Clinical Safety Officer

Job overview

Are you looking for your next challenge in your digital career?

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced registered clinician to join the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire digital team as a Clinical Safety Officer (CSO).As a CSO you will have a vital role in ensuring digital transformation is undertaken as safely and effectively as possible. To succeed in this role you will have excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, in order to promote the role of clinical safety across cross-functional teams. You will work alongside a multi-disciplinary digital clinical team and be supported by the CXIO for UHL/UHN.

The postholder is required to be a suitably qualified and experienced healthcare professional who holds and maintains current registration with an appropriate professional body relevant to their training and experience. Experience of working within a clinical safety role in an acute healthcare setting and knowledge of healthcare information technology systems is essential.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) will work as part of a dynamic team within Digital and will be integral to leading on the Clinical Safety case for our Electronic Patient Record system. The post holder will have an extensive understanding of clinical safety and will be responsible for efficient and effective management of the Digital Clinical Safety on behalf of the Group.

The role is responsible for providing leadership, guidance, support, specialist knowledge and clinical safety review and approval for the implementation of new digital solutions and upgrades existing digital solutions across the Group. This includes the assessment of clinical safety issues at all points in the procurement and implementation of ICT software and hardware, including on-going management once transferred to live service and ensuring all digital solutions conform to relevant national standards for clinical safety.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key deliverables:  ·       To operate as a key member of the One Digital and Data team which oversees the effective delivery of all digital clinical services within the directorate and the delivery of all the directorate’s objectives and responsibilities ·       Provide clinical safety approval for new agreed deployments of digital solutions and upgrades to existing systems across the Group ·       To work with relevant internal and external stakeholders to take responsibility and accountability for digital clinical safety across the Group ·       Collaborates with clinical and non-clinical staff in planning and implementing clinical safety standards and policies aligned to the Group Digital Strategy   • Managing and supporting the resolution of digital systems clinical risk or other related issues as they arise and where required to lead or contribute to the investigation of incidents including liaison with relevant national teams• Undertaking regular planning in partnership with other members of the local health and social care community to ensure a consistent approach to matters of digital clinical safety

• Contributing to discussions with third party suppliers and external resources regarding any issues identified with software or hardware which has an impact on clinical safety
• To actively lead on the clinical safety authorisation of the procurement of new software and hardware
• To be responsible for the sign off of the clinical safety case for all newly deployed applications or those referred through the relevant Group Digital Boards/Programme meetings and any other relevant meetings
• Participation in appropriate Group, local, regional and national meetings related to clinical safety as required Strategic Planning
• To actively participate in the strategic digital portfolio planning for the Group, ensuring that there is a clear relationship between the Group Clinical Strategy and Group Digital Strategy and the individual projects undertaken
• Within this process to take lead responsibility for the Digital Portfolio Clinical Safety components of the strategy and the related programmes of which underpin that Policy Development
• Undertake development of Group policy in relation to Digital Clinical Safety and ensuring successful implementation and a process for on-going review
• Working with other leads to ensure alignment of relevant Group policies to the Digital Clinical Safety policy
• To work with others on the development of relevant governance policies and procedures on behalf of the Group
• Ability to interpret specialist national guidance and formulate into local policies where applicable