Job summary
In this Clinical Lead role, you will join
avariedpool of clinicians from different professions, working on
products and services across NHS England's Transformation Directorate. You will
play a key role in shaping the safe delivery of national programmes to provide
clear benefits for citizens and patients, and support clinicians to provide
better care.
Our Clinical Leads provide the framework and
direction for our Clinical Informaticians working across programmes and
involved in large scale change, as well as providing a key clinical voice to
programme teams within Transformation Directorate.
The post holder(s) will support internal clinical
safety and assurance activities, and provide oversight of the clinical aspects
of programmes and projects within Transformation Directorate, deputising for
the Senior Clinical Lead across a range of functions.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will be required to have regular
contact with internal and external stakeholders and will often need to engage
with them over sensitive, complex and contentious issues. You will also be
expected to lead and support other clinicians across the organisation, ensuring
programmes and services have access to appropriate clinical support and are
represented in externally facing Programme Boards, Clinical Reference Panels or
Clinical Advisory Groups.
You will join a multi-professional team of experienced clinicians with a
variety of clinical backgrounds, all of whom have chosen informatics as a
specialist area of expertise. You will be joining the team at an exciting time,
as the role of clinical informaticians becomes more important than ever before
in supporting the safe and effective use of technology across health and social
care services, for the benefit of patients and citizens.
About us
We are a great place to work.What we do matters.
From April 2023, NHS England, Health Education England and NHS Digital became one single organisation, putting workforce, data, digital and technology at the heart of our plans to transform the NHS. Our mission, to use data and technology to improve lives remains and we are currently recruiting critical, priority roles. Successful applicants should be aware that roles may be subject to change in the new organisation.
NHS England leads the NHS in England to deliver
high quality care for all. We support NHS organisations to deliver better
outcomes for our patients and communities, work to get the best possible value
for taxpayers, and drive improvement across the NHS. This includes improving
the health of the population and the quality of care, tackling inequalities,
and delivering care more efficiently.
Our outstanding teams are passionate about technology and public service,
making use of everyones skills to improve peoples lives.
We collaborate to deliver world class tech and
intelligence, so come and join us. We are committed to sustainability,
diversity and inclusion; our people are at the heart of what we do.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In this Clinical Lead role, you will join a varied pool of clinicians from different professions, working on products and services across NHS England's Transformation Directorate. You will play a key role in shaping the safe delivery of national programmes to provide clear benefits for citizens and patients, and support clinicians to provide better care.
Our Clinical Leads provide the framework and direction for our Clinical Informaticians working across programmes and involved in large scale change, as well as providing a key clinical voice to programme teams within Transformation Directorate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In this Clinical Lead role, you will join a varied pool of clinicians from different professions, working on products and services across NHS England's Transformation Directorate. You will play a key role in shaping the safe delivery of national programmes to provide clear benefits for citizens and patients, and support clinicians to provide better care.
Our Clinical Leads provide the framework and direction for our Clinical Informaticians working across programmes and involved in large scale change, as well as providing a key clinical voice to programme teams within Transformation Directorate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- registered and regulated health or care professional with high level specialist knowledge
Experience
Essential
- demonstrable experience of NHS quality improvement frameworks, NHS regulatory and compliance frameworks and their requirements
- demonstrable knowledge of clinical informatics initiatives and a passion for digitisation of the health and care system.
- ability to lead and monitor the ongoing research and development of evidence-based clinical guidelines, that reflect national guidance and ensure safe systems of working across Transformation Directorate.
- ability to effectively lead the clinical governance framework through a strategic understanding of clinical risk and clinical safety, applied through risk assessment and clinical safety methodology; proven ability of monitoring clinical governance processes to facilitate delivery at pace while mitigating and taking managed risks
- demonstrates expert understanding and application of GDPR, Caldicott principles and The Data Protection Act security and confidentiality principles
- proven experience of leading effective engagement with key stakeholders, professional communities, and system users to ensure high quality clinical input into major projects / initiatives that have delivered substantial service improvements
- demonstrable people and professional leadership skills that empower, support, and develop teams to achieve the high performance and enable team members to reach their full potential.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- registered and regulated health or care professional with high level specialist knowledge
Experience
Essential
- demonstrable experience of NHS quality improvement frameworks, NHS regulatory and compliance frameworks and their requirements
- demonstrable knowledge of clinical informatics initiatives and a passion for digitisation of the health and care system.
- ability to lead and monitor the ongoing research and development of evidence-based clinical guidelines, that reflect national guidance and ensure safe systems of working across Transformation Directorate.
- ability to effectively lead the clinical governance framework through a strategic understanding of clinical risk and clinical safety, applied through risk assessment and clinical safety methodology; proven ability of monitoring clinical governance processes to facilitate delivery at pace while mitigating and taking managed risks
- demonstrates expert understanding and application of GDPR, Caldicott principles and The Data Protection Act security and confidentiality principles
- proven experience of leading effective engagement with key stakeholders, professional communities, and system users to ensure high quality clinical input into major projects / initiatives that have delivered substantial service improvements
- demonstrable people and professional leadership skills that empower, support, and develop teams to achieve the high performance and enable team members to reach their full potential.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
