Band 8b Senior Digital Clinical Safety Officer
Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)
Coltman House, WS14 9PY
Salary
£64,455 to £74,896
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
2 September 2026
2 days left
Job description
Defence Medical Command is seeking a Band 8b Senior Digital Clinical Safety Officer to provide senior clinical leadership and governance for digital c...
Defence Medical Command enables
the delivery of healthcare and medical support to UK Armed Forces personnel,
ensuring that military personnel are medically fit to deploy, train and operate
whenever and wherever required.
Within Defence medical Command,
DMed Digital provides the information, technology and digital services that
underpin Defence healthcare. Working in partnership with clinical, operational,
and technical teams, DMed Digital enables the safe delivery of healthcare
through the provision and assurance of clinical systems, digital capabilities,
and health information services.
As the Senior Digital Clinical
Safety Officer, you will provide strategic clinical safety leadership across
Defence healthcare technology, ensuring that patient safety is embedded
throughout the lifecycle of digital systems and services. Acting as an independent
clinical safety authority, you will provide expert advice, assurance, and
governance to support the safe delivery and continual improvement of Defence
healthcare capabilities.
This is an opportunity to
influence the future of digital healthcare across Defence. Working at the
intersection of healthcare, technology, and operational delivery, you will help
shape the safe adoption of innovative digital capabilities, enabling Defence
Medical Command to deliver safe, effective, and trusted healthcare services to
Armed Forces personnel worldwide.
Our success depends on our people our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Qualifications
Essential
- Formal Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) Qualification (DCB0129/DCB0160).
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD) relevant to digital health, patient safety or clinical governance.
Professional Registration
Essential
- Current professional registration with the NMC, GMC, HCPC or GPhC.
- Applicants must provide a valid registration number as part of their application in response to this question.
- Registration must be held prior to application and remain current throughout the recruitment process to be eligible.
- Applications submitted without a valid registration number will not be progressed.
CV Submission
Essential
- Please provide a full career history within this section of the application form.
- As CVs cannot be uploaded as attachments, all relevant information must be entered directly into the application form.
- Applicants should ensure sufficient detail is provided to demonstrate how they meet the essential criteria, as applications containing insufficient evidence may not be shortlisted.
Behavior Statement
Essential
- Have you been dismissed for gross misconduct relating to bullying, harassment, discrimination or victimisation from any role in the past five years, or resigned or otherwise left a role but would have been dismissed for such gross misconduct because of an adverse decision, had you continued in that employment?
- Please respond with Yes or No as appropriate.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
18 August 2026
Last checked
20 August 2026
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