Skills

Leadership Operating Systems Artificial Intelligence Robotics

Job Specifications

University Hospitals Tees are seeking an exceptional Chief Technical Officer (CTO) to provide strategic leadership for all digital development, implementation, and technology operations across the Trust. This is a pivotal role at the forefront of shaping our digital future, ensuring we deliver outstanding services through modern, innovative and resilient technology.

As CTO, you will drive the Trust’s digital strategy—leading advancements in areas such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, automation, and robotics, while ensuring robust technical foundations that support safe, efficient and high‑quality patient care.

The CTO will lead the Digital Workplace Programme, driving the adoption and optimisation of modern solutions that enable staff to work more efficiently while reducing cyber security risks. They will oversee the Trusts’ IT infrastructure and cyber security programmes, ensuring the continuous modernisation and protection of the IT estate.

The CTO will direct programme workstreams to ensure delivery against cost, quality, time and benefits realisation targets, setting clear objectives and KPIs while ensuring any impact on service management is well understood and effectively supported.

This role requires a leader capable of managing day‑to‑day operations while shaping future digital capabilities and introducing innovation across the Trusts. The CTO will act as a subject matter expert in emerging technologies, including cloud services, AI, RPA, and a range of operating systems.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust now form University Hospitals Tees and as such you may be required to work at any site across both Trusts.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ken Anderson Job title: Chief Information Officer Email address: ken.anderson3@nhs.net Telephone number: 07824895360

Neil Dobinson - Deputy Chief Information Officer

Tel: 07900 584232

Email: n.dobinson@nhs.net

About the Company

We offer excellent opportunities and great terms and conditions for people who choose to work for us. It is an exciting time to join us as we transform services to provide the highest standards of clinical care. If you are caring and passionate about providing the best for our patients in our hospitals and in the community and you want to join a team of people who really want to make a difference then we want to hear from you. We have opportunities for people in a wide range of careers, including doctors, nurses, physiot... Know more