Job summary
The post holder will oversee Digital Clinical Safety for the Trust, ensuring efficient management and compliance with national clinical safety standards.
Responsibilities include providing leadership, assessing clinical safety in IT procurement and implementation, and mitigating clinical hazards.
The CSO will be the primary authority on digital system safety, ensuring adherence to NHS Digital Information Standards.
A qualified healthcare professional with experience in clinical safety and healthcare IT systems is required for this role.
Main duties of the job
Assist in service development for compliance with information standards.
Conduct clinical risk assessments of health digital systems.
Collaborate with stakeholders to improve services based on clinical outcomes.
Provide leadership and specialist expertise across the Trust.
Liaise with digital teams and suppliers to ensure up-to-date safety evidence for health digital systems.
Develop and maintain documentation related to Clinical Risk Management.
Keep a register of qualified Clinical Safety Officers.
Plan regular reviews of clinical safety processes.
Coordinate documentation for digital Clinical Risk Management and produce reports.
Act as a liaison between digital, suppliers, and clinical staff to identify risks.
Produce clinical safety reports for health digital systems.
Communicate risk evaluations and recommendations to senior management.
Present complex information effectively in various settings.
Assess risks associated with health digital systems.
Recommend actions regarding risk acceptability.
Conduct root cause analyses of safety incidents.
Implement and review Clinical Risk Management SOPs.
Contribute to SOPs for new health digital systems.
Maintain clinical qualifications and accreditation as a Clinical Safety Officer.
Participate in the Clinical Safety Officer network and review safety cases from partner organisations.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, combining the expertise and services of multiple NHS providers to deliver high-quality healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With a dedicated workforce exceeding 12,000 staff and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we offer an extensive range of services, including mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health care, reaching diverse communities across urban, rural, and coastal areas.
We are committed to delivering care with compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, ensuring that our patients and service users are at the heart of everything we do. By working closely with our partners, we're creating a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation that champions staff development, well-being, and collaboration.
Join us and be part of an organisation dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare; where your skills and ambitions can make a real difference to the communities we serve, now and in the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Nursing or Allied Health Professional degree or diploma with appropriate statutory professional body registration
2. Maintains a portfolio of CPD in line with regulatory body standards
3. Membership of NHSD Clinical Safety Officer community of interest
Desirable
4. Post graduate learning to Masters level or equivalent
5. Training in risk assessment and safety management of clinical information system
6. Teaching, training or mentorship qualification or experience to an equivalent level
7. Leadership and management qualification
Experience
Essential
8. Highly specialist assessment, planning and evaluation skills demonstrated in clinical experience
9. Highly developed specialist clinical knowledge to support the development and use of digital technology, including electronic patient records, across a range of clinical settings
10. Advanced verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex information to others and managing conflict when appropriate
11. Experience of leading the application of clinical governance and quality measures in practice
12. Be highly knowledgeable in risk management and its application to clinical domains
Desirable
13. Highly developed knowledge of relevant current issues in health and social care, ethics and innovation and application in practice
14. Experience of project management from inception to completion. Knowledge of current project and change management theory and practice including demonstrating return on investment