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Job requirements
Essential
13 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience at a senior level in healthcare setting. Clinically competent and credible with frontline staff and senior multi-disciplinary colleagues
- Experience
Experience of using digital clinical systems including electronic patient records
- Experience
Previous experience of risk management/clinical safety
- Experience
Facilitation of multi-professional groups
- Experience
Presenting and communicating to large groups
- Experience
Experience of working autonomously and self-starter
- Qualifications
Practising clinical with a senior position within the organisation and current professional registration such as GMC or NMC
- Qualifications
Evidence of continued professional and educational development with evidence of training and qualifications in a relevant health discipline
- Qualifications
Master’s or equivalent experience
- Skills / Knowledge
In depth knowledge of digital healthcare systems/applications, human factors and their contribution and control in the context of patient harm
- Skills / Knowledge
Knowledge of clinical pathways across the Trust
- Skills / Knowledge
Highly developed communication and influencing skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels, including interpersonal skills, liaison and negotiation skills
- Skills / Knowledge
Ability to analyse and interpret technical, sensitive or contentious information and present this to a variety of audiences
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience working in a Clinical Safety role.
- Experience
Experience of successfully leading change
- Qualifications
Clinical safety qualification
- Skills / Knowledge
Knowledge of the application of tools, techniques and skills required to use and maintain a Clinical Risk Management System
- Skills / Knowledge
In depth understanding of the various digital clinical systems in use across UHS
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as Deputy Clinical Safety Officer, working closely with the Clinical Safety Officers delivering clinical risk management in the implementation of digital systems across the Trust.
You will be a practising clinician with a senior position within the Trust and current professional registration. You will have an in depth knowledge of digital clinical systems within a healthcare environment and their impacts on patient safety.
To hear more about the role from a current UHS Clinical Safety Officer please see https://youtu.be/lsjU2D9SzAk
Main duties of the job
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In this role, your key responsibilities will include:
- Working closely with UHS CSO, CCIO(s), CNIO and CIO to lead on clinical risk management across the Trust.
- Providing guidance, expert advice and support to UHS Digital and the wider Trust with regards to digital clinical risk management practice and processes.
- Supporting clinical risk management activities, including the identification, analysis, evaluation and mitigation of clinical risks during system development, implementation, modification or decommissioning. These activities will be undertaken in a structured manner and result in the output of clinical risk management documentation.
- Supporting the CSO to establish, maintain and refine a coherent and comprehensive set of robust business processes to identify and address patient safety risks associated with digital systems/applications.
What we’re looking for
- Practising clinician with a senior position within the organisation and current professional registration such as GMC or NMC.
- Experience of using digital clinical systems including electronic patient records.
- In depth knowledge of digital healthcare systems/applications, human factors and their contribution and control in the context of patient harm.
- Previous experience of risk management/clinical safety.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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This advert is for Deputy Clinical Safety Officer with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust in Southampton, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Officer (discipline unspecified) role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 - Per Annum, Pro Rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 11 Nov 2026.
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