Clinical Lead

Job summary In this Clinical Lead role, you will join a varied team 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 the Transformation Directorate. Candidates are required to be registered and regulated health or care professional with high level specialist knowledge and trained Clinical Safety Officers (CSOs). 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 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. 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 the Transformation Directorate. Person Specification – Qualifications Essential Registered and regulated health or care professional with high level specialist knowledge in a key area of practice, holding current professional clinical registration with an appropriate professional body. Substantial post‑registration NHS / Social care experience demonstrated over a number of years. A trained and accredited clinical safety officer with current application in practice. Desirable A trained and accredited clinical safety officer with current application in practice. Person Specification – Knowledge & Experience Experience of NHS quality improvement frameworks, NHS regulatory and compliance frameworks and their requirements. Experience of leading complex organisational assessment processes with a proven understanding of clinical IT systems. Understands the process for developing, embedding and updating evidence‑based clinical content for national products. Person Specification – Skills, Capabilities & Attributes Ability to lead the clinical governance framework through strategic understanding of clinical risk and safety. Takes responsibility for the identification and ownership of clinical risks and issues across the Transformation Directorate. Leads discussions with health and care IT professionals in areas of good practice that impact upon patient and client safety. 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. Employer details Employer name: NHS England Address: Wellington Place, Leeds/London/Exeter, LS1 4AP Job details Date posted: 22 October 2025 Pay scheme: Agenda for change Band: Band 8c Salary: £76,965 to £88,682 a year (exclusive of London weighting) Contract: Fixed term Duration: 12 months Working pattern: Full‑time Reference number: 990‑TD‑CTDCI‑18406‑E Job locations: Wellington Place, Leeds/London/Exeter, LS1 4AP #J-18808-Ljbffr