Job summary
12 month secondment
To provide leadership for patient safety throughout the organisation and ensuring that safety is prioritised and implemented in line with national guidance and the Trusts contractual requirements.
To provide assurance to the Trust Board, our commissioners and regulators ensuring a high-quality approach to patient safety is embedded.
To lead the Trusts Mortality & Morbidity process ensuring compliance with national guidance and requirements.
To support the implementation and embedding of the NHFT patient safety strategy
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
Provide line management to the patient safety team, including specialty leads such as Falls Lead and Medical Devices Lead
Provide expert knowledge to all members of staff on patient safety which includes, but not limited to, incident management, learning from incidents, human factors analysis, national patient safety guidance and initiatives and learning from deaths
Through management of the Mortality Lead, ensure the Trust has processes in place to respond to and learn from unexpected deaths effectively and efficiently. Quality assures the processes ensuring the Trust is meeting national standards and targets.
Ensure the Learning Disability Services are utilising and adhering to the LeDeR Programme through support and education
Support the Trust to implement and deliver the requirements set out in NHS England's Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) and collaborate with relevant services to facilitate and embed learning from patient safety incidents.
Support annual review of the Trust's Patient Safety Incident Response Plan (PSIRP), in line with the requirements of PSIRF, provide detailed analysis and triangulation of patient safety data from a range of IT systems (including, Datix, SMART reports, Learning From Patient Safety Events (LFPSE), StEIS) for ongoing quality improvement projects that directly affect patient outcomes.
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Person Specification
Education, qualifications and training
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification, or equivalent experience in managing complex incidents, complaints, and investigations
- Training in SEIPS/Human Factors
- Clinical qualification
Desirable
- Project Management qualification
- Quality Improvement training to fundamentals level
Experience
Essential
- Operational experience in the NHS - a minimum of 3 years working in a senior clinical role
- Knowledge of PSIRF and corporate and clinical governance at an operational level
- Experience investigating serious incidents.
- Demonstrable experience of working in complex change environments with multiple stakeholders and securing their engagement
Desirable
- Experience of working across multiple organisations Working with patients and service users
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Essential
- Excellent report writing skills
- Knowledge of PSIRF
- Excellent verbal and written skills and presenting to large groups
Person Specification
Education, qualifications and training
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification, or equivalent experience in managing complex incidents, complaints, and investigations
- Training in SEIPS/Human Factors
- Clinical qualification
Desirable
- Project Management qualification
- Quality Improvement training to fundamentals level
Experience
Essential
- Operational experience in the NHS - a minimum of 3 years working in a senior clinical role
- Knowledge of PSIRF and corporate and clinical governance at an operational level
- Experience investigating serious incidents.
- Demonstrable experience of working in complex change environments with multiple stakeholders and securing their engagement
Desirable
- Experience of working across multiple organisations Working with patients and service users
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Essential
- Excellent report writing skills
- Knowledge of PSIRF
- Excellent verbal and written skills and presenting to large groups
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
