Deputy Clinical Safety Officer

Job Overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

Please note this vacancy is only open to applicants from University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Deputy Clinical Safety Officer to join the UHS Digital team, to work closely with our team of Clinical Safety Officers delivering clinical risk management in the implementation of digital systems across the Trust.

You will be a practising clinician with a senior position within the Trust and current professional registration. You will have in depth knowledge of digital clinical systems within a healthcare environment and their impacts on patient safety.

To hear more about the role from a current UHS Clinical Safety Officer please see https://youtu.be/lsjU2D9SzAk

Working for our organisation

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.

Specific to this role is the suitability for agile working which is a mixture of on-site and remote working. In addition, we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what’s possible for the role and service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.

Responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Work closely with UHS CSO, CCIO(s), CNIO and CIO to lead on clinical risk management across the Trust.
• Provide guidance, expert advice and support to UHS Digital and the wider Trust with regards to digital clinical risk management practice and processes.
• Support clinical risk management activities, including the identification, analysis, evaluation and mitigation of clinical risks during system development, implementation, modification or decommissioning. These activities will be undertaken in a structured manner and result in the output of clinical risk management documentation.
• Support the CSO to establish, maintain and refine a coherent and comprehensive set of robust business processes to identify and address patient safety risks associated with digital systems/applications.
  
  

Experience

• Practising clinician with a senior position within the organisation and current professional registration such as GMC or NMC.
• Experience of using digital clinical systems including electronic patient records.
• In depth knowledge of digital healthcare systems/applications, human factors and their contribution and control in the context of patient harm.
• Previous experience of risk management/clinical safety.
• Already hold/willing to undertake Clinical Safety Officer accreditation within 12 months.
  
  

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Practising clinical with a senior position within the organisation and current professional registration such as GMC or NMC
• Evidence of continued professional and educational development with evidence of training and qualifications in a relevant health discipline.
• Master’s or equivalent experience
• Willing to achieve a clinical safety qualification within 12 months of appointment to the post.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Clinical safety qualification.
  
  

Knowledge and experience

Essential criteria

• Experience at a senior level in healthcare setting. Clinically competent and credible with frontline staff and senior multi-disciplinary colleagues.
• Experience of using digital clinical systems including electronic patient records.
• Previous experience of risk management/clinical safety.
• In depth knowledge of digital healthcare systems/applications, human factors and their contribution and control in the context of patient harm.
• Knowledge of clinical pathways across the Trust.
• Facilitation of multi-professional groups.
• Presenting and communicating to large groups.
• Experience of working autonomously and self-starter.
• Highly developed communication and influencing skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels, including interpersonal skills, liaison and negotiation skills.
• Ability to analyse and interpret technical, sensitive or contentious information and present this to a variety of audiences.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience working in a Clinical Safety role.
• Experience of successfully leading change.
• Knowledge of the application of tools, techniques and skills required to use and maintain a Clinical Risk Management System.
• In depth understanding of the various digital clinical systems in use across UHS
• Experience of successfully leading change.
  
  

Values and behaviours

Essential criteria

• Patients First
• Always Improving
• Working Together