Clinical Informatics Specialist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Leeds, Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Trained/accredited clinical safety off

Job summary

NHS England's Transformation Directorate is seeking a senior clinical informatics professional for a five-month role to support clinical informatics and assurance across the NHS App portfolio. You will lead clinicians and represent programmes at external boards, guiding large-scale change with a clinical voice.

The role requires current registration as a health or care professional, expertise in governance, quality improvement, and risk management, and the ability to influence across

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent experience in a specialist area.

Responsibilities

• Provide framework and direction for clinical informaticians across programmes and large-scale change.
• Provide clinical informatics support and clinical assurance across NHS App digital products, services and health information.
• Act as a key clinical voice to programme teams within the Transformation Directorate.
• Lead and support other clinicians across the organisation.
• Ensure programmes and services have access to appropriate clinical support.
• Represent programmes at externally facing Programme Boards, Clinical Reference Panels and Clinical Advisory Groups.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders on sensitive, complex and contentious issues.
• Help shape the safe delivery of national programmes for citizens and patients.
• Support clinicians to deliver better care.
• Supporting incident management, untoward event reporting and investigation.
• Supporting a coordinated response to clinical safety events in live services.
• Promoting understanding of citizen choice and preference options.
• Commitment to quality and high standards in all work.
• Considering how own work helps clinicians and frontline staff deliver better patient outcomes.
• Commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.

Skills

NHS quality improvement

Regulatory compliance

Clinical evidence

Benefits realisation

Risk management

Informatics advisory

Complex issue analysis

Education

Master's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

This five-month role sits within NHS England's Transformation Directorate, supporting clinical informatics and clinical assurance across the NHS App portfolio of digital products, services and health information. The post holder provides clinical informatics support to programmes, and leads and supports other clinicians, representing programmes at external boards and advisory groups. The role sits in a multi-professional clinical team and sets direction for clinical informaticians working on large-scale change. Applicants need current professional registration, and visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Provide framework and direction for clinical informaticians working across programmes and large-scale change
• Provide clinical informatics support and clinical assurance across NHS App digital products, services and health information
• Act as a key clinical voice to programme teams within the Transformation Directorate
• Lead and support other clinicians across the organisation
• Ensure programmes and services have access to appropriate clinical support
• Represent programmes at externally facing Programme Boards, Clinical Reference Panels and Clinical Advisory Groups
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders on sensitive, complex and contentious issues
• Help shape the safe delivery of national programmes for citizens and patients
• Support clinicians to deliver better care

What's required

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent experience at a similar level in a specialist area

Registration & licences

• Current registration as a regulated health or care professional with an appropriate professional body

Experience

• High-level specialist knowledge in a key area of clinical practice
• Experience drafting briefing papers and correspondence at senior management team level

Skills & knowledge

• Understanding of NHS quality improvement, regulatory and compliance frameworks
• Understanding of the sources and quality of clinical evidence and its application to practice
• Understanding of benefits realisation management in a clinical context
• Knowledge of risk management methodology in the clinical domain, within clinical governance frameworks
• Providing specialist clinical informatics advice to clinical and non-clinical staff
• Analysing very complex issues drawn from conflicting, multiple sources

Other

• Supporting incident management, untoward event reporting and investigation
• Supporting a coordinated response to clinical safety events in live services
• Promoting understanding of citizen choice and preference options
• Commitment to quality and high standards in all work
• Considering how own work helps clinicians and frontline staff deliver better patient outcomes
• Commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships

Nice to have

• Trained and accredited clinical safety officer with current practice application (if not held, training required within 6 months of appointment)