Job vacancy: Allied Health Professional Information Officer (AIO), The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Chelsea

Job summary

Main area: Digital Health Records
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 282-DHR704

Employer: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Marsden Chelsea
Town: Chelsea
Salary: £64,156 - £71,148 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/08/2025 23:59
Interview date: 03/09/2025

Allied Health Professional Information Officer (AIO)

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:

· To lead and drive digital innovation for allied health professionals, ensuring digital literacy and adoption of technological solutions to support quality and efficiency of care

· To lead a digital maturity assessment for AHPs to evaluate the current state of digital capabilities and inform the creation of a AHPs digital roadmap

· To lead the creation and implementation of a digital strategy for AHPs to ensure adoption of appropriate digital models of care to enhance quality and performance of our professionals

· Collaborate with the CNIO, DCNIO, IOs, CCIOs and other RMH clinical IT champions, to design future clinical and research processes and workflows, within DHR.

· Promote the adoption of digital working for the benefit of patients, allied health professionals, nurses, doctors, and other multidisciplinary care providers.

· Develop, maintain and support a trust wide Digital Champions team, to maintain staff development with adoption of new systems.

· Provide subject matter expertise to support future development and implementation of the digital transformation programmes.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

Educated to Masters level or working towards
AHP professional qualification and current registration with HCPC
Evidence of ongoing professional development

Desirable criteria

Informatics/IT Qualification/Leadership

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Up to date knowledge of AHP and other clinical, administrative and/or operational workflows and processes within a hospital environment
Excellent clinical knowledge of one or more specific area, including knowledge of relevant operational policies and procedures
Experience of managing clinical elements of IT/Information projects
Knowledge of Information Governance, SOPs and other governance, national and professional standards of practice or other regulations
Previous NHS experience as at Band 7 Level or above
Experience of line-managing staff, including performing appraisals

Desirable criteria

Experience of delivering benefits in a healthcare setting through the implementation and deployment of clinical systems and associated technology
Experience of supporting the delivery of benefits and change management in a healthcare setting
Experience of identifying, reporting and managing clinical risk in current process and taking action to improve processes

Skills

Essential criteria

Leadership qualities with the ability to lead, manage and motivate staff into achieving a common goal
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with staff at all levels in the organisation, including clinical staff, managerial staff and external suppliers
Able to work under significant pressure to achieve deadlines whilst managing frequent interruptions
Analytical Skills
Ability to impart complex information and knowledge and/or present to others in a clear and concise manner
Able to cope with unpredictable and intense situations
Ability to resolve problems and conflicts by making informed decisions based on complex facts from a range of sources
Ability to present and argue a case confidently and persuasively
Ability to concentrate for long periods of time on complex data and process analysis

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

London Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage Foundation

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Tamsin Elwood
Job title: CNIO
Email address: [email protected]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address: Recruitment Support Team
Telephone: 01629 690825

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Allied Health Professional Information Officer (AIO)

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Job overview

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Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Skills

Essential criteria

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

If you have problems applying, contact

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