Digital Clinical Specialist

North Bristol NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a registered healthcare professional to join a dynamic Digital Clinical Specialist Team. This role focuses on enhancing patient safety and staff experience through the development of electronic patient health records. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in digitising clinical workflows, working closely with front-line clinicians and systems experts. Full training will be provided, ensuring a supportive environment for professional growth. Join a forward-thinking organisation dedicated to improving healthcare delivery and making a real difference in patient care.

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional with experience in inpatient clinical settings.
• Knowledge of digital technology to improve patient safety and staff efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Gather clinical requirements and support digitisation of medical documentation.
• Work with clinicians and systems experts to design digital processes.

Skills

Change Management

Communication Skills

Clinical Process Knowledge

IT Systems Experience

Education

Current Professional Health Registration

Experience in Inpatient Pathways

Tools

Electronic Patient Record Systems

CareFlow System

Job description

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Job Overview

This internal secondment is an exciting opportunity for a registered healthcare professional to join the dynamic multi-disciplinary Digital Clinical Specialist Team at North Bristol and contribute towards the improvement of patient safety and staff experience through the development of our electronic patient health record.

The successful candidate will join our Inpatient Noting Workstream and support the digitisation of core medical notes. Confidence in working with our electronic patient record and other digital systems, and experience in working clinically along our inpatient pathways are essential attributes, alongside enthusiasm, change management skills and excellent communication and influencing skills. Full training will be given for the specialist aspects of this role.

Main duties of the job

In response to the Bristol NHS Joint Clinical Strategy, North Bristol NHS Trust’s digital strategy and national priorities, the digitisation of clinical workflows and practices continues including the development of our Electronic Patient Record in our CareFlow system.

The role of the Clinical Digital Specialist is pivotal to this objective, working with front line clinicians to gather clinical requirements, working with systems experts and developers to design processes and digital forms, and then testing and piloting outputs and supporting front line teams with deployment and adoption.

Nursing and AHP records are now largely digital, and IM&T have received funding for a secondment to work within the Inpatient Noting workstream, focussing particularly on medical documentation until 31st March 2026.

The successful applicant will have considerable experience of working as a registered healthcare professional in inpatient clinical settings, and a vision and commitment to improving patient care and staff experience through digital solutions. They will work within an experienced team and full training and support will be given.

Working for our organisation

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

In response to the Bristol NHS Joint Clinical Strategy, North Bristol NHS Trust’s digital strategy and national priorities, the digitisation of clinical workflows and practices continues including the development of our Electronic Patient Record in our CareFlow system.

The role of the Clinical Digital Specialist is pivotal to this objective, working with front line clinicians to gather clinical requirements, working with systems experts and developers to design processes and digital forms, and then testing and piloting outputs and supporting front line teams with deployment and adoption.

Nursing and AHP records are now largely digital, and IM&T have received funding for a secondment to work within the Inpatient Noting workstream, focussing particularly on medical documentation until 31st March 2026.

The successful applicant will have considerable experience of working as a registered healthcare professional in inpatient clinical settings, and a vision and commitment to improving patient care and staff experience through digital solutions. They will work within an experienced team and full training and support will be given.

Person specification

Education, Training and Experience

Essential criteria

• Current Professional Health Registration
• Considerable Experience of working clinically in Inpatient Pathways
• Clinical process knowledge and experience of IT systems across the Trust
• Understanding of how digital technology can be used to improve patient safety and staff efficiency and experience

Desirable criteria

• Experience of initiating and successful delivery of change or service improvement
• Influencing skills: able to persuade clinicians to engage with, implement and embed change to achieve successful outcomes

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The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.

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