Clinical informatics and clinical safety
3 roles. The UK GDaD PCF has no matching family, so this reference defines these roles.
Clinical informatician
Clinical informaticians are registered clinicians, such as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals, who use their clinical knowledge to shape the organisation's digital health services. They make sure that clinical systems, data, and decision support fit the way care is delivered, are safe to use, and improve outcomes for patients and the experience of clinicians and care staff.
- Band 6 Clinical informatics specialist
- Band 7 Senior clinical informatician
- Band 8a Lead clinical informatician
- Band 8c Head of clinical informatics
Clinical safety officer
Clinical safety officers are registered clinicians who make sure the health IT systems the organisation builds, buys, and deploys are safe for patients. They run the clinical risk management process, lead hazard identification, own hazard logs, and write and sign off clinical safety case reports, using clinical risk management standards such as ISO 14971 and IEC 80001-1.
- Band 7 Clinical safety officer
- Band 8a Senior clinical safety officer
- Band 8b Head of clinical safety
Chief clinical information officer
The chief clinical information officer (CCIO) is the senior clinical leader for digital. They set the clinical direction for the organisation's digital services, lead clinical informatics and clinical safety, and make sure that digital investment improves patient care, safety, and the working lives of clinicians and care staff. They are usually practising clinicians who sit on, or advise, the executive team.