Chief Digital Information Officer: Sponsorship Available

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals, renowned for delivering specialist care to children and young people with rare, complex and life-limiting conditions.

We are now seeking an outstanding Chief Digital & Information Officer (CDIO) to join our leadership team at a pivotal moment in the Trust’s evolution. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the CDIO will lead our Digital, Data, ICT and AI functions, ensuring technology, data and innovation are embedded as core enablers of clinical excellence, research, operational performance and service transformation.

This is a unique opportunity to help realise our ambition to be at the forefront of digital healthcare and become a leading adopter of emerging technologies, including Agentic AI, whilst translating innovation into meaningful and measurable improvements for patients, families and staff.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a proven senior leader with significant experience of leading large-scale digital, data and technology transformation within complex organisations. You will bring a strong track record in developing high-performing teams, delivering change through influence and partnership, and creating cultures where people are empowered, supported and inspired to achieve their full potential.

Deep expertise in digital strategy, information governance, cyber security and data-driven improvement will be essential, alongside a sophisticated understanding of AI governance, ethical deployment, assurance and risk management. Above all, you will be a values-led leader whose approach reflects GOSH’s recently refreshed Values – recognising that collaboration,respect and curiosity are fundamental to sustained success.

World class care requires world class leadership: this is an exceptional opportunity to join GOSH and lead our Digital, data and AI teams at one of the most exciting, stretching, periods in our evolution. If you have the vision, credibility and leadership capability to build on an already outstanding digital and innovation platform, challenge established thinking and help shape the future of child health on a national and global stage, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Person Specification

GOSH Culture & Values

Essential

  • Trust Values – Collaboration, Respect & Curiosity

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Masters level or equivalent
  • Evidence of management training, and continuous professional development
  • Recognised project management qualification – MSP, PRINCE 2 Practitioner

Desirable

  • ITIL qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Significant senior experience of leading ICT, digital, data & information, information governance, and cyber security
  • Significant experience of system working
  • Significant senior experience and knowledge in the development and deployment of digital technologies and channels that generate cost improvements and enhanced end user outcomes.
  • EPR deployment and contract management experience
  • Able to lead complex change and transformation at significant scale including across organisational boundaries
  • Track record of leading through influence, partnership, and authority, collaborating with world class clinical colleagues to deliver operational excellence and outstanding patient care
  • A nuanced leadership approach, and the demonstrable ability to flex style to different circumstances;
  • A demonstrable track record of nurturing and developing leadership teams
  • Understanding of, and commitment to, continuous improvement, and proven ability to pursue a range of approaches to utilise new technologies, products, services and processes

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent negotiation, reflective, analytic, problem-solving and influencing skills
  • Ability to work across professional boundaries, advocating multi and cross-disciplinary team working and role modelling effective team leadership.
  • Ability to demonstrate sound judgement
  • Ability to communicate a variety of complex and sensitive information to a range of audiences
  • Excellent self-organisation, including case load and workload prioritisation, flexibility to deal with unpredictable priority and workload, and an ability to multitask.
  • Ability to work on own initiative within an ever changing environment.
  • Excellent business planning skills
  • High level of political awareness and stakeholder management

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).

Closing Date: 11 September 2026

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