Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the Patient Safety Team and the transition from the SI Framework to PSIRF.
Applications are invited from experienced and dedicated individuals, who are passionate about improving patient safety.
The Head of Patient Safety is responsible for the oversight and management of a centralised patient safety team and the operational management of the roll out of PSIRF and local patient safety improvement plans.
They will provide strong leadership to senior management ensuring, that effective management and performance systems are in place relating to Quality & Patient Safety.
We have an ambitious delivery plan covering key areas of Safety Culture, Data & Insight, Patient Safety Frameworks, Professionalism, Delivery of Safe Patient Services, Shared Learning and Leadership and Governance. The successful post holder would a be a core part of the team involved in the delivery of this plan.
The post holder will participate in training to ensure they are fully trained in the national patient safety syllabus, ensuring that MTW is equipped with dedicated highly skilled patient safety professionals, helping to provide consistency across the organisation with the ICB and national best practice in our approach to patient safety.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for leading the Trusts Patient Safety Team and patient safety infrastructure. They will lead and manage their team in the development of key patient safety systems and processes. They will support directorates and divisions to deliver effective incident reporting processes via the Trusts assigned safety system. They will co-ordinate the Trusts patient safety investigation processes ensuring these are reporting to external agencies as required, in a timely and supportive way for our patients.
They will ensure patient safety assurance meetings are effective. Ensuring their respective governance reports and data flows effectively from ward to board to allow patient safety information to be accessible in a way that allows trends and learning to be identified and acted on with ease.
The post includes being jointly responsible for raising the profile of Patient Safety within the organisation, providing a visible presence to frontline staff, with active participation in the work of the Integrated Care System (ICS), NHSI (NHS Improvement) and NHSE (NHS England).
About us
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent. The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex. The Trust's core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country. We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
Interview Date: TBC
Job description
Job responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
Interview Date: TBC
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Trained in Systems-based approach to investigations via HSIB or equivalent
- A strong commitment to continuing professional development
- Trained in the online Patient Safety Syllabus Level 1 & 2
- Willingness to work towards Degree level / MSc level education
Desirable
- Masters level study or equivalent relevant working experience in the same field
- Professional Registration e.g. NMC, HCPC, etc.
- Teaching Qualification
- Risk management related qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in NHS leadership role (band 7 within quality governance/patient safety role or equivalent)
- Detailed working knowledge of the 2015 NHS Patient Safety Framework / 2022 Patient Safety Framework
- Experience of facilitating change, including ability to motivate staff and change behaviours and attitudes
Desirable
- Previous experience of managing budgets
- Experience of "People" management in the NHS Acute Sector
- Experience of CQC inspections
Skills
Essential
- Effective management of competing priorities, meeting personal and service targets within a fluctuating and demanding workload
- Ability to think clearly, facilitate and challenge appropriately and communicate effectively with staff of all disciplines (across all levels of the organisation) and distressed patients / relatives
- Political astuteness and ability to represent the Trust and profession, locally and nationally when required Ability to break bad news to patients, relatives or staff
- Sound IT skills (Microsoft Office, Word, Excel), manipulation and extraction of key information from multiple source databases (Datix, Inphase / Excel) Ability to translate highly complex or technical information in a simple, clear concise manner to staff or patients
Desirable
- Ability to work cooperatively within the Trusts senior management team and develop effective working relationships within and across divisions
- The proven ability to manage and deliver within a given budget
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Trained in Systems-based approach to investigations via HSIB or equivalent
- A strong commitment to continuing professional development
- Trained in the online Patient Safety Syllabus Level 1 & 2
- Willingness to work towards Degree level / MSc level education
Desirable
- Masters level study or equivalent relevant working experience in the same field
- Professional Registration e.g. NMC, HCPC, etc.
- Teaching Qualification
- Risk management related qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in NHS leadership role (band 7 within quality governance/patient safety role or equivalent)
- Detailed working knowledge of the 2015 NHS Patient Safety Framework / 2022 Patient Safety Framework
- Experience of facilitating change, including ability to motivate staff and change behaviours and attitudes
Desirable
- Previous experience of managing budgets
- Experience of "People" management in the NHS Acute Sector
- Experience of CQC inspections
Skills
Essential
- Effective management of competing priorities, meeting personal and service targets within a fluctuating and demanding workload
- Ability to think clearly, facilitate and challenge appropriately and communicate effectively with staff of all disciplines (across all levels of the organisation) and distressed patients / relatives
- Political astuteness and ability to represent the Trust and profession, locally and nationally when required Ability to break bad news to patients, relatives or staff
- Sound IT skills (Microsoft Office, Word, Excel), manipulation and extraction of key information from multiple source databases (Datix, Inphase / Excel) Ability to translate highly complex or technical information in a simple, clear concise manner to staff or patients
Desirable
- Ability to work cooperatively within the Trusts senior management team and develop effective working relationships within and across divisions
- The proven ability to manage and deliver within a given budget
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).
