Associate Chief Nursing Information Officer

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Associate Chief Nursing Information Officer

The closing date is 06 July 2026

The Associate Chief Nursing Information Officer (ACNIO) is a senior nursing leader within the Corporate Nursing team, responsible for leading the digital transformation agenda across Nursing, Midwifery, and Allied Health Professional (AHP) services. Reporting to the Chief Information Officer and Digital Services for the Acute Provider Collaborative, the ACNIO integrates digital systems that enhance clinical practice, improve patient outcomes, and optimise operational efficiency.

The role provides strategic leadership on digital initiatives, ensuring alignment with the Trust's and Acute Provider Collaborative's goals. The ACNIO supports readiness for electronic patient record (EPR) implementation, leads on professional digital standards, and ensures digital solutions are safe, effective, and enhance patient care. This position also contributes to education, clinical engagement, and governance around digital innovations.

Main duties of the job

The Associate Chief Nursing Information Officer (ACNIO) plays a key leadership role in driving the digital transformation of nursing, midwifery, and Allied Health Professional (AHP) services across the Trust. The post holder provides strategic clinical leadership, working closely with divisional leaders and digital teams to embed safe and effective digital solutions, such as the Electronic Patient Record (EPR).

They will lead the Nursing and Midwifery Informatics Programme, ensuring alignment with both Trust-wide and Acute Provider Collaborative digital strategies. The ACNIO assesses clinical risk, facilitates service readiness, and supports the standardisation of practice through informatics. Acting as a key conduit between clinical teams and digital governance structures, the role ensures that changes to clinical systems are informed by frontline practice, improve patient outcomes, and support high standards of care. Additionally, the ACNIO commissions data reports, advises on nursing metrics, and represents the Trust at strategic digital forums.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

• Experience of leading and managing a clinical digital service (min Lead Nurse)
• Experience leading large scale transformation/improvement programmes with demonstrated outcomes

Further experience

• Experience in Clinical Governance and quality leadership at divisional or trust level

Registration - NMC, Midwife or HCPC with a MSc and evidence of professional development

• Must be a registered practitioner with an MSc and evidence of professional development
• Significant evidence of stakeholder engagement and influencing across all organisational levels
• Experience of developing policy, strategy and writing board papers
• Doctoral level education
• Evidence of publicationQualification in leadership

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.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust