Overview

In this role, you will play a critical part in ensuring the safety assurance of health IT systems developed for use across the NHS. You will identify, assess, and manage risks associated with digital health technologies, ensuring they meet safety standards throughout their lifecycle from design and development through deployment and operation. You will collaborate with technical and clinical teams within NHS England and provide expert safety advice and guidance to external suppliers and healthcare organisations. As a key member of the Clinical Safety Group, you will contribute to the development and continuous improvement of safety processes, documentation, and governance. You will influence stakeholders, resolve safety-related conflicts, and communicate risks and mitigations clearly. You must be a confident communicator, capable of working independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. The role involves 40% in-office attendance and occasional travel to support safety meetings and stakeholder engagement.

• Conduct clinical safety assessments and undertake clinical safety analyses using a broad selection of appropriate techniques.
• Facilitate and deliver Clinical Risk Management training.
• Develop relationships with suppliers and/or customers while planning and conducting clinical risk management activities for a release.
• 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.
• 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.
• Act in a manner compliant with Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions in the discharge of budget management responsibilities, monitor expenditure, and be budget holder for the assigned function/team with budget setting alongside the Head of Department.
• Ongoing monitoring of expenditure against budget with appropriate documentation for scrutiny.
• Secondments