Clinical Safety Officer

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust; Harrow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Harrow is seeking a Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) to oversee clinical risk management in digital health systems. The role requires significant clinical experience and expertise in safety standards. The CSO will maintain compliance, engage with diverse healthcare stakeholders, and support digital transformation initiatives. This position offers a competitive salary and is integral to patient safety within the organization's digital landscape.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited Clinical Safety Officer course.
• Registered Practitioner with NMC or HCPC.
• Significant clinical experience in secondary care.
• Experience with system analysis and development.
• Strong project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with DCB0160 clinical risk management standards.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate clinical risks during system implementation.
• Maintain clinical safety documentation.
• Engage with stakeholders for digital transformation projects.

Skills

Clinical experience

Communication skills

Project Management

Knowledge of DCB0160 standards

Education

Accredited CSO course

Registered Practitioner with NMC or HCPC

Tools

Cerner EPR

Job description

Job summary

The Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) position is a specialist digital clinical patient safety role within the London Northwest Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) Clinical & Digital landscape. The post holder will administer the Clinical Risk Management (CRM) activities as required by Health and Social Care Act 2012 Standard DCB0160 to support the safe development, introduction, deployment, maintenance and deconditioning of Clinical Digital Systems (CDS).

As part of the Clinical and Digital teams the individual will further embed the initiated CRM process within the organisations and will initially be integral in reviewing legacy and current clinical digital systems. Maintaining strong links with the Trust Patient Safety team. The post-holder will support staff to gain the skills required to undertake appropriate levels of CRM work ensuring clinical digital safety is understood and facilitated wherever appropriate within the organisations. The CSO will hold overall responsibility for the CRM processes and Clinical Safety Cases required for each CDS.

The CSO will engage with the wider healthcare landscape within North west London, London and nationally to maximise the efficiency and economy of CDS for our shared patients and as directed by NHS or relevant guidance or requirements.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this role is to ensure that safety is maintained throughout the lifecycle of the digital transformation projects, to support the Trust's digital roadmap. In doing so, the Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) will ensure the Trust is compliant with the NHS clinical risk management DCB0160 standard - deployment and use of health IT systems. The post holder will also be responsible for ensuring that all IT health systems procured and implemented by the Trust conform to DCB 0129 "Clinical Risk Management: it's Application in the Manufacture of Health Systems".

In carrying out this role, the postholder will work closely with other CSOs in the Acute Provider Collaborative (APC) to contribute to shared Clinical Risk Management activities. The Trust EPR is a shared domain across four organisations.

The post holder will carry out clinical risk management activities, including the identification, assessment, and mitigation of clinical hazards/risks during system implementation, modification, or decommissioning. These activities will be undertaken in a structured manner and result in the output of clinical safety documentation, which the post holder will be responsible for maintaining Clinical Risk Management files.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country\'s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark\'s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key responsibilities

The CSO will be responsible for ensuring the Trust is adherent to the DCB0160 clinical risk management standard. (Health and Social Care Act 2012)

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Essential

• Has completed an accredited CSO course and recently updated
• Is a Registered Practitioner with NMC or HCPC
• Significant clinical experience in a secondary care setting
• Knowledge of the DCB0160 and 0129 standards
• Experience of system analysis, development, testing, release, upgrades and decommissioning
• A thorough understanding of why and how errors occur in the development, deployment and subsequent use of EPR Systems
• Strong Project Management skills, principles and practices
• Excellent communication skills to facilitate consensus between involved stakeholders

Desirable

• Has worked as a CSO in another Trust
• Formal leadership and management qualification
• Knowledge of Cerner EPR
• Experienced in change implementation and challenging poor practice

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.

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Employer details

Employer name

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Northwick Park
Harrow
HA1 3UJ

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