Digital Clinical Safety Training Specialist
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Yeovil, BA20 2EN |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 7 Aug 2026 |
| Closing date: | 16 Aug 2026 |
Summary
Provide strategic clinical, digital and informatics leadership for the GPSU digital clinical safety training capability. Lead the design, delivery and evaluation of digital clinical safety training for Clinical Safety Officers, Safety Engineers, digital leads, operational leads and Top Management. Support General Practice and PCNs to understand their responsibilities under DCB0160 when procuring, deploying, maintaining and decommissioning digital health technologies. Provide expert advice on DCB0129 supplier evidence, clinical risk management, hazard assessment, safety cases and digital governance. Champion digital clinical safety as an enabler of ethical, safe and effective care. Support local and regional digital transformation by engaging with General Practice staff, PCNs, provider organisations, commissioners, LMCs, training hubs and regional networks. Develop a regional Community of Practice to retain and grow NHS-owned digital clinical safety capability. Contribute to business cases, funding models and service sustainability plans for the GPSU digital clinical safety training offer.Key Responsibilities Strategic Clinical, Digital and Informatics Leadership Provide high-quality clinical and informatics leadership across the GPSU digital clinical safety training programme. Act as an ambassador for safe, ethical and effective digital transformation in General Practice and primary care. Work with GPSU senior leaders, digital teams and clinical safety colleagues to agree priorities, delivery plans and governance arrangements. Influence strategic and operational decision-making relating to digital health technologies, clinical risk management and digital safety training Promote digital clinical safety as a core patient safety discipline rather than a compliance-only activity. Digital Clinical Safety Training Design and Delivery Design, develop and deliver a tiered digital clinical safety training offer, including: Introduction to Digital Clinical Safety Top Management awareness sessions Practitioner workshops for CSOs, Safety Engineers and operational leads Community of Practice sessions. Use practical General Practice and provider-based examples to bring clinical risk management principles to life. Develop and maintain training materials, exercises, case studies, evaluation forms and pre/post-confidence assessments. Support learners to apply digital clinical safety principles to live digital health technology deployments. Evaluate training quality, learner satisfaction and confidence improvement, using feedback to continuously improve the offer. Clinical Risk Management and Safety Assurance Provide expert guidance on DCB0129, DCB0160 and the clinical risk management lifecycle. Support practices, PCNs and partner organisations to understand deployment responsibilities, supplier responsibilities and local governance requirements. Advise on hazard identification, risk assessment, mitigation planning, safety case development and hazard log maintenance. Support safe adoption of digital tools including AI-enabled technologies, Ambient Voice Technologies, clinical decision support, patient communication tools and Software as a Medical Device where relevant. Promote proportionate and practical clinical risk management that reflects the realities of General Practice workload, capacity and operational pressure. Primary Care Digital Transformation and Informatics Work with practices and PCNs to support improvement, best practice and safe implementation of digital transformation initiatives. Enable, promote and support the effective use of data, information, knowledge and technology to improve health and care delivery. Provide clinical oversight and practical expertise to informatics-enabled change programmes and digital care models. Support adoption and spread of digital tools by helping stakeholders understand benefits, risks, governance requirements and safe operating models. Use feedback from staff, patients, incidents, complaints and safety concerns to identify themes, trends and learning relating to digital care models. Governance, Quality and Patient Safety Support GPSU governance arrangements for the digital clinical safety training service. Ensure clinical governance, digital safety and quality issues are appropriately reported, escalated and coordinated. Support the development of practical governance resources, including: hazard log templates clinical safety case templates DCB0160 deployment checklists supplier DCB0129 review checklists procurement safety checklists Top Management guidance incident and post-deployment monitoring guidance. Support organisational learning from digital clinical safety incidents, near misses and deployment issues. Contribute to quarterly reporting on activity, quality, capability, financial value, safety and governance metrics. Stakeholder Engagement and System Partnership Build strong working relationships with GP practices, PCNs, LMCs, ICBs, provider organisations, NHS England regional teams, digital networks and training partners. Represent GPSU at relevant meetings, forums, webinars and communities of practice. Support collaborative working with CNIOs, CCIOs, Clinical Safety Officers, digital leads, patient safety leads and quality improvement colleagues. Influence stakeholders across organisational and professional boundaries to support safe digital adoption. Promote a system-first approach, supporting consistent, high-quality digital clinical safety capability across localities Community of Practice and Professional Development Establish and facilitate a Digital Clinical Safety Community of Practice for trained CSOs, Clinical Safety Specialists, digital leads and operational colleagues. Provide mentoring, coaching and peer support to individuals developing digital clinical safety responsibilities. Support GPSU colleagues and partner organisations to build local capability in clinical risk management. Bring in subject matter experts on specialist topics such as AI, Medical Device Regulations, Software as a Medical Device, supplier assurance and incident learning. Promote continuing professional development and professional standards in digital health and clinical safety. Service Development, Evaluation and Sustainability Support development of the GPSU digital clinical safety training service specification, delivery model and sustainability plan Contribute to business cases, funding proposals, value propositions and income-generation opportunities. Monitor demand, training outputs, satisfaction, confidence improvement, cost avoidance and wider service impact. Produce written reports, briefings and evaluation summaries for GPSU and partner organisations.Contribute to the 12-month evaluation report and recommendations for year two