Senior Clinical Safety Officer | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,952 - £57,349 Per annum + 5% High Cost allowance |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2024 |
| Location: | Basildon, SS15 5NL |
| Company: | Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6338822/364-A-7759 |
Summary
Reporting to the Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, this role supports the delivery of digital transformation with the aim of improving safety, efficiency and quality of care. The Trust is undertaking a full Electronic Patient Record implementation in collaboration with Essex Partnership Trust (EPUT), this role will predominantly work on the governance and co-ordination of clinical risk management for this programme.
The purpose of this role is to promote the role of clinical digital safety within the Trust, helping to build a safety focused culture. This will be achieved by ensuring that the Trust is compliant with the NHS safety standard DCB0160 Clinical Risk Management – its application in the deployment and use of health IT systems. The post holder will be responsible and accountable for ensuring that clinical safety is maintained throughout the lifecycle of the upcoming digital transformation projects, in order to support the Trust’s digital roadmap. In doing so, the Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) will supervise, support and lead other team members who will be expected to work on safety cases for their digital projects/work streams.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Please refer to the attached job description and Person Specification for further information on this role.
This advert closes on Thursday 27 Jun 2024