Deputy Director (Clinical)

NHS England; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS England is seeking a Deputy Director to lead clinical informatics efforts within the Transformation Directorate. You will shape safe delivery of national programmes, ensuring patient benefits and supporting clinicians to deliver better care.

You will set direction for clinical informaticians, engage with stakeholders, and provide a clinical voice across programme boards and advisory groups. An agenda for change structure may apply.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered and regulated health or care professional with advanced specialist knowledge and training as Clinical Safety Officers (CSOs).

Responsibilities

• Lead the NHS England Digital Clinical Governance Framework across services, programmes, and projects.
• Deliver and implement clinical governance, continuous quality improvement, clinical safety, and clinical benefits delivery.
• Provide highly specialised clinical informatics advice to clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Represent and promote the voice of citizens in digital healthcare fora.
• Demonstrate credibility and the ability to influence across professional levels.
• Lead engagement with key stakeholders to ensure high-quality clinical input into NHS England activities.

Skills

Clinical informatics leadership

Governance framework

Stakeholder engagement

Clinical safety

Job description

In this Deputy Director role, you will join a diverse team of clinicians working across NHS England’s Transformation Directorate. You will help shape the safe delivery of national programmes, ensuring clear benefits for patients and the public, and supporting clinicians to deliver better care.

Our Deputy Directors set direction and provide the framework for Clinical Informaticians leading large-scale change. You will also act as a key clinical voice within programme teams.

You will regularly engage with internal and external stakeholders, often on complex or sensitive issues. You will lead and support clinicians across the organisation, ensuring programmes have access to appropriate clinical input and are represented at Programme Boards, Clinical Reference Panels, or Advisory Groups.

You’ll join a multi-professional team of experienced clinicians who have chosen informatics as their specialist field. It’s an exciting time to join, as clinical informatics plays an increasingly vital role in the safe and effective use of technology across health and care.

Candidates must be registered and regulated health or care professionals, with advanced specialist knowledge and training as Clinical Safety Officers (CSOs).

Appointments may be made under Agenda for Change

The post holder will report to the Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) and will be working towards a generic job description. They will be responsible for leading clinical informaticians within the Transformation Directorate and maintains a strategic overview of all areas of responsibility, providing the framework and direction for clinicians working across services and programmes and involved in large scale change.

Key Responsibilities Will Include

• Leading the NHS England Digital Clinical Governance Framework, working across services, programmes, and projects.
• Responsible for the delivery and implementation of clinical governance, continuous quality improvement, clinical safety, and clinical benefits delivery.
• Provides highly-specialised and expert clinical informatics advice and expertise to both clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Representing and promoting understanding of the voice of citizens and patients in digital healthcare-related fora.
• Demonstrates experience, credibility and the ability to influence and establish the respect of clinical and non-clinical professionals at all levels
• Leading effective engagement with key stakeholders, professional communities and system users to ensure high-quality clinical input into NHS England activities.

The NHS England Board Have Set Out The Top-level Purpose For The New Organisation To Lead The NHS In England To Deliver High-quality Services For All, Which Will Inform The Detailed Design Work And We Will Achieve This Purpose 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.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mai Sahor Job title: Business Co-ordinator Email address: [e-mail]