Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Clinical Safety Officer will be seen as a leading authority and primary point of contact for all matters relating to clinical safety of our Trust's digital health systems. The postholder, working with subject matter experts, will be responsible for the assessment and identification of both direct and indirect clinical hazards to patients, and the appropriate mitigation of the identified hazards.

The post holder will be competent with digital clinical safety. The postholder will work collaboratively with governance teams within the Digital Directorate and the Group to ensure streamlined processes are in place for the management of risk and investigation of incidents where these relate to or involve digital solutions.

Person specification

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours.

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered healthcare professional with current UK registration.
• Experience and familiarity with CSO role, with accredited CSO qualification.
• Master's level qualification in leadership, Change, Service Transformation or other relevant subject or equivalent experience.
• Articulate in the delivery of large projects or similar trust wide initiatives
• Evidence of recent and ongoing CPD/learning in relevant area

Experience

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 large teaching organisation
• Excellent communication skills with a range of people from a variety of disciplines regarding a range of business or technical matters
• Excellent writing and oral skills, including preparation of formal reports and training materials.

Communication and relationship skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent communicator with a high level of interpersonal skills.
• Positive team focus and effective leadership style, which is adaptable, dependent upon required situation.
• Demonstrate a quality and outcomes focus in their work.
• Demonstratable passion for safe and effective healthcare.
• Able to engage colleagues through leadership, positivity and effective communication of Trust Digital strategies.

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential criteria

• Responsible for analysing and investigating complex and interlinked digital and clinical issues in relation to digital clinical safety.
• Evidence ability to interpret and present data across disciplines in non -technical terminology.

Skills

Essential criteria

• The post holder will need to develop and maintain their own knowledge of developments and legislation relevant to digital clinical safety and ensure that their practice reflects current professional guidance and standards.
• The post holder will take responsibility for his or her own professional development, identifying training and educational needs and agreeing ways of addressing these with the Chief Clinical Information Officer
• Maintain clinical credibility and stay up to date with developments in clinical practice, which includes maintaining live registration through active clinical practice

Planning and organisation skills

Essential criteria

• Working knowledge of all relevant UK legislation relating to Digital including but not limited to Freedom of Information Act, GDPR, Data Protection Act.
• Understanding of complex public sector organisations and how they work with others effectively
• Evidence an understanding of NHS legislation, governance frameworks, statute and constitution and the impact on NHS organisations.
• Experience in producing high quality documentation including Clinical Risk Management (CRM) Plans, Hazard Logs , and Clinical Safety Case Reports, in adherence to national standards.
• Experience in organising Clinical Safety Hazard workshops and capturing evidence of controls.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
• All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high-quality care and interactions with others

Additional Information

Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the publishing closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.

UHL is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds who match our job criteria.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.

The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your salary over a three month period commencing on your first month's payment.

The current price of a check is £38 for an enhanced and £18 for a standard check.

COVID 19 Risk Assessment

Due to the current Covid pandemic we have introduced a staff risk assessment into our pre-employment process. This now forms part of the mandatory pre-employment checks that will be carried out if you receive a conditional offer.

The risk assessment is intended to ensure you are able to safely perform your duties in any of our work areas, and if you have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. Our main aim is to reduce risk and to ensure the safety of all new starters to the Trust as well as current staff, patients and visitors.

If it is identified that you are within a vulnerable category, we will endeavor to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate this through discussions with both Occupational Health and your recruiting manager.

Covid Vaccination Status

Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We therefore continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust holds the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything it does and all that it stands for. We are committed to developing a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from the diverse community of Leicester, Leicester and Rutland, to help deliver healthcare services that meets the needs of our diverse communities.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Spec (PDF, 640.3KB)
• Job Description and Spec (DOCX, 97.3KB)
• Understanding your right to work in the UK (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Employee Benefits (PDF, 578.5KB)