Clinical Lead

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

12/18/2024

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. 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.

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to undertake original authoring, development, 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
  
  

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.

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 Government website.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mai Sahor Job title: Business support officer Email address: mai.sahor1@nhs.net