Senior Clinical Lead

In this Senior Clinical Lead role, you will work within a multidisciplinary clinical team across NHS England’s Transformation Directorate, delivering national Primary Care and General Practice digital programmes.

As a Senior Medical Leader in Primary Care Informatics within the DCI team, you will lead a multi‑professional team supported by Clinical Leads, with responsibility for overseeing the design, planning and implementation of Primary Care digital products and developments, including patient safety‑related elements.

You will provide a strong, authoritative clinical voice, shaping the safe delivery of programmes that improve outcomes for patients and citizens. The role includes senior engagement with General Practice, Medical Royal Colleges and Unions, and chairing relevant national forums as appropriate.

Applicants Must

Be a trained and experienced Clinical Safety Officer, with high‑level specialist knowledge and experience of clinical safety, assurance and risk management within digital health environments.

This post is being advertised on a multidisciplinary basis and is open to applicants on Agenda for Change, Medical or NHS Leader pay frameworks, dependent on professional background and experience.

Key Responsibilities Will Include

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 and expert clinical informatics advice and expertise to both clinical and non-clinical staff. Representing and promoting understanding of the voice of citizens and patients in digital healthcare-related fora. Demonstrates experience, credibility and the ability to influence and establish the respect of clinical and non-clinical professionals at all levels. Leading effective engagement with key stakeholders, professional communities and system users to ensure high-quality clinical input into NHS England activities.

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 visit https://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.

If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including; statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment process to inform us if you do not consent.

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

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rishi Mannan Job title: Deputy Director Digital Safety Email address: Rishi.mannan1@nhs.net