Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Clinical Safety Officer (Band 8a) to join the Nursing & AHP Informatics team at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Reporting to the Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO), you will lead clinical digital safety across Trust programmes and legacy systems, ensuring clinical risk management activities are embedded into delivery and that patient safety is prioritised throughout the lifecycle of health IT systems.
This is a unique opportunity to shape how digital innovation is delivered safely at one of the world's leading cancer centres. As the Trust continues to expand and modernise its digital estate, compliance with DCB 0160 is critical to protecting patients and supporting clinical teams.
There is a real opportunity for a senior clinical leader to step in, set direction and make a lasting impact. The role offers the chance to establish a strong, embedded Clinical Risk Management approach, provide visible Board-level assurance, and enable confident, safe digital transformation at scale.
For an informal conversation please contact Tamsin Elwood Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) [email protected]
Interviews will be taking place the week commencing 13th July 2026
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this role is to promote the role of clinical digital safety within the Trust, helping to build a safety focussed culture. This will be achieved by ensuring that Trust is compliant with the National Information standards created and monitored via the Data Coordination Board (DCB) within NHS Information Standards frameworks. This will include both DCB 0129 and 0160 due to the organisation being designated a manufacturer for some systems.
The Clinical Safety Officer will play a key role in the implementation of the Trust’s Digital Strategy, ensuring the effective and efficient use of healthcare associated technologies to support the delivery of high quality and safe patient care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification
- Supervise and on-board team members and juniors on Clinical digital safety and best practice as per latest guidance through regular updates. o Develop and deliver structured specialist training to educate local and regional teams as part of the Clinical Digital Safety agenda. o Positively challenge project teams when clinical safety may be compromised o Coach IT teams in the steps necessary for DCB 0160 and DCB 0129 compliance, to help strengthen the patient safety culture o Promote the role of clinical digital safety within the Trust, helping to build a safety focussed culture o Engage and work with Regional and National groups to share practice and ensure the department is part of the appropriate Clinical digital safety networks
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive and up to date knowledge of nursing/AHP and/or other clinical, administrative and/or operational workflows and processes within a hospital environment
- Experience of clinical leadership during career
- Proven management of change with positive outcomes at clinical level
- Experience of risk assessment and risk management
Desirable
- Experience of Project Management
- Experience of process mapping, analysis interpretation, evaluation and process re-design
- Experience of designing and implementing clinical policy & competencies at organisational level.
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing/Allied Health professional/pharmacy/Medical qualification and current registration
- Educated to Degree Level
- Qualified Clinical Safety Officer or the willingness to undertake training
Desirable
- Masters degree or evidence of post graduate study or equivalent experience and continued commitment to professional development relevant to post
- Teaching/learning qualification
Skills Abilities/knowledge
Essential
- Leadership qualities with the ability to lead, manage and motivate staff into achieving a common goal
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate fluently with staff at all levels in the organisation, including clinical staff, managerial staff and senior/board level executives, as well as with external suppliers
- An appreciation of the cultural, organisational, professional and technical changes that will impact on future healthcare technology implementation
- Exceptional analytical skills
Desirable
- Exceptional organisational and strategic level logistics planning skills
- Knowledge of clinical governance, audit processes/techniques and research methods and processes
- Demonstrable ability to influence and negotiate with senior clinical staff, medical consultants and/or other senior managers
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This advert is for Lead Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) with The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £66,274 - £73,496 per annum inc HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Jul 2026.
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