Clinical Safety Officer (Core Team) - EPR Programme

Hampshire Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Basingstoke is seeking a Clinical Safety Officer to oversee clinical safety aspects of their Electronic Patient Record programme. The role involves managing clinical risk and ensuring compliance with safety regulations while fostering a safe environment for both patients and staff. Candidates should have significant experience in clinical risk management and ability to develop comprehensive documentation. The position allows for a mix of home and site working.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in clinical risk management.
• Ability to interpret policies and standards effectively.
• Experience in design assessments of Electronic Patient Records.

Responsibilities

• Lead on clinical risk management across the EPR programme.
• Ensure compliance with DCB0129 and DCB0160 regulations.
• Develop and maintain clinical risk management documentation.

Job description

Overview

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Acute Care Collaborative have come together as part of the Integrated Care Board (ICB) as an Acute Provider Collaborative (APC) to invest in Electronic Patient Record (EPR) functionality. This is to meet the needs of our whole ICB population, recognising that the organisation of clinical care needs to change and develop radically in order to meet the challenges we face.

A Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) is required to lead all Clinical Safety aspects of the programme to ensure it is delivered in a safe and responsible way for patients.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the core team and local Trust CCIOs, CNIOs and CSOs to lead on clinical risk management across the programme.
• Ensure the programme conforms to DCB0129 and DCB0160 in the procurement, development and deployment of the single EPR.
• Develop and provide guidance and support to the programme with regards to clinical risk management practices and process.
• Review and approve clinical risk management documentation for the programme.
• Recognise, and provide guidance on, potential defects in the inherent design of the chosen EPR, including how unintentional errors may occur, and therefore how the system impacts existing business processes.
• Use judgement to interpret policies and standards to make appropriate decisions to support the delivery and support of the EPR.
• Lead on development of Clinical Safety processes and documentation to ensure the EPR programme record and govern these appropriately.
• Ensure clinical safety is appropriately managed throughout the lifecycle of the EPR.
• Develop and maintain a strategic overview of current knowledge and practice in the field of clinical risk management.
• Attend meetings as required to provide clinical safety advice and guidance to EPR programme decision-making groups.
• Develop, manage and maintain clinical risk management documentation for compliance with DCB0129 and DCB0160 regulations.

This role is open to Consultants too - and a second advert will be advertised. There is however one role.

Working arrangement: The role will include a mix of home and cross site working.

Paperwork and Safety

• HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first – as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.

Application Process

• Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date.
• Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email – please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
• All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
• In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.

About the Trust

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Compensation

NHS AfC: Band 8C (To Be Confirmed)