Job summary
- Main area
- Digital
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Can also be a secondment)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 265-7696312 COR
- Employer
- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals of Northamptonshire
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Safety Officer
Band 8a
Job overview
Are you looking for your next challenge in your digital career?
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced registered clinician to join the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire digital team as a Clinical Safety Officer (CSO).As a CSO you will have a vital role in ensuring digital transformation is undertaken as safely and effectively as possible. To succeed in this role you will have excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, in order to promote the role of clinical safety across cross-functional teams. You will work alongside a multi-disciplinary digital clinical team and be supported by the CXIO for UHL/UHN.
The postholder is required to be a suitably qualified and experienced healthcare professional who holds and maintains current registration with an appropriate professional body relevant to their training and experience. Experience of working within a clinical safety role in an acute healthcare setting and knowledge of healthcare information technology systems is essential.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) will work as part of a dynamic team within Digital and will be integral to leading on the Clinical Safety case for our Electronic Patient Record system. The post holder will have an extensive understanding of clinical safety and will be responsible for efficient and effective management of the Digital Clinical Safety on behalf of the Group.
The role is responsible for providing leadership, guidance, support, specialist knowledge and clinical safety review and approval for the implementation of new digital solutions and upgrades existing digital solutions across the Group. This includes the assessment of clinical safety issues at all points in the procurement and implementation of ICT software and hardware, including on-going management once transferred to live service and ensuring all digital solutions conform to relevant national standards for clinical safety.
Working for our organisation
Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close adverts once we have received sufficient applications
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust is on an exciting journey with all of our divisions committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN). As part of this collaborative approach, there may be a requirement for you to work across both the Kettering and Northampton hospital sites, depending on the needs of the service.
Our Excellence Values
- Compassion
- Accountability
- Respect
- Integrity
- Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across UHN and help to unleash everyone's full potential.
UHN encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for UHN.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key deliverables:
· To operate as a key member of the One Digital and Data team which oversees the effective delivery of all digital clinical services within the directorate and the delivery of all the directorate’s objectives and responsibilities
· Provide clinical safety approval for new agreed deployments of digital solutions and upgrades to existing systems across the Group
· To work with relevant internal and external stakeholders to take responsibility and accountability for digital clinical safety across the Group
· Collaborates with clinical and non-clinical staff in planning and implementing clinical safety standards and policies aligned to the Group Digital Strategy
• Managing and supporting the resolution of digital systems clinical risk or other related issues as they arise and where required to lead or contribute to the investigation of incidents including liaison with relevant national teams• Undertaking regular planning in partnership with other members of the local health and social care community to ensure a consistent approach to matters of digital clinical safety
• Contributing to discussions with third party suppliers and external resources regarding any issues identified with software or hardware which has an impact on clinical safety
• To actively lead on the clinical safety authorisation of the procurement of new software and hardware
• To be responsible for the sign off of the clinical safety case for all newly deployed applications or those referred through the relevant Group Digital Boards/Programme meetings and any other relevant meetings
• Participation in appropriate Group, local, regional and national meetings related to clinical safety as required Strategic Planning
• To actively participate in the strategic digital portfolio planning for the Group, ensuring that there is a clear relationship between the Group Clinical Strategy and Group Digital Strategy and the individual projects undertaken
• Within this process to take lead responsibility for the Digital Portfolio Clinical Safety components of the strategy and the related programmes of which underpin that Policy Development
• Undertake development of Group policy in relation to Digital Clinical Safety and ensuring successful implementation and a process for on-going review
• Working with other leads to ensure alignment of relevant Group policies to the Digital Clinical Safety policy
• To work with others on the development of relevant governance policies and procedures on behalf of the Group
• Ability to interpret specialist national guidance and formulate into local policies where applicable
Person specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered healthcare professional with current UK registration
- Experienced CSO with accredited qualification
- Masters in Leadership, Change, Service Transformation or other relevant subject or equivalent experience
- Delivery of large projects or similar
- Experienced CSO with accredited qualification
- Evidence of recent and ongoing CPD/learning in relevant area
Desirable criteria
- Project management qualification, such as PRINCE II or Agile
- Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Health Leadership (NHS Digital Leadership Academy)
- Associate/Member/Fellow of British Computer Society
- Advanced practice, other post registration qualification
- Information Governance qualification
- Recognised national leadership programme completion with portfolio of evidence to support achievements
- Associate/Member/Fellow of British Computer Society
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Experienced CSO with portfolio of evidence to demonstrate past practice and achievements
- Experienced clinician with evidence of working effectively across a range of clinical settings within a MDT
- Sound knowledge of a risk management process with ability to engage clinicians in the process and role of CSO and effective risk management
Experience and Knowledge and Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of all relevant UK legislation relating to Clinical Safety
- Experience of managing senior stakeholders
- Positive team focus and effective leadership style which is adaptable dependent upon required situation
- Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users
- Experienced clinician with evidence of working effectively across a range of clinical settings within a MD
- Excellent communication skills with a range of people from a variety of disciplines regarding a range of business or technical matters
- Technically able with sound knowledge of IM&T infrastructures, national priorities, policy and workstreams
- Sound knowledge of a risk management process with ability to engage clinicians in the process and role of CSO and effective risk management
Desirable criteria
- Associate/Member/Fellow of British Computer Society
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ramandeep Kaur
- Job title
- Group CXIO
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07955311263
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