EPR Clinical Safety Officer

Job overview

As part of the Digital Health Programme, we are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) to support the safe design, development and deployment of digital systems, including but not limited to the Electronic Patient Record (EPR).

This role will provide expert clinical safety leadership across a portfolio of digital systems, ensuring clinical risk is identified, managed and mitigated throughout the system lifecycle.

Working within the wider Digital Health team and alongside clinical, technical and operational colleagues, the Clinical Safety Officer will:

• Lead clinical safety activity across digital programmes, including risk identification and mitigation • Develop and maintain hazard logs, safety cases and risk documentation • Ensure compliance with DCB0129 and DCB0160 through audit and assurance processes • Support development of the Clinical Risk Management System (CRMS) • Facilitate risk workshops and provide clinical safety advice • Support incident investigation, learning and continuous improvement • Contribute to design, testing, go-live and optimisation phases to ensure safety is embedded throughout • Work with governance, patient safety and information governance teams to align safety processes

This influential role requires strong analytical skills, professional credibility and the ability to work across organisational boundaries. The post will involve cross-site working across JPUH, NNUH and QEH, with a mix of on-site and remote working.

Main duties of the job

This is a rare opportunity for an experienced Clinical Safety Officer to lead and embed clinical risk management across a wide portfolio of digital systems within a three-Trust acute collaborative. While a key focus will be the Electronic Patient Record (EPR), the role spans all Digital Health applications, ensuring a consistent and robust approach to patient safety.

You will work closely with clinical, digital and supplier teams across all three sites to identify, assess and mitigate risks, embedding clinical safety throughout the full system lifecycle. This includes leading safety documentation, supporting the Clinical Risk Management System (CRMS), undertaking audits, facilitating risk workshops, and contributing to incident investigation and learning. You will influence system design, implementation and optimisation, ensuring patient safety is central at every stage.

This role requires flexibility. You will be based at our shared space at County Hall, Norwich, with expectation to work across JPUH, NNUH and QEH, providing visible clinical safety leadership across the system.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Opportunity to lead clinical safety across a diverse portfolio of digital systems, including a major EPR programme
• A system-wide role with real influence on how clinical risk is managed across three acute Trusts
• Involvement across the full digital lifecycle, from procurement and design through to optimisation and decommissioning