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Job summary

Main area
Clinical Lead
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8c
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
990-TD-CTDCI-6846016-E
Employer
NHS England
Employer type
NHS
Site
NHS England Office in Leeds/London
Town
Leeds/London
Salary
£74,290 - £85,601 per annum (exclusive of London Weighting)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/01/2025 23:59

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Clinical Lead

NHS AfC: Band 8c

Our Organisation

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.

As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition,Ìýalthough the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for experienced clinicians to join the Transformation Directorate's Digital Clinical Informatics team. We are recruiting for a Senior Clinical Informatics Specialist within the NHS Pathways team.

NHS Pathways is an evidence-based suite of clinical content that supports Urgent & Emergency care within the NHS.Ìý It is used across NHS 111 and 999 Telephony, NHS 111 Online and in Urgent and emergency Treatment centres. Our clinical team uses system data and clinical acumen to develop, and maintain, the questions, care advice and algorithms, continuously improving the product for use in Urgent and Emergency Care.

The system underpins the largest telephone triage system in the world and enables the triage of approximately 25 million calls annually.

The clinical content of the system is governed by the National Clinical Advisory Group, which has representation from all the major, relevant Royal Colleges, chaired by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.

Our clinical team uses system data and clinical acumen to develop, and maintain, the questions, care advice and algorithms, continuously improving the product for use in Urgent and Emergency Care.

Main duties of the job

  • Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to undertake original authoring,Ìýdevelopment, review and maintenance of the clinical content of NHS Pathways.
  • Providing highly specialist Urgent & Emergency Care Clinical Informatics advice and input into the development and maintenance of the NHS Pathways Clinical Decision Support System.
  • Analysing and interpreting large data sets such as patient outcome data and system data, clinical evidence and research, national clinical guidance to inform development of the product.
  • Engagement with stakeholders within NHS England such as Emergency Call Prioritisation Advisory Group, Clinical Coding Reference Group, National and externally with the National Clinical Assurance Group, Resus UK, Association of Medical Directors, Association of Ambulance Chief Executives and NHS 111 and 999 provider forums.
  • Support the transformation programme of NHS Pathways
  • Liaise with the systems development team to ensure that the system is clinically safe and provides accurate and timely information to client, in line with NHS service requirements
  • Liaison with the wider clinical community in relation to both the clinical development of Pathways and the implementation of the Pathways system.
  • Undertake on-call responsibilities as the first point of contact in an emergency

Working for our organisation

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

  • Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
  • Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
  • Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
  • Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
  • Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visitÌýhttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the .Ìý

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Lead in representing NHS Pathways at national governance meetings such as National Clinical Assurance Governance Group.
  • Lead NHS Pathways in responding to Coroners inquests, Regulation 28’s and HSSIB investigations.
  • Using your current specialist Urgent & Emergency Care/Tirage knowledge you will lead the Clinical Informatics Manager in undertaking the original authoring, development, review and maintenance of the clinical content of NHS Pathways.
  • Leading the NHS England Digital Clinical Governance Framework, working across services, programmes, and projects.
  • Responsible for the delivery and implementation of clinical governance, continuous quality improvement, clinical safety, and clinical benefits delivery.
  • Provides highly specialised clinical informatics advice and expertise to both clinical and non-clinical staff
  • Represents and promotes understanding of the voice of citizens and patients in digital healthcare-related for a.
  • Influences and establishes the respect of clinical and non-clinical professionals at all levels

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Currently registered and regulated health or social care professional with significant evidence of continued professional development
Desirable criteria
  • You will be a UK registered clinician with proven credibility and the ability to command respect from clinical and non-clinical professionals

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of ensuring that there is a clinical safety focus throughout the life cycle of programmes and services
  • Proven high-level experience of supporting delivery of complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
Desirable criteria
  • Extensive knowledge in the development and maintenance of Clinical Decision Support Systems such as NHS Pathways.
  • Demonstrable experience of clinical governance frameworks with a strategic understanding of clinical risk and clinical safety, applied through risk assessment and clinical safety methodology

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to clearly communicate informatics-related work, including being able to explain the clinical requirements and safety processes to non-clinical stakeholders so that they understand them and can comply with safety and assurance processes
Desirable criteria
  • 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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mai Sahor
Job title
Business support officer
Email address
[email protected]