Job summary
We are seeking an experienced Clinical Safety Officer (all registered healthcare professionals will be considered) to support the continual clinical assurance of digital services within the health board. Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has an established digital clinical assurance process following the principles of DCB 0129/0160. With the retirement of the current CSO and the imminent mandation of the Welsh equivalent standards, we need to ensure we continue to provide digital services that are safe. Reporting to the Chief Nursing Information Officer and sitting within the Digital, Data and Technology arena, this role is essential to support the management of digital risk within the health board.
Main duties of the job
* Update and manage the clinical assurance process
* Ensure all digital services have been clinically risk assessed and have appropriate outputs, i.e., clinical safety case report and hazard log
* Engagement with national and local stakeholders for the clinical safety assessment of digital services
* Participation in ensuring the safety of digital services throughout their life cycle
* Management of clinical incidents associated with digital services including investigation officer
About us
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow, and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary, and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications, and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work-life balance, provide occupational health support, and have an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high-quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Clinical Safety Officer will provide expert clinical advice and specialist support to the health board on issues relating to clinical risk management and patient safety assessment associated with the board's Digital, Data, and Technology services for procurement, design & development, implementation of third-party systems, and operational life cycle. The individual will support the development, integration, and embedding of the health board's clinical assurance process which focuses on the patient safety assessment of the health board's digital, data, and technology services at the design, development, and final testing phases before they are handed over to the service for operational use. The post holder will be proactive in deploying and motivating health board and external clinical, technical, and project staff to commit time and effort to the risk management/risk assessment process so that health board's products can be signed off as fit for use in real operational and clinical environments. The individual will also support the development, integration, and embedding of the health board clinical assurance process which focuses on the patient safety assessment of health board's digital, data, and technology services in the operational phase of the life cycle.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Healthcare Professional
* Masters Degree / Equivalent
* Leadership / management qualification / experience
Desirable
* Accredited Clinician
* Digital experience; policy, planning, design
* Investigation experience
Risk
Essential
* Clinical risk management qualification
* Clinical risk management experience
Desirable
* Extensive experience of digital risk management
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
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Employer details
Employer name
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Address
Ty Gwent
Llantarnam Industrial Park
Lake View, Cwmbran
NP44 3HR
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