Digital Clinical Safety Officer in St Leonards

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We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.

We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £700 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.

Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.

Job overview

Great opportunity to join the Digital team at ESHT and build a CSO team across the organisation. You will play a major role in our EPR deployment. You will be working closely with the CCIO, CNIO and CDIO

Main duties of the job

The Digital Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) is responsible for providing leadership and expert advice on clinical safety across the Trust's digital portfolio.

The post holder will ensure that all digital systems, software, clinical applications, medical device integrations and digital transformation programmes are developed, procured, implemented and maintained in accordance with recognised NHS Digital Clinical Safety Standards.

The CSO will work closely with clinical, operational, technical and supplier teams to identify, assess and manage clinical risks associated with digital technology and support the delivery of safe and effective digital healthcare services.

The post holder will act as the Trust's designated Clinical Safety Officer for digital systems and services and will champion a culture in which digital safety is recognised as an integral component of patient safety.

You must be a registered healthcare professional and hold a CSO qualification.

Working for our organisation

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description.

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Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional (NMC, HCPC, GMC, GPhC or equivalent)
• Evidence of Digital Clinical Safety Officer qualification and knowledge of DCB0129 and DCB0160
• FEDIP registration.

Experience

• Significant experience in healthcare, clinical informatics, digital transformation or patient safety
• Experience of undertaking clinical risk assessments and hazard analysis
• Experience of EPR, clinical systems or digital healthcare technologies
• Experience of governance, compliance and assurance processes
• Experience of EPR deployment.
• Experience of AI, medical device integration or interoperability programmes.
• Experience working within an NHS provider organisation.

Skills

• Ability to communicate highly complex information to clinical and technical audiences
• Ability to influence stakeholders at all organisational levels
• Quality Improvement qualification (QSIR, Lean, Six Sigma or equivalent).

Patients come first at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

Our vision is to be:

• The healthcare provider of first choice for the people of East Sussex.

Our mission is to:

• Deliver better health outcomes and an excellent experience for everyone we provide with healthcare services.

Our strategic objectives are to:

• Improve quality and clinical outcomes by ensuring that safe patient care is our highest priority.
• Play a leading role in local partnerships to meet the needs of our local population and improve and enhance patients’ experiences.
• Use our resources efficiently and effectively for the benefit of our patients and their care to ensure our services are clinically, operationally and financially sustainable.

Our aims are that all services delivered by the Trust are:

• Safe
• Effective
• Caring
• Responsive and
• Well led

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.