Senior Clinical Informatics specialist | NHS England

NHS England; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A national health organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Clinical Informatics Specialist to shape the delivery of national programs. You will engage with diverse stakeholders, support clinicians, and ensure the effective use of technology across health and social care. Candidates must be registered health professionals with specialized knowledge. This role is pivotal in enhancing patient care and optimizing digital health solutions.

Qualifications

• Candidates must be registered health or care professionals with advanced specialist knowledge.
• Experience as Clinical Safety Officers (CSOs) is desirable.
• Ability to handle sensitive and complex issues is required.

Responsibilities

• Set direction for Clinical Informaticians in large-scale change.
• Engage with stakeholders on sensitive and complex issues.
• Lead support for clinicians to ensure clinical representation.

Skills

Advanced clinical safety knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Leading multi-professional teams

Education

Registered health or care professional

Job description

Overview

In this Senior Clinical Informatics Specialist 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.

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 will join a multi-professional team of experienced clinicians who have chosen informatics as their specialist field, in an era when clinical informatics plays a vital role in the safe and effective use of technology across health and care.

Our work supports the NHS to deliver high quality services for patients and best value for taxpayers, drawing on expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms.

We lead the NHS in England by enabling local systems to improve health, reduce health inequalities, make the NHS a great place to work, ensure the workforce has the right knowledge and behaviours to deliver compassionate care, optimise digital technology, research, and innovation, and deliver value for money.

Responsibilities

• Set direction and provide the framework for Clinical Informaticians leading large-scale change and act as a key clinical voice within programme teams.
• Engage regularly with internal and external stakeholders on complex or sensitive issues.
• Lead and support clinicians across the organisation to ensure programmes have access to appropriate clinical input and representation in external Programme Boards, Clinical Reference Panels, or Clinical Advisory Groups.
• Work within a multi-professional team of clinicians who have chosen informatics as a specialist field and support the safe and effective use of technology across health and social care services.

Requirements

• 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 or Medical and Dental terms, depending on experience and professional registration.
• In this role, expect regular contact with internal and external stakeholders and engagement on sensitive, complex, and contentious issues. You will lead and support other clinicians, ensuring programmes have clinical support and representation in externally facing Programme Boards, Clinical Reference Panels, or Clinical Advisory Groups.

Additional Context

You will join a varied pool of clinicians from different professions, working on products and services across NHS England's Transformation Directorate. The role supports the safe delivery of national programmes to benefit citizens and patients.

Secondments: Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only; agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

In this Senior Clinical Informatics role, you will be joining a team at an exciting time as clinical informatics becomes more important in supporting the safe and effective use of technology across health and social care services.

Administrative details

This advert closes on Wednesday 15 Oct 2025