• Job Description

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  Job summary

  Please do not submit your application via this platform, visit https://gmmh-appointments.com for further information.

  Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is now seeking an exceptional digital leader to join our unitary Board (non-voting) and Executive Leadership Team as Chief Digital Information Officer (CDIO),reporting to our CEO Karen Howell OBE. This is a pivotal role at the heart of our digital transformation journey - leading innovation, data strategy, and IT operations to improve mental health care and patient outcomes. As CDIO, you will drive the Trust's digital vision and strategy, as we further advance our digital capabilities and become a data-driven, digitally mature organisation aligned with both national priorities and local community needs. You will oversee the strategic use of digital technologies, cyber security, and the continued optimisation of our Electronic Patient Record, while enabling inclusive digital access and smarter ways of working across clinical and corporate services.

  This is a unique opportunity to influence care at scale, collaborate with system partners across Greater Manchester and nationally, and position GMMH as a centre of excellence for digital mental health innovation.

  Main duties of the job

  Essential Criteria

  • Proven experience as a senior digital leader within a complex organisation, ideally within healthcare, public services, or a similarly regulated environment.
  • Proven experience of setting, communicating and translating a strategic vision into deliverable operational plans, delivering large-scale digital transformation and managing significant capital programmes.
  • Proven success of leading, inspiring and developing high-performing and cross-functional technical teams, establishing and owning key performance indicators whilst raising performance levels and developing critical capabilities
  • Proven ability to establish, develop and maintain effective working relationships with all colleagues, partners and diverse stakeholders (ideally at Board level) to deliver impact with excellent communication and influencing skills
  • Working knowledge of emerging digital trends and technologies such as artificial intelligence, data analytics, and digital health innovation (ideally), including regulatory and ethical considerations.
  • Working knowledge and understanding of industry standard security issues and processes
  • Experience in supplier management, with the ability to establish and improve supplier performance standards and deliver value for money.

  About us

  Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from 122 locations.

  We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

  Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

  Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

  Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

  Details

  Date posted

  07 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Very senior manager (VSM)

  Salary

  Depending on experience

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  437-7183595

  Job locations

  Trust Headquarters

  Bury New Road

  Prestwich

  M25 3BL

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To learn more about this exceptional role and the recruitment process, visithttps://gmmh-appointments.comand contact Katherine ODonnell or Sarah Luxfordfor an initial discussion ongmmh@gatenbysanderson.com

  How to Apply

  • Please submit at https://gmmh-appointments.com your CV along with a Supporting Statementaddressing the person specification criteria, evidencing how you meet the criteria.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To learn more about this exceptional role and the recruitment process, visithttps://gmmh-appointments.comand contact Katherine ODonnell or Sarah Luxfordfor an initial discussion ongmmh@gatenbysanderson.com

  How to Apply

  • Please submit at https://gmmh-appointments.com your CV along with a Supporting Statementaddressing the person specification criteria, evidencing how you meet the criteria.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Master's level or equivalent experience
  • Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. BCS, HIMSS, CHIME)
  • Evidence of continuous professional development

  Leadership Attributes

  Essential

  • Inclusive, collaborative, and visionary leadership style
  • Politically astute and experienced in system-wide influencing
  • Strategic thinker with strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and programme delivery capabilities
  • Passion and a commitment to improving care and access through digital innovation
  • A proactive champion for equality, diversity, inclusion, and sustainability

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Master's level or equivalent experience
  • Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. BCS, HIMSS, CHIME)
  • Evidence of continuous professional development

  Leadership Attributes

  Essential

  • Inclusive, collaborative, and visionary leadership style
  • Politically astute and experienced in system-wide influencing
  • Strategic thinker with strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and programme delivery capabilities
  • Passion and a commitment to improving care and access through digital innovation
  • A proactive champion for equality, diversity, inclusion, and sustainability

  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 (Opens in a new tab).

  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 (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  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 (Opens in a new tab).

  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 (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT

  Address

  Trust Headquarters

  Bury New Road

  Prestwich

  M25 3BL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT

  Address

  Trust Headquarters

  Bury New Road

  Prestwich

  M25 3BL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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