# Deputy Clinical Safety Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-clinical-safety-officer/ebeafab5-5888-4c3d-adc9-46bd4f7bdf62 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-clinical-safety-officer/ebeafab5-5888-4c3d-adc9-46bd4f7bdf62.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Southampton General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Officer (discipline unspecified) - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 - Per Annum, Pro Rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 7.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-29T17:50:33.199Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8404279 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8404279?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhs.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience at a senior level in healthcare setting. Clinically competent and credible with frontline staff and senior multi-disciplinary colleagues - Experience of using digital clinical systems including electronic patient records - Previous experience of risk management/clinical safety - Facilitation of multi-professional groups - Presenting and communicating to large groups - Experience of working autonomously and self-starter **Desirable** - Experience working in a Clinical Safety role. - Experience of successfully leading change ### Qualifications **Essential** - Practising clinical with a senior position within the organisation and current professional registration such as GMC or NMC - Evidence of continued professional and educational development with evidence of training and qualifications in a relevant health discipline - Master’s or equivalent experience **Desirable** - Clinical safety qualification ### Skills / Knowledge **Essential** - In depth knowledge of digital healthcare systems/applications, human factors and their contribution and control in the context of patient harm - Knowledge of clinical pathways across the Trust - Highly developed communication and influencing skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels, including interpersonal skills, liaison and negotiation skills - Ability to analyse and interpret technical, sensitive or contentious information and present this to a variety of audiences **Desirable** - Knowledge of the application of tools, techniques and skills required to use and maintain a Clinical Risk Management System - In depth understanding of the various digital clinical systems in use across UHS ## Documents - [job description & person specification (docx, 146.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10736017) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.