Job summary
In this Senior Clinical Informatics role, you will join a varied team of clinicians from different professions, working on products and services across NHS England's Transformation Directorate. You will play a key role in shaping the safe delivery of national programmes to provide clear benefits for citizens and patients, and support clinicians to provide better care.
Our Senior Clinical Informatics specialists provide the framework and direction for our Clinical Informaticians working across programmes and involved in large scale change, as well as providing a key clinical voice to programme teams within Transformation Directorate.
The post holder(s) will support internal clinical safety and assurance activities and provide oversight of the clinical aspects of programmes and projects within Transformation Directorate, deputising for the Senior Clinical Lead across a range of functions.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will be required to have regular contact with internal and external stakeholders and will often need to engage with them over sensitive, complex and contentious issues. You will also be expected to lead and support other clinicians across the organisation, ensuring programmes and services have access to appropriate clinical support and are represented in externally facing Programme Boards, Clinical Reference Panels or Clinical Advisory Groups.
You will join a multi-professional team of experienced clinicians with a variety of clinical backgrounds, all of whom have chosen informatics as a specialist area of expertise.
You will be joining the team at an exciting time, as the role of clinical informaticians becomes more important than ever before in supporting the safe and effective use of technology across health and social care services, for the benefit of patients and citizens.
About us
Our work supports the NHS to deliver high quality services for patients and best value for taxpayers.
Our staff bring expertise across hundreds of specialisms -- including clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
We lead the NHS in England 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
Earlier this year, the Government announced that NHS England will gradually merge with the Department of Health and Social Care, leading to full integration. The aim is to create a smaller, more strategic centre that reduces duplication and eliminates waste.
If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the recruitment process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In this Senior Clinical Informatics role, you will join a varied pool of clinicians from different professions, working on products and services across NHS England's Transformation Directorate. You will play a key role in shaping the safe delivery of national programmes to provide clear benefits for citizens and patients, and support clinicians to provide better care.
Our Senior Clinical Informatics specialist's provide the framework and direction for our Clinical Informaticians working across programmes and involved in large scale change, as well as providing a key clinical voice to programme teams within Transformation Directorate.
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In this Senior Clinical Informatics role, you will join a varied pool of clinicians from different professions, working on products and services across NHS England's Transformation Directorate. You will play a key role in shaping the safe delivery of national programmes to provide clear benefits for citizens and patients, and support clinicians to provide better care.
Our Senior Clinical Informatics specialist's provide the framework and direction for our Clinical Informaticians working across programmes and involved in large scale change, as well as providing a key clinical voice to programme teams within Transformation Directorate.
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered and regulated health or care professional with high level specialist knowledge in a key area of practice, holding current professional clinical registration with an appropriate professional bodyvidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- A trained and accredited clinical safety officer with current application in practice. If not, post holders will be expected to undertake training within 6 months of appointment
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Understanding of NHS quality improvement frameworks, NHS regulatory and compliance frameworks, and their requirements
- Understanding of clinical, benefit realisation, within the context of an organisation's approach to benefits realisation management.
Desirable
- Effective understanding and application of the standards DCB 0129 and DCB0160 within identified areas of responsibility
Skills
Essential
- Works effectively with clinical governance frameworks and supports the identification, analysis and mitigation plans for clinical risks and issues related to systems and products
- Supports a coordinated response to clinical safety events and incidents in live service within their sphere of expertise
- Ensures that the clinical perspective of all statutory and professional frameworks, policies and guidance are taken into account in the delivery of NHS England business
Desirable
- 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
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered and regulated health or care professional with high level specialist knowledge in a key area of practice, holding current professional clinical registration with an appropriate professional bodyvidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- A trained and accredited clinical safety officer with current application in practice. If not, post holders will be expected to undertake training within 6 months of appointment
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Understanding of NHS quality improvement frameworks, NHS regulatory and compliance frameworks, and their requirements
- Understanding of clinical, benefit realisation, within the context of an organisation's approach to benefits realisation management.
Desirable
- Effective understanding and application of the standards DCB 0129 and DCB0160 within identified areas of responsibility
Skills
Essential
- Works effectively with clinical governance frameworks and supports the identification, analysis and mitigation plans for clinical risks and issues related to systems and products
- Supports a coordinated response to clinical safety events and incidents in live service within their sphere of expertise
- Ensures that the clinical perspective of all statutory and professional frameworks, policies and guidance are taken into account in the delivery of NHS England business
Desirable
- 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
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
