• Job Description

  Req#: C9156-156-7152013-A?language=en&page=232&sort=publicationDateDe

  Job summary

  The Digital Clinical Safety Strategy for Cornwall is to provide digital clinical safety as a service including functions and processes that support the safe development, introduction, deployment, and decommissioning of clinical digital systems across Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care System (ICS).

  The post holder is a key player in supporting the delivery of this strategy, they will be accountable to the CNIO & Head of Patient Safety and take lead responsibility for the implementation of the digital clinical safety operating model, policy, and processes for assurance of compliance with digital clinical safety regulations. Helping to ensure services become, and remain, fit for purpose for the escalating demands of digital transformation projects and programmes across the organisations.

  Main duties of the job

  Working within a clear framework the post holder will be responsible for implementing the clinical risk management processes and procedures in accordance with the relevant NHS guidelines.

  The postholder will lead the digital clinical safety effectiveness team. They will line manage the digital clinical safety manager and indirectly the digital clinical safety team staff,including providing formal and informal training and coaching to develop and maintain expertise and apply clinical safety activities in practice.

  As a qualified and experienced healthcare professional the postholder will maintain current registration with an appropriate professional body relevant to their training and experience.

  About us

  The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with

  visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

  We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

  The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

  Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

  Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.

  It's established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.

  Website: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/clinical-schools/royal-cornwall-hospitals-nhs-trust-clinical-school

  https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871231209037

  Details

  Date posted

  04 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £53,755 to £60,504 a year pa pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  156-7152013-A

  Job locations

  Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

  Truro

  TR1 3LJ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.

  To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

  • Identity Checks
  • Professional registration and qualification checks
  • Employment history and reference checks
  • Occupational Health clearance
  • Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
  • Right to work in the UK

  For further information please visit:

  https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation

  We reserve the right to close this advert early.

  We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

  We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.

  To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

  • Identity Checks
  • Professional registration and qualification checks
  • Employment history and reference checks
  • Occupational Health clearance
  • Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
  • Right to work in the UK

  For further information please visit:

  https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation

  We reserve the right to close this advert early.

  We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

  We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Educated to Degree level.
  • Current registration with an appropriate professional body (e.g. Medical, Nursing, Allied Health Professional or Social Care)
  • Knowledge and expertise in healthcare, with a good understanding and knowledge of the complexity of digital clinical systems, clinical practice, clinical safety, and NHS digital regulations.
  • Attended clinical safety training for Health IT or hold Master Modules in Patient Safety (or complete training within a short time of joining)
  • Suitably trained and qualified in risk management or have an understanding in principles of risk and safety as applied to Health IT Systems.

  Desirable

  • Management/ Supervisory qualification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive experience as a Clinical Safety Officer.
  • Knowledgeable in risk management and its application to clinical domains.
  • Experience in process and policy development and operating model implementation.
  • Experience of utilising project and programme management techniques.
  • Experience in managing highly complex stakeholder relationships.
  • Experience in writing and delivering high quality reports, documentation, and presentations to people at all levels, including senior leadership groups and boards.

  Desirable

  • Experience in the design, development, or deployment of digital systems with clinical functionality
  • Experience as a CSO on one or more EPR deployments

  Skills

  Essential

  • Able to draw together complex information i.e., involving digital clinical systems, clinical practice, clinical safety, and NHS digital regulations and synthesise clinical safety deliverables as set out in the DCB0129 and DCB0160 standards
  • Ability to understand a broad range of complex / highly complex information quickly and use it to support decision making where opinions differ.
  • Excellent presentation, planning and communication skills.
  • Professional attitude and ability to build relationships and networks.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Educated to Degree level.
  • Current registration with an appropriate professional body (e.g. Medical, Nursing, Allied Health Professional or Social Care)
  • Knowledge and expertise in healthcare, with a good understanding and knowledge of the complexity of digital clinical systems, clinical practice, clinical safety, and NHS digital regulations.
  • Attended clinical safety training for Health IT or hold Master Modules in Patient Safety (or complete training within a short time of joining)
  • Suitably trained and qualified in risk management or have an understanding in principles of risk and safety as applied to Health IT Systems.

  Desirable

  • Management/ Supervisory qualification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive experience as a Clinical Safety Officer.
  • Knowledgeable in risk management and its application to clinical domains.
  • Experience in process and policy development and operating model implementation.
  • Experience of utilising project and programme management techniques.
  • Experience in managing highly complex stakeholder relationships.
  • Experience in writing and delivering high quality reports, documentation, and presentations to people at all levels, including senior leadership groups and boards.

  Desirable

  • Experience in the design, development, or deployment of digital systems with clinical functionality
  • Experience as a CSO on one or more EPR deployments

  Skills

  Essential

  • Able to draw together complex information i.e., involving digital clinical systems, clinical practice, clinical safety, and NHS digital regulations and synthesise clinical safety deliverables as set out in the DCB0129 and DCB0160 standards
  • Ability to understand a broad range of complex / highly complex information quickly and use it to support decision making where opinions differ.
  • Excellent presentation, planning and communication skills.
  • Professional attitude and ability to build relationships and networks.

  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 (Opens in a new tab).

  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 (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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 (Opens in a new tab).

  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 (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

  Address

  Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

  Truro

  TR1 3LJ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.royalcornwall.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

  Address

  Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

  Truro

  TR1 3LJ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.royalcornwall.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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