Head of Clinical Safety & Governance responsible for clinical safety standards at the AI health tech company Skin Analytics. Leading risk management, governance frameworks, and regulatory compliance.
Responsibilities
Leading the organisation's approach to clinical risk management, you will ensure robust governance frameworks are in place for our non-medical device digital health products. Your responsibilities will include:
Overseeing proactive and reactive clinical risk assessments across the product portfolio, ensuring appropriate escalation and resolution of clinical incidents
Leading the development of comprehensive safety cases for new products and features from concept through to market launch
Maintaining strategic oversight of clinical risk management documentation and ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements
Partnering with Product, AI, and Technology teams to embed safety considerations throughout the product development lifecycle
You will establish and maintain robust clinical governance frameworks aligned with NHS Clinical Risk Management Standards (DCB0129/DCB0160) and wider healthcare regulatory requirements. This includes:
Designing and monitoring safety KPIs and metrics, with responsibility for identifying systemic risks and driving organisational improvements
Overseeing clinical audit programmes and ensuring findings translate into actionable improvements
Developing and maintaining clinical safety policies, SOPs, and governance structures that support audit-readiness for Care Systems Regulators
Managing post-deployment monitoring activities, including trend analysis of complaints and safety signals across deployed pathways
Requirements
Registered health care professional permitted to practice in the UK (e.g. medicine, pharmacy, nursing, paramedicine) with clinical experience. Professional active registration with GMC, NMC or equivalent body
Have completed appropriate training e.g. NHS Digital’s Clinical Safety Training including Practitioner Training. Practical experience in risk management and its application to clinical domains as applied to Health IT Systems, particularly NHS Digital’s Clinical Safety Standard DCB 0129 and/or DCB 0160.
Critical appraisal and logical reasoning skills
Great written communication skills to work on client materials
Great verbal communication skills to communicate both internally and externally regarding customer safety queries
Active participation in CQC (or other Care System Regulator) inspection
Nice to have (but we can teach you)
Experience of Clinical Risk Management in the manufacturing of a Health IT Solution (i.e. DCB 0129) for a supplier.
Experience of conducting clinical risk management activities in an appropriate clinical setting.
Experience working across multiple healthcare systems—such as private healthcare or international markets—will be highly valued, as will the ability to translate regulatory requirements across different jurisdictions.
Benefits
💰Competitive salary
Share options package - all our employees have ownership in the company
🏥Private healthcare
🌴25 days annual leave (5 day company shutdown in August + bank holidays)
👪Enhanced parental leave - includes adoption & foster
**🚲**Bike to work scheme
💻Training budget
Weekly catch-ups, monthly meetings to talk about you, your ambitions and make plans
🎊Lots of fun social activities including company offsite!
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