Associate Clinical Safety Officer (aCSO)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Work in conjunction with the Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) and Deputy CCIO to deliver and enhance a governance and safety assurance process for clinical digital projects and systems, which will meet the needs of an evolving digital landscape and integrated health system.

Support project teams in the application of safety principles to digital clinical transformation, enabling individuals and teams to build capability.

Develop and maintain clear, integrated communication and escalation pathways between digital clinical safety and programme governance.

Post holder will;

Produce and maintain documented Clinical Risk Management processes and escalation pathways. Providing assurance of DCB0160 compliance for clinical systems deployed, maintained and/or overseen by the Digital Programme or Digital Clinical Safety Group.

Escalate to the CSO and/or Deputy CCIO and appropriate programme leads any unacceptable digital clinical safety risks.

The post holder will ensure that:

Health IT systems safety documentation including Clinical Safety Case Reports and Hazard Logs are reviewed.

Evidence in the Clinical Risk Management File is reviewed to ensure it is complete and supports the Clinical Safety Case Report.

Unacceptable safety risks are escalated to the Digital Programme Board

Projects and systems that have provided the required assurance receive formal clinical safety approval for release.

Post holder will coordinate the collation, analysis and approval of complex clinical risk data relating to Health IT Systems and DCB0160 compliance. Analysing potential clinical risks to ensure completion and updating of:

Clinical Risk Management Plan

Clinical Safety Case Reports

Clinical Safety Hazard Logs/Risk Registers

Clinical Safety reports to confirm recommendation to Digital Programme Board whether a Health IT System is safe to deploy.

Provide digital clinical safety support and guidance to departmental and clinical system leads across SFT.

Create positive working relationships with all system users, software manufacturers, management teams and clinical staff. Ensuring appropriate engagement with the clinical risk management and risk mitigation process, identifying, managing and reducing any clinical risk associated with Health IT Systems.

Mentor and support digital project teams in the delivery of clinically safe complex digitally enabled service change.

Support digital and operational teams in evaluating digital transformation options, utilising extensive knowledge and experience in digital to guide safe solution workflow design, ensuring alignment with trust values, vision and underlying strategy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration with a health professional body (GMC, NMC, GPhC, HCPC or equivalent)

Desirable

• Project Management qualification or equivalentQualification in digital health leadership (or equivalent)NHS Digital Clinical Safety Officer training

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of clinical risk management leadershipEvidence of clinical leadership experience and direct patient care deliveryExperience in software development, implementation planning and maintenance.Experience in managing risk, use of risk processes and development of management plansPrevious experience of presentation/demonstration to senior clinical teams.

Desirable

• Evidence of multi-project delivery within digital transformation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Musgrove Park Hospital

Musgrove Road

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 5DA

Employer's website

https://www.somersetft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)