Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a number of experienced senior clinicians to join the Transformation Directorate's Digital Clinical Informatics team.
We are recruiting for four Senior Clinical Leads to join the following teams:
- Digital Screening Team (1 x 0.8 FT
- Platforms and Services Team
- Data & Analytics (1x 1FTE)
- Live Services (1 x 0.8 FTE)
- Digital Primary Care Team (1x 0.6 FTE)
Main duties of the job
We have four vacancies for a Senior Clinical Leads to join our Digital Clinical Safety team. A summary of these teams will give you an idea of their remit.
- Digital Screening team -As a Senior Clinical Leader within the Digital Clinical Informatics team, you will lead a highly experienced team advising and assuring the clinical safety of NHSE developed and commissioned IT product
- Data & Analytics -Within Data and analytics, the purpose is to drive insight for better decision making across health and care to help people live healthier longer lives. These insights will be optimised using new technology, with safe, secure, modern data architecture underpinning access to high quality data products. Supporting workstream such as the Federated Data Platform, Cohorting as a Service and Improving Utilisation of GP Data.
- Live Services Clinical Team -The Live Service Clinical Team (LSCT) support several programmes in the live environment. Specifically, they support incident management for Severity 1 & 2 Major Incidents. The team are also responsible for various aspects of onboarding and clinical assurance of systems connecting to national systems, such as the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) and the National Care Records Service (NCRS).
- Digital Primary Care - This role will lead the Primary Care Digital, Clinical Informatics Team with a broad range of responsibilities supporting an exciting array of developments in the rapidly evolving digital landscape of primary care.
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our outstanding teams are passionate about technology and public service, making use of everyones skills to improve peoples lives.Our work matters. You matter.
Some of the skills and experience were looking for:
- You will be a UK registered clinician with proven credibility and the ability to command respect from clinical and non-clinical professionals
- Proven high-level experience of supporting delivery of complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
- Evidence of ensuring that there is a clinical safety focus throughout the life cycle of programmes and services
- Ability to clearly communicate informatics-related work, including being able to explain the clinical requirements and safety processes to non-clinical stakeholders so that they understand them and can comply with safety and assurance processes
- Demonstrable experience of clinical governance frameworks with a strategic understanding of clinical risk and clinical safety, applied through risk assessment and clinical safety methodology
- Demonstrable people and professional leadership skills that empower, support, and develop teams to achieve the high performance and enable team members to reach their full potential
- Currently registered and regulated health or social care professional with significant evidence of continued professional development
Please see the attached Job Description for further details on the role, responsibilities and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our outstanding teams are passionate about technology and public service, making use of everyones skills to improve peoples lives.Our work matters. You matter.
Some of the skills and experience were looking for:
- You will be a UK registered clinician with proven credibility and the ability to command respect from clinical and non-clinical professionals
- Proven high-level experience of supporting delivery of complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
- Evidence of ensuring that there is a clinical safety focus throughout the life cycle of programmes and services
- Ability to clearly communicate informatics-related work, including being able to explain the clinical requirements and safety processes to non-clinical stakeholders so that they understand them and can comply with safety and assurance processes
- Demonstrable experience of clinical governance frameworks with a strategic understanding of clinical risk and clinical safety, applied through risk assessment and clinical safety methodology
- Demonstrable people and professional leadership skills that empower, support, and develop teams to achieve the high performance and enable team members to reach their full potential
- Currently registered and regulated health or social care professional with significant evidence of continued professional development
Please see the attached Job Description for further details on the role, responsibilities and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered and regulated health or care professional with high level specialist
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Experience of working with NHS quality improvement frameworks, NHS regulatory and compliance frameworks and their requirements.
- Understands the sources and quality of evidence relating to clinical assessment and their application to practice
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
- Leads effective incident management and untoward event reporting and investigation at a national level
- Able to lead and monitor the ongoing research and development of evidence-based clinical guidelines that reflect national guidelines and ensure safe systems of working across NHS England.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered and regulated health or care professional with high level specialist
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Experience of working with NHS quality improvement frameworks, NHS regulatory and compliance frameworks and their requirements.
- Understands the sources and quality of evidence relating to clinical assessment and their application to practice
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
- Leads effective incident management and untoward event reporting and investigation at a national level
- Able to lead and monitor the ongoing research and development of evidence-based clinical guidelines that reflect national guidelines and ensure safe systems of working across NHS England.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
