Clinical Safety Officer - 36 hours 12m FTC

British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS); West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days annual leave (including bank)

Life assurance at 3 salary

Defined contribution pension scheme

GP 24/7 access

MindPal mental fitness app and 24/7 상담

Online discounts and gym membership

Family-friendly policies

Job summary

BPAS is seeking an Interim Clinical Safety Officer to provide clinical safety leadership across our digital health systems, ensuring technology supports safe, effective and patient-centred care. The role directs risk management, safeguards existing systems and informs future clinical systems strategy in a hybrid UK setting.

You will lead multidisciplinary risk assessments, contribute to supplier safety evidence and provide independent clinical safety guidance to senior stakeholders, while

Qualifications

• Current unrestricted registration with a UK statutory healthcare professional body.
• Completed recognised Clinical Safety Officer training covering DCB0129 and DCB0160.
• Experience providing clinical safety assurance for digital health systems.
• Strong understanding of clinical risk management, hazard assessments and patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Establish and strengthen BPAS' Clinical Risk Management System overseeing existing booking and clinical records systems, BIS and CAS2.
• Provide clinical safety input into system requirements, procurement, testing, implementation and data migration.
• Lead multidisciplinary risk assessments and review supplier safety evidence.
• Provide independent clinical safety advice to senior stakeholders and escalate risks as needed.
• Support investigation of digital incidents and near misses and contribute to governance reporting.

Skills

Clinical risk management

Digital health systems

Clinical safety assurance

Hazard assessments

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree-level clinical qualification

Job description

Job summary

* Please note that this is a12-month fixed-term contract

Are you an experienced clinical professional with a passion for patient safety and digital innovation?

BPAS is looking for an Interim Clinical Safety Officer to provide clinical safety leadership across our digital health systems, ensuring technology supports safe, effective and patient-centred care.

Working closely with clinical, operational and digital teams, you will lead clinical risk management, provide assurance for existing systems and support the development of our future clinical systems strategy. You will play a key role in ensuring digital innovation improves access, quality and efficiency without compromising patient safety.

About You

You will have current, unrestricted registration with a UK healthcare professional body, appropriate clinical experience and recognised Clinical Safety Officer training covering DCB0129 and DCB0160. You will have experience providing clinical safety assurance for digital health systems, with a strong understanding of clinical risk management, hazard assessments and patient safety.

You will be an analytical, collaborative and confident professional, able to provide independent advice, challenge decisions and escalating risks where necessary. Experience of digital healthcare systems, clinical safety documentation and working across clinical and technical teams is essential.

Main duties of the job

You will establish and strengthen BPAS' Clinical Risk Management System, providing clinical safety oversight of our existing booking and clinical record systems, BIS and CAS2. You will identify and assess clinical risks, maintain hazard logs and safety cases, and ensure appropriate controls and assurance arrangements are in place.

You will support BPAS' future clinical systems strategy, providing clinical safety input into system requirements, procurement, selection, testing, implementation and data migration where required. You will also lead multidisciplinary risk assessments, review supplier safety evidence and provide independent clinical safety advice to senior stakeholders.

You will support the investigation of digital incidents and near misses, develop clinical safety guidance, contribute to staff training and provide governance reporting on risks and outstanding actions. You will ensure patient safety remains central to digital development and delivery, escalating concerns and recommending appropriate action where risks are not adequately controlled.

This is a 12-month fixed-term opportunity to support BPAS' digital transformation while maintaining the highest standards of patient safety and clinical care.

About us

The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) is the UK's largest independent reproductive healthcare charity, providing evidence-based, not-for-profit reproductive healthcare. We work mainly on behalf of the NHS, offering abortion care, contraception, and STI testing and treatment across the country.

When you join BPAS, you become part of a values-driven organisation where compassion, professionalism, and choice guide everything we do. You will help remove barriers to safe reproductive care while supporting people to make informed choices about their health and futures.

Working with us - benefits include:

• 34 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Life assurance at 3 salary
• Defined contribution pension scheme
• Access to GP 24/7, 365 days a year
• MyMindPal mental fitness app and 24/7 counselling support
• Online discounts, discounted gym membership, and other lifestyle benefits
• Family-friendly policies to support work-life balance

Safeguarding, Equality & Diversity

BPAS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services, and all staff share this responsibility. Recruitment follows safer-recruitment principles and includes appropriate pre-employment checks.

We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. We are proud to be an inclusive employer and will make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair and accessible recruitment process for all candidates.

Job description

The full job description and terms and conditions can both be found in the additional documents for you to download and review.

Further Information

We may close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications, although we aim to keep it open long enough to ensure a diverse and representative applicant pool.

If you have any questions about the role or require adjustments to support your application, please get in touch, we are happy to help.

Salary

£68,000 - £75,000 per annum - Depending on skills and experience.

Hours

36hper week

Shift Pattern

Monday - Thursday 09:00 - 05:00

Friday 09:00 - 03:30

Location

Hybrid with travel to the Head Office

BPAS Head Office Orion House, 2 Athena Drive, Tachbrook Park, Leamington Spa, CV34 6RQ

Values & eligibility

All applicants must be pro choice and support a woman's right to choose, in line with BPAS values and mission.

Application outcome

All applicants must be pro choice and support a woman's right to choose, in line with BPAS values and mission. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

References & pre-employment checks

All offers of employment are conditional on satisfactory pre-employment checks. Applicants must provide three years of employment references, including reasons for leaving and details of any gaps in employment.

Person Specification

Application question 1 Clinical Safety and Risk Management

• Please describe a specific situation in which you personally identified, assessed or managed a clinical safety risk associated with a healthcare IT system or digital service. What was the risk, what actions did you personally take to address it, and what was the outcome?

Qualifications

• Current unrestricted registration with a UK statutory healthcare professional body such as GMC, NMC, GPhC or HCPC, with appropriate post-registration clinical experience sufficient to exercise credible independent clinical safety judgement.
• Completed recognised Clinical Safety Officer training covering DCB0129 and DCB0160, or equivalent demonstrably mapped training, with competence to undertake the role independently.
• Degree-level clinical qualification or equivalent professional qualification and experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development in digital clinical safety, patient safety, clinical informatics or risk management.

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification or formal training in clinical informatics, digital health, human factors, patient safety, quality improvement or change management.

General

• Do you support a woman's right to choose abortion?
• Are you the family or friend of a current BPAS employee? If yes, please state the name and nature of the relationship
• Are you aware we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role?
• This is a hybrid role working between your home and BPAS Head Office (CV34 6RQ) can you travel?
• Please state your Membership/Registration number along with your expiry/renewal date
• Please state your Professional body and membership e.g. NMC Midwives (RM), GMC, HCPC

Desirable

• Would you like to add any additional information to support your application?

Application question 3. Clinical Safety Assurance and Improvement

• Please provide an example of a digital healthcare project, system implementation or improvement initiative you have personally contributed to where patient safety was a key consideration. What was your role, how did you identify and manage the risks, and what did you learn from the experience?

Application question 2 Managing Clinical Safety Concerns

• Tell us about a time when you identified a patient safety concern relating to a digital system, system change or clinical workflow that required you to challenge a decision or elevate a concern. What happened, how did you approach the situation, and what was the outcome?

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.

Employer details

Employer name

British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)

Address

BPAS Head Office

Orion House, 2 Athena Drive,

Tachbrook Park

Leamington Spa,

CV34 6RQ

United Kingdom