Responsibility for financial and physical resources	4	Holds or sets the budget for a department or service, or buys or maintains its assets.	32
Responsibility for people	4	Line manages a function or department, designs training programmes as a main duty, or delivers a full range of HR services.	32
Responsibility for information resources	6	Manages and develops information systems across the organisation as the main duty.	46
Responsibility for research and development	2	Regularly does research, development, trials, or equipment and system testing as part of the job.	12
Freedom to act	5	Works within general policies, and in most cases decides how to interpret them.	45
Physical effort	1	Sitting, standing, and walking, with little physical effort.	3
Mental effort	3	Frequent concentration on unpredictable work, or occasional prolonged concentration.	12
Emotional effort	2	Occasional exposure, or frequent indirect exposure, to distressing circumstances.	11
Working conditions	2	Occasional unpleasant conditions, frequent travel or outdoor work, or near-continuous screen use on most days.	7
Total (Band 8d: 675 to 720)			701

Patient care is scored at level 6 for highly specialised advice on patient care across the organisation's digital services.