Job summary
Is patient safety always at the forefront of your mind?
Are you excited at the prospect of leading our patient safety agenda?
If so, our Band 8b Patient Safety Specialist role may be just the one for you.
We are seeking a self-motivated, dynamic and forward-thinking professional to join our Clinical Governance Team to lead the Patient Safety agenda. You will be a registered clinician (Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Psychologist, etc.) with both the experience and motivation to support the development of the patient safety culture within the Trust, ensuring the patient is at the centre of everything we do.
In line with our ongoing ambition to drive forward our patient safety agenda and the national NHS Patient Safety Strategy, we have an opportunity to join our team as a Patient Safety Specialist.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will work closely and collaboratively with those within the Trust supporting an aligned approach to the improvement of safety.
The purpose of the Patient Safety Specialist role is to lead our local implementation of the NHS patient safety strategy, by supporting the three strategic aims of:
- Improving understanding of safety (insight).
- Equipping patients, staff and partners with the skills and opportunities to improve patient safety (involvement).
- Designing and supporting programmes that deliver effective and sustainable change (improvement).
We need you to provide compassionate and collaborative senior leadership, visibility and expert support to our patient safety strategy.
About us
We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
Working in Sussex & Hampshire:
- Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns.
- Enjoy a range of beautiful rural settings and bustling city locations.
- With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In order to be a successful Patient Safety Specialist in our team you will be:
Registered with the NMC or HCPC via a core professional qualification Applications are welcomed from Nurses & Allied Health Professionals.
Experienced in working with patient safety initiatives.
Comfortable working in a leadership role.
Experienced in working within a mental health setting.
- Experienced in driving positive change.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Please apply using the link in this advert or, for more information explore the attachments or contact:
Liz Chamberlain: Liz.Chamberlain@spft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
In order to be a successful Patient Safety Specialist in our team you will be:
Registered with the NMC or HCPC via a core professional qualification Applications are welcomed from Nurses & Allied Health Professionals.
Experienced in working with patient safety initiatives.
Comfortable working in a leadership role.
Experienced in working within a mental health setting.
- Experienced in driving positive change.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Please apply using the link in this advert or, for more information explore the attachments or contact:
Liz Chamberlain: Liz.Chamberlain@spft.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level
- Professional registration such as RMN,OT, psychologist
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
Desirable
- Post-graduate patient safety qualification or previous experience
- Quality improvement qualification or previous experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a patient safety-related role with an understanding of the principles that underpin approaches to improving patient safety in health systems.
- Experience and knowledge of the components of clinical governance, incident response, risk management and assurance function; current NHS national policies, standards, requirements and directions that relate to measuring and improving the quality and safety of patient care.
- Experience of working in a strategic leadership role supporting Board Executives.
- Knowledge of the NHS patient safety strategy and how it can be implemented.
- Experience of implementing national guidelines and policies with the ability to interpret national advice, guidance and requirements and advise their organisation on how these should be implemented.
- Experience in project/change management in a healthcare environment and driving improvement for the safety of patients.
- Experience of working collaboratively with patients/service/ stakeholders to improve quality of service by co-design.
Desirable
- Experience of developing & delivering training programmes.
Skills, capabilities & attributes
Essential
- Ability to interpret complex information (including patient safety incident data, administrative data, mortality data) that may conflict and where expert opinion may differ.
- Ability to develop and communicate a vision, and convert that into plans, objectives and deliverables working to tight and often changing deadlines.
- Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships and deal confidently with staff at all levels of an organisation.
- High quality presentation skills and ability to provide and effectively communicate highly complex, sensitive and contentious information to staff, patients and relatives / carers, particularly where a potentially antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere may present significant barriers to acceptance.
- Ability to travel across sites.
Values & behaviours
Essential
- WAbility to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the organisational values.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level
- Professional registration such as RMN,OT, psychologist
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
Desirable
- Post-graduate patient safety qualification or previous experience
- Quality improvement qualification or previous experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a patient safety-related role with an understanding of the principles that underpin approaches to improving patient safety in health systems.
- Experience and knowledge of the components of clinical governance, incident response, risk management and assurance function; current NHS national policies, standards, requirements and directions that relate to measuring and improving the quality and safety of patient care.
- Experience of working in a strategic leadership role supporting Board Executives.
- Knowledge of the NHS patient safety strategy and how it can be implemented.
- Experience of implementing national guidelines and policies with the ability to interpret national advice, guidance and requirements and advise their organisation on how these should be implemented.
- Experience in project/change management in a healthcare environment and driving improvement for the safety of patients.
- Experience of working collaboratively with patients/service/ stakeholders to improve quality of service by co-design.
Desirable
- Experience of developing & delivering training programmes.
Skills, capabilities & attributes
Essential
- Ability to interpret complex information (including patient safety incident data, administrative data, mortality data) that may conflict and where expert opinion may differ.
- Ability to develop and communicate a vision, and convert that into plans, objectives and deliverables working to tight and often changing deadlines.
- Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships and deal confidently with staff at all levels of an organisation.
- High quality presentation skills and ability to provide and effectively communicate highly complex, sensitive and contentious information to staff, patients and relatives / carers, particularly where a potentially antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere may present significant barriers to acceptance.
- Ability to travel across sites.
Values & behaviours
Essential
- WAbility to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the organisational values.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
