Job summary
Applications are invited for the full time Patient Safety Lead post at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation trust. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Quality team and lead on the Trustwide Patient Safety agenda. The post is open to nursing and allied health professional registrants.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead the completion of specific projects to progress the implement of the National Patient Safety Strategy agenda across the Trust, specifically to support the introduction of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.
The post holder will support clinical leads to design, engage and implement projects to address knowledge or competence deficits, using quality improvement methodologies, human factors of change models and project management techniques, in response to individual organisational patient safety and quality improvement objectives.
The post holder will be highly visible, pro-active, and accessible. They will act as an expert clinical and quality resource: ensuring the sustained delivery of high standards of nursing care to patients from a fit for purpose nursing, midwifery and allied health professional workforce.
The post holder will offer advice and support to service leads to achieve specific outcomes, promoting a quality culture in which continuous improvement in clinical care is both sought and achieved.
About us
Dorset County Hospital sits at the heart of the community as the main provider of acute care to around 250,000 people in the west of Dorset.
At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.
Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities
https://www.dchft.nhs.uk/working-for-us/
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will have specialist skills underpinned by theory and knowledge in professional practice and clinical governance. They will be able to plan and organise their workload considering the complexity of the organisation and professions. They will be able to work in a variety of settings and with mixed ability groups. The post holder will be required to undertake highly complex and skilled tasks, requiring analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options.
Please refer to attached job description and person specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will have specialist skills underpinned by theory and knowledge in professional practice and clinical governance. They will be able to plan and organise their workload considering the complexity of the organisation and professions. They will be able to work in a variety of settings and with mixed ability groups. The post holder will be required to undertake highly complex and skilled tasks, requiring analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options.
Please refer to attached job description and person specification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/AHP
- Masters Level Degree Qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of CPD and advanced skills in various areas
- Evidence of investigation training
Knowledge
Essential
- Experienced registrant working at a senior level
- Track record of successful clinical practice and clinical supervision of nursing practice
- Experience of implementing service change/reconfiguration and modernising services
- Broad clinical experience
- Developing policies and strategies
- Knowledge of the performance management agenda and Quality improvement tools and techniques
- Comprehensive understanding of local and national policy
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Can demonstrate effective communication style
- Can demonstrate highly developed verbal and nonverbal communication skills
- Can demonstrate a high level of organisational skills and ability
- Can demonstrate project management skills
- Advanced presentation skills
- Actively listens and engages
- Exercise judgement involving highly complex facts or situations, which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options
- Ability to work in a complex environment
- Display strong collaborative leadership qualities
- Results driven/outcome focused
- System and process orientated
- Adopts a lateral thinking approach to problem solving
- Open and honest
- Reliable and trustworthy
- Emotional intelligence
- Demonstrates personal resilience
- Recognise limitations
- Enthusiastic and self motivated
- Strong influencing, persuasion and negotiating skills
- Strong Team Player
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/AHP
- Masters Level Degree Qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of CPD and advanced skills in various areas
- Evidence of investigation training
Knowledge
Essential
- Experienced registrant working at a senior level
- Track record of successful clinical practice and clinical supervision of nursing practice
- Experience of implementing service change/reconfiguration and modernising services
- Broad clinical experience
- Developing policies and strategies
- Knowledge of the performance management agenda and Quality improvement tools and techniques
- Comprehensive understanding of local and national policy
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Can demonstrate effective communication style
- Can demonstrate highly developed verbal and nonverbal communication skills
- Can demonstrate a high level of organisational skills and ability
- Can demonstrate project management skills
- Advanced presentation skills
- Actively listens and engages
- Exercise judgement involving highly complex facts or situations, which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options
- Ability to work in a complex environment
- Display strong collaborative leadership qualities
- Results driven/outcome focused
- System and process orientated
- Adopts a lateral thinking approach to problem solving
- Open and honest
- Reliable and trustworthy
- Emotional intelligence
- Demonstrates personal resilience
- Recognise limitations
- Enthusiastic and self motivated
- Strong influencing, persuasion and negotiating skills
- Strong Team Player
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).
