Overview
The Digital Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) is a specialist patient safety role responsible for supporting the ongoing delivery of the Digital Clinical System (DCS) across East Cheshire NHS Trust (ECT) and Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT). The postholder will optimise and maintain the clinical risk management process in line with national standards, including ensuring the digital infrastructure and staff skills meet the requirements of DCB 0160 – the Deployment and Use of Health IT Systems. The CSO will evaluate and test the DCS modules as they develop and assess their impact on clinical areas, producing clinical safety case reports, risk and hazard logs, and recommendations for improvement as appropriate.
Responsibilities
* Act as the appointed Clinical Safety Officer for the DCS and operate on behalf of ECT and MCHFT.
* Provide specialist clinical safety expertise and support to colleagues across the two Trusts in relation to the DCS.
* Develop, maintain and refine robust systems and processes for identifying and addressing patient safety risks associated with the DCS and its wider environment.
* Optimise and maintain Clinical Risk Management (CRM) processes in accordance with national standards (e.g., DCB 0160, Health and Social Care Act 2012).
* Ensure Clinical Safety is considered throughout the lifetime of the DCS, identifying and mitigating associated clinical risks through continual risk assessments as the system matures.
Qualifications
* Essential: Masters degree or equivalent in a health-related subject.
* Desirable: Clinical Safety Officer Training (Practitioner level).
Experience
* Essential: Experience of clinical risk management.
* Desirable: Previous experience as a CCIO, CNIO, Digital Midwife or Digital AHP role.
Skills
* Essential: Excellent analysis and interpretation skills and problem-solving abilities.
Other information
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Applicants may be asked to provide information for standard background checks as part of the application process.
UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information, see the NHS Careers website.
Applicant information
Employer: Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Locations: MCHFT & East Cheshire Trust, Leighton Hospital, Middlewich Road, Crewe, CW1 4QJ
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