Chief clinical information officer
The chief clinical information officer (CCIO) is the senior clinical leader for digital. They set the clinical direction for the organization's digital services, lead clinical informatics and clinical safety, and make sure that digital investment improves patient care, safety, and the working lives of clinicians and care staff. They are usually practicing clinicians who sit on, or advise, the executive team.
- UK GDaD PCF role
- None: this reference defines the role
- ESCO occupations
- clinical informatics manager (ISCO-08 1342); chief information officer (ISCO-08 1330)
- On GitHub
- Role document · Role data
Levels
| Band | Role level | UK GDaD PCF level | Civil Service grades | Job evaluation points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8d | Deputy chief clinical information officer | — | — | 701 |
| 9 | Chief clinical information officer | — | — | 755 |
In a digital health care organization
- The CCIO brings clinical credibility to digital decisions, so most posts require a registered clinician who still does some clinical work.
- They are the senior voice for patient safety in digital services, working with the head of clinical safety and the medical and nursing leaders.
- They lead clinicians through large-scale change, such as replacing an electronic health record, where adoption and safety depend on clinical leadership.
- They help balance digital ambition with the realities of clinical workload, workforce, and risk.
ESCO occupations and skills
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clinical informatics manager
Clinical informatics managers oversee the daily operations of information systems used in a medical institutions. They also carry out research, using their understanding of clinical practices to find ways to improve healthcare services.
Essential skills and knowledge (28)
Skills and competences
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- analyse large-scale data in healthcare
- apply good clinical practices
- apply organisational techniques
- collect healthcare user's general data
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct clinical software research
- contribute to continuity of health care
- contribute to public health campaigns
- follow clinical guidelines
- oversee clinical information system activities
- perform clinical coding procedures
- review patient's medical data
- use clinical assessment techniques
- use foreign languages for health-related research
Knowledge
Optional skills and knowledge (31)
Skills and competences
- advise on training courses
- communicate in foreign languages with health service providers
- comply with legislation related to health care
- implement strategic planning
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- manage budgets
- manage project metrics
- manage workflow processes
- meet deadlines
- participate in medical records' auditing activities
- perform project management
- recruit employees
- supervise staff
- train employees
Knowledge
- IBM InfoSphere DataStage
- IBM InfoSphere Information Server
- Informatica PowerCenter
- Oracle Data Integrator
- Oracle Warehouse Builder
- Pentaho Data Integration
- QlikView Expressor
- SAP Data Services
- SQL Server Integration Services
- analytical methods in biomedical sciences
- audit techniques
- conditions for professional practice of clinical psychology
- creation of clinical psychological opinions
- data extraction, transformation and loading tools
- health psychology
- healthcare analytics
- manage healthcare staff
chief information officer
Chief information officers define and implement the ICT strategy and governance. They determine necessary resources for the ICT strategy implementation, anticipate ICT market evolutions and company business needs. They contribute to the development of the organisation's strategic plan and ensure that the ICT infrastructure supports the organisation's overall operations and priorities.
Essential skills and knowledge (23)
Skills and competences
- carry out strategic research
- coordinate technological activities
- define technology strategy
- ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards
- forecast future ICT network needs
- implement ICT risk management
- implement corporate governance
- maintain plan for continuity of operations
- manage software releases
- monitor technology trends
- optimise choice of ICT solution
- review development process of an organisation
- use different communication channels
- utilise decision support system
Knowledge
Optional skills and knowledge (66)
Skills and competences
- administer ICT system
- carry out statistical forecasts
- deploy ICT systems
- ensure information privacy
- establish an ICT customer support process
- implement ICT security policies
- lead technology development of an organisation
- manage budgets
- manage staff
- monitor ICT research
- oversee development of software
- protect personal data and privacy
Knowledge
- ABAP
- AJAX
- APL
- ASP.NET
- Agile development
- Agile project management
- Assembly (computer programming)
- C#
- C++
- COBOL
- CoffeeScript
- Common Lisp
- DevOps
- Erlang
- Groovy
- Haskell
- ICT architectural frameworks
- Java (computer programming)
- JavaScript
- Lisp
- MATLAB
- ML (computer programming)
- Microsoft Visual C++
- Objective-C
- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
- PHP
- Pascal (computer programming)
- Perl
- Process-based management
- Prolog (computer programming)
- Prototyping development
- Python (computer programming)
- R
- Rapid application development
- Ruby (computer programming)
- SAP R3
- SAS language
- Scala
- Scratch (computer programming)
- Smalltalk (computer programming)
- Spiral development
- Swift (computer programming)
- TypeScript
- VBScript
- Visual Basic
- Waterfall development
- World Wide Web Consortium standards
- computer programming
- digital systems
- engineering processes
- incremental development
- internet governance
- iterative development
- lean project management
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