Lead Clinical Safety Officer (CSO)

• Leading clinical safety assurance activities for digital programmes, system implementations and operational services.
• Ensuring compliance with national clinical safety standards, including DCB0160 and supporting assurance of supplier compliance with DCB0129.
• Leading clinical risk assessments, hazard identification workshops and maintenance of hazard logs.
• Providing expert advice to clinicians, operational teams, senior leaders and suppliers on digital clinical safety risks and mitigations.
• Developing and maintaining clinical safety policies, processes, safety cases and governance arrangements.
• Monitoring, reporting and escalating digital clinical safety risks through appropriate governance structures.

Essential

• Registered Doctor, Nurse, Pharmacist, Allied Health Professional or other healthcare professional with live professional registration
• Accredited Clinical Safety Officer, or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and commit to achieving accreditation within an agreed timeframe determined by UHT
• Degree level professional qualification or equivalent level of knowledge through professional clinical experience.

Essential

• Professional clinical knowledge acquired through registration as a Doctor, Nurse, Pharmacist, Physiotherapist or Allied Health Professional and supported by post-registration experience.
• Specialist knowledge of clinical safety processes and digital clinical risk management acquired through training and practical experience
• Knowledge of DCB0160 and DCB0129 standards and their application within healthcare organisations.
• Knowledge of NHS digital systems, clinical workflows and governance arrangements.
• Knowledge of patient safety, risk management and quality improvement principles.
• Ability to analyse complex clinical, operational and digital information and determine appropriate courses of action.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly to a wide range of audiences.

Essential

• Significant experience working within a healthcare environment.
• Experience of applying clinical safety and risk management processes to digital systems.
• Experience of digital clinical system implementation, optimisation or support.
• Experience of facilitating risk assessments, hazard identification workshops and maintaining hazard logs.
• Experience of developing and implementing local policies, procedures or governance arrangements.
• Experience of managing staff, including recruitment, appraisal, development and performance management.
• Experience of working with clinicians, operational managers, digital teams and suppliers.
• Experience of managing resources and contributing to budget management activities

Essential

• Demonstrates integrity, sound judgement and discretion when handling sensitive information and high-risk issues.
• Credible, resilient and professionally confident in advising on patient safety risks and challenging unsafe practice where required.
• Collaborative, approachable and able to build effective working relationships across clinical, operational, technical and corporate teams.
• Analytical, organised and able to manage a complex and changing workload effectively.
• Committed to high standards of patient safety, governance, continuous improvement and professional development.
• Able to travel across UHT sites and work flexibly in line with service requirements