Digital Clinical Informatics Safety Specialist

NHS; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 72,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in London seeks a part-time Digital Clinical Informatics Safety Specialist to enhance digital healthcare safety. You will support compliance with safety legislation and lead initiatives to improve patient care. The ideal candidate has a clinical background and experience in patient safety management. The role offers flexible and hybrid working options, contributing significantly to digital clinical safety priorities. Salary ranges from £64,156 to £71,148 annually, pro-rata for part-time.

Qualifications

• Experience in a patient or clinical safety management role.
• Proven ability to deliver to tight deadlines.
• Experience of performing safety assessments and risk analysis.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with legislation for digital clinical systems.
• Support delivery of digital safety priorities.
• Contribute to patient safety activities.

Skills

Excellent coordination

Effective communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Leadership abilities

Education

Clinical Graduate and postgraduate level competence

NHS Digital Clinical Safety Practitioner certification

Job description

Job Summary

Are you a healthcare professional with an interest in developing as a digital clinical informatics safety specialist? We have an exciting opportunity to join our digital safety team.

The Digital Clinical Informatics Safety Specialist will be responsible for supporting the Digital Clinical Safety Lead for Digital Healthcare to ensure that our digital clinical systems are safe and being used safely to improve patient care and outcomes. They will provide leadership, visibility and expert support to the digital clinical safety work in the organisation.

The post is part‑time (22.5 hours) and fixed‑term until 31 August 2030. We would consider applications for flexible and hybrid working.

Main Duties of the Job

• Ensure compliance with the legislation and requirements for digital clinical systems
• Support the delivery of the Trust digital safety priorities and improvement plans
• Contribute to electronic health record and other digital systems related patient safety and risk management activities

About Us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top‑quality patient care, excellent education, and world‑class research. We provide first‑class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
• Eastman Dental Hospital
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospitals at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Job Details

Date posted: 18 December 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for Change

Band: 8a

Salary: £64,156 to £71,148 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS, (pro‑rata for part time)

Contract: Fixed term, Duration: 56 months

Working pattern: Part‑time

Reference number: 309-UCLH-7228

Job location: University College London Hospital, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications (Essential)

• Clinical Graduate and postgraduate level competence or equivalent higher education qualification or equivalent experience in patient safety
• NHS Digital Clinical Safety Practitioner certified
• Experience working in a large and complex organisation (circa 5,000 staff) multidisciplinary teams

Experience (Essential)

• Experience in a patient or clinical safety management role within a large organisation
• Proven ability to deliver to tight deadlines
• Proven ability to analyse a broad range of management/clinical information and identify recommendation actions
• Experience of investigating complex and challenging patient safety or clinical incidents
• Experience of performing safety assessments and risk analysis and developing action plans
• Leading and/or organising multidisciplinary teams
• Experience analysing complex data and presenting this data and reports across the organisation

Desirable

• Technical knowledge of application lifecycles and techniques
• Understanding of complex health IT systems
• Understanding of the NHS Patient Safety Incident Response Framework and ability to apply it

Skills and Abilities (Essential)

• Excellent coordination, organisational and negotiation abilities
• Effective written and verbal communication skills including report writing skills
• Ability to create and deliver complex presentations to both digital healthcare and clinical staff, often in large, multi‑disciplinary groups
• Ability to work effectively with staff at all levels across the organisation
• Understanding of NHS Patient Safety and Digital policies / agenda
• Ability to work on own initiative with minimum supervision
• Ability to work under pressure dealing with changing & sometimes conflicting priorities
• The ability to lead meetings, prioritise tasks and resolve conflicts

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer Details

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

University College London Hospital, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF

Employer’s Website

https://www.uclh.nhs.uk