Digital Clinical Safety Officer | Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 18 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £64,455 - £74,896 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 October 2025 |
| Location: | Truro, TR1 3LJ |
| Company: | Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7490388/156-7152013-B |
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 insupporting 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.
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 thedigital clinical safetyeffectiveness team. They will line manage thedigital 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.
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 establishedSouth West Clinical School in Cornwallexists 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
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• 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
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We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.
We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.
This advert closes on Thursday 2 Oct 2025