Patient Safety Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The role of Patient Safety Manager will promote a culture in which reporting of incidents and learning is routine practice and recognised by staff as improving the quality of clinical care and reducing risks.

The post-holder will work autonomously and will lead on the development, management and support mechanisms for learning from patient safety events in line with the Trust's Patient Safety Incident Response Policy and Plan and excellence in practice.

The post-holder will be responsible for the collection and analysis of complex information from a number of sources, and producing high quality investigation reports alongside developing an implementation plan working in collaboration with relevant professional and governance leads

The post-holder will support Care Groups in patient safety improvement activities with the aim of proactively reducing risks to patient safety and unanticipated adverse events. They will actively participate as a member of the Patient Safety Team to ensure compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements.

The post-holder will work across the organisation, providing support, expert advice and guidance to the Care Groups, Corporate Nursing and Medical Directorate teams on the delivery of sustained continuous patient safety and quality improvements.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working within the acute sector of the NHS
• Experience of quality, safety and governance working in a complex organisation

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with partner organisations and Regulators

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Post graduate degree diploma level or equivalent or a related subject and/or relevant work experience
• Knowledge of Quality Improvement Methodologies

Desirable criteria

• Leadership and management training/qualification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Patient Safety Manager Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 387.8KB)
• Additional Information (PDF, 308.1KB)
• Our Promise (PDF, 313.3KB)
• Remarkable People (PDF, 3.4MB)