Job summary
If you are interested in applying for the this role please contact Clementine Burbidge via email at imperial.medicaldirectorsoffice@nhs.net for an application form.
We are looking for members of the public to work alongside staff, volunteers, patients, and families to improve safety within our hospitals. We want to ensure our care is safe, kind and centered around the needs, wants and preferences of our patients and communities. By collaborating with diverse members of the public, we can make changes that make our hospitals safer.
What are patient safety partners?
The patient safety partner role is a new and evolving role designed to help improve patient safety across health care in the UK. The role was developed by NHS England and all hospitals will have them. Patient safety partners can be patients, carers, family members or other lay people, including NHS staff from another organisation. We are looking for people who can represent the different views and diversity of our communities and patients, including those living with different conditions and from different backgrounds, cultures and religions.
Main duties of the job
Day-to-day you are likely to find yourself:
- talking with patients and staff about safety and what matters to them.
- advocating for patients, carers and families and to ensure that their perspectives and considerations are prioritised.
- contributing to safety governance by sitting on relevant committees, reviewing and commenting on meeting papers and reports.
- inputting into how safety issues should be addressed and providing feedback and challenge to enable us to learn and change as an organisation.
- inputting into any relevant strategies and policies.
- helping to develop patient safety information resources.
This is a great opportunity to share your interests, experiences, and skills to help develop the new patient safety partner role and be a part of the team.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational.
We are excited to recruit our first two patient safety partners to work alongside our staff. We can offer you:
- Fun and engaging opportunities
- Flexible hours, days, times
- Involvement payments and reimbursement for reasonable expenses
- A variety of roles all focused on improving the safety and quality of the services we provide to our patients and communities
- The benefit of being part of our active lay partner community
- A full induction
We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location. As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.
Job description
Job responsibilities
How to apply
For more information about the role, or to discuss any adjustments or support you may need, please contact Clementine Burbidge via email at imperial.medicaldirectorsoffice@nhs.net.
If you are interested in applying for the patient safety partner role, please contact Clementine Burbidge via email at imperial.medicaldirectorsoffice@nhs.net for an application form. We will rely on the information you provide in the application form to assess whether you have the skills and experience required for this role.
Before you apply, we recommend you consider: - Why you are interested, including personal experiences in the NHS (or other organisations).
- What skills, past experiences, and insights you feel you can bring to the role.
- Any potential conflicts of interest we should consider.
- Any accessibility issues we need to make adjustments for, or support needs so that we can understand how we can support you to participate fully.
- Please also indicate what days and times of the week are best suited and if there are any you are unable to commit to.
- Applicants are advised to seek further financial advice as involvement payments may have tax implications. This is because thepayments may be regarded as earnings whether you are employed, unemployed, retired, or receiving state benefits. There is an option to opt-out of involvement payments should you wish.
Once you have applied: - Applications will be assessed against the skills and experience required and shortlisted by a panel. Selection will be made on the basis of the content of the application form.
- Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an informal meeting with key colleagues in the organisation. This is to give them the opportunity to understand more about the Trust, the role and the people they will be working with.
- Formal interviews will be arranged for shortlisted applicants.
- All applications will receive a successful or unsuccessful notification.
- Please note that two references will be taken up for successful applicants before starting in the role (these can be personal and/or professional). A DBS check may also be undertaken.
- Successful candidates will then receive information about next steps.
Job description
Job responsibilities
How to apply
For more information about the role, or to discuss any adjustments or support you may need, please contact Clementine Burbidge via email at imperial.medicaldirectorsoffice@nhs.net.
If you are interested in applying for the patient safety partner role, please contact Clementine Burbidge via email at imperial.medicaldirectorsoffice@nhs.net for an application form. We will rely on the information you provide in the application form to assess whether you have the skills and experience required for this role.
Before you apply, we recommend you consider: - Why you are interested, including personal experiences in the NHS (or other organisations).
- What skills, past experiences, and insights you feel you can bring to the role.
- Any potential conflicts of interest we should consider.
- Any accessibility issues we need to make adjustments for, or support needs so that we can understand how we can support you to participate fully.
- Please also indicate what days and times of the week are best suited and if there are any you are unable to commit to.
- Applicants are advised to seek further financial advice as involvement payments may have tax implications. This is because thepayments may be regarded as earnings whether you are employed, unemployed, retired, or receiving state benefits. There is an option to opt-out of involvement payments should you wish.
Once you have applied: - Applications will be assessed against the skills and experience required and shortlisted by a panel. Selection will be made on the basis of the content of the application form.
- Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an informal meeting with key colleagues in the organisation. This is to give them the opportunity to understand more about the Trust, the role and the people they will be working with.
- Formal interviews will be arranged for shortlisted applicants.
- All applications will receive a successful or unsuccessful notification.
- Please note that two references will be taken up for successful applicants before starting in the role (these can be personal and/or professional). A DBS check may also be undertaken.
- Successful candidates will then receive information about next steps.
Person Specification
Skills and abilities
Essential
- oAbility to review, digest and comprehend a range of information and opinions
- oAbility to plan and manage your own time
- oAbility to reflect the different views and diversity of patients/users including those living with different conditions and from different backgrounds.
- oBe supportive and innovative in delivering change.
- oAbility to attend and actively contribute to quality improvement workshops and other meetings, providing and being open to constructive challenge.
- oAbility to think widely about safety, health and wellbeing as well as service delivery and improvement.
Experience
Essential
- oConfidence to communicate well verbally with senior leaders about strategic issues, as an advocate for patient safety.
- oExperience of handling and communicating about potentially upsetting or emotional information. Self-awareness to manage the situation and be open to support if required
- oMaintain confidentiality of sensitive/confidential information adhere to Data Protection Act (DPA) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements
Person Specification
Skills and abilities
Essential
- oAbility to review, digest and comprehend a range of information and opinions
- oAbility to plan and manage your own time
- oAbility to reflect the different views and diversity of patients/users including those living with different conditions and from different backgrounds.
- oBe supportive and innovative in delivering change.
- oAbility to attend and actively contribute to quality improvement workshops and other meetings, providing and being open to constructive challenge.
- oAbility to think widely about safety, health and wellbeing as well as service delivery and improvement.
Experience
Essential
- oConfidence to communicate well verbally with senior leaders about strategic issues, as an advocate for patient safety.
- oExperience of handling and communicating about potentially upsetting or emotional information. Self-awareness to manage the situation and be open to support if required
- oMaintain confidentiality of sensitive/confidential information adhere to Data Protection Act (DPA) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements
Additional information
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).
