Senior Clinical Safety Officer

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.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve., Working for our organisation
With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.