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Digital Clinical Safety Officer

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

St Leonards on Sea, TN37 7PTView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

8 October 2026

9 days left

Job description

Great opportunity to join the Digital team at ESHT and build a CSO team across the organisation. You will play a major role in our EPR deployment. You...

The Digital Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) is responsible for providing leadership and expert advice on clinical safety across the Trust's digital portfolio.

The post holder will ensure that all digital systems, software, clinical applications, medical device integrations and digital transformation programmes are developed, procured, implemented and maintained in accordance with recognised NHS Digital Clinical Safety Standards.

The CSO will work closely with clinical, operational, technical and supplier teams to identify, assess and manage clinical risks associated with digital technology and support the delivery of safe and effective digital healthcare services.

The post holder will act as the Trust's designated Clinical Safety Officer for digital systems and services and will champion a culture in which digital safety is recognised as an integral component of patient safety.

You must be a registered healthcare professional and hold a CSO qualification.

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

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Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered healthcare professional (NMC, HCPC, GMC, GPhC or equivalent)
  • Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of Digital Clinical Safety Officer qualification and knowledge of DCB0129 and DCB0160

Desirable: - FEDIP registration.; - PRINCE2, MSP or Agile qualification.

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience in healthcare, clinical informatics, digital transformation or patient safety
  • Experience of undertaking clinical risk assessments and hazard analysis
  • Experience of EPR, clinical systems or digital healthcare technologies
  • Experience of governance, compliance and assurance processes

Desirable

  • Experience of EPR deployment.
  • Experience of AI, medical device integration or interoperability programmes.
  • Experience working within an NHS provider organisation.

Skills

Essential: - Ability to communicate highly complex information to clinical and technical audiences; - Ability to influence stakeholders at all organisational levels

Desirable: - Quality Improvement qualification (QSIR, Lean, Six Sigma or equivalent).

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

28 September 2026

Last checked

29 September 2026

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About the employer

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East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

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