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Clinical Safety Officer (Core Team) - EPR Programme
The closing date is 15 August 2025
This role is only open to applicants that currently work within an NHS Trust within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (HIOW ICS).
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Acute Care Collaborative have come together as part of the Integrated Care Board (ICB) as an Acute Provider Collaborative (APC) to invest in Electronic Patient Record (EPR) functionality. This is to meet the needs of our whole ICB population, recognising that the organisation of clinical care needs to change and develop radically in order to meet the challenges we face.
A Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) is required to lead all Clinical Safety aspects of the programme to ensure it is delivered in a safe and responsible way for patients.
* Work closely with the core team and local Trust CCIOs, CNIOs and CSOs to lead on clinical risk management across the programme.Ensure the programme conforms to DCB0129 and DCB0160 in the procurement, development and deployment of the single EPR.Develop and provide guidance and support to the programme with regards to clinical risk management practices and process.
* This role is open to Consultants too - and a second advert will be advertised. There is however one role.
* The role will include a mix of home and cross site working.
Main duties of the job
* Review and approve clinical risk management documentation for the programme.
* Recognise, and provide guidance on, potential defects in the inherent design of the chosen EPR, including how unintentional errors may occur, and therefore how the system impacts existing business processes.
* Use judgement to interpret policies and standards to make appropriate decisions to support the delivery and support of the EPR.
* Lead on development of Clinical Safety processes and documentation to ensure the EPR programme record and govern these appropriately.
* Ensure clinical safety is appropriately managed throughout the lifecycle of the EPR.
* Develop and maintain and strategic overview of current knowledge and practice in the field of clinical risk management.
* Attend meetings as required to provide clinical safety advice and guidance to EPR programme decision-making groups.
* Develop, manage and maintain clinical risk management documentation for compliance with DCB0129 and DCB0160 regulations.
Please note: This is a single vacancy. To ensure broad accessibility, the role will be advertised through both general recruitment and medical consultant platforms. However, there is only one position available, and it is open to applicants from both routes, including Consultants.
About us
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Tackling Climate Change:Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, searchHHFT Climate Actionor contactclimateaction@hhft.nhs.uk.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details including main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
* Practising clinical with a senior position within their organisation and current professional registration such as GMC or NMC
* Evidence of continued professional and educational development with evidence of training and qualifications in a relevant health discipline.
* Appropriate Clinical Safety qualification
Experience and Knowledge
* Previous experience of risk management and clinical safety, working in a clinical safety role.
* Experienced at a senior level in a healthcare setting. Clinically competent and credible with frontline staff and senior multi-disciplinary colleagues.
* Knowledge of the application of tools, techniques and skills required to use and maintain a Clinical Risk management System.
* In depth knowledge of digital healthcare systems/applications, human factors and their contribution and control in the context of patient harm.
* In depth understanding of the various digital clinical systems in use across the ICB.
* Knowledge of clinical pathways across the ICB.
Skills and Ability
* Presenting and communicating to large groups.
* Facilitation of multi-professional groups.
* Demonstrates knowledge and ability to advise the senior staff members on professional issues.
* Highly developed communication and influencing skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels, including interpersonal skills, liaison and negotiation skills
* Able to build rapport and credibility with senior clinical and operational colleagues.
* Ability to resolve problems and conflicts by making informed decisions based on complex facts from a range of sources.
* Experience of successfully leading change.
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.
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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