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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will play a significant role in ensuring that NHFT continues to be a learning organisation. Ensuring that patient safety and lessons learnt are part of the fundamental principles of every member of team NHFT, clinical and non-clinical.
The post holder will champion patient safety improvement and ensure that systems thinking, human factors understanding and just culture principles are at the heart of patient safety.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the Trust has in place good governance, systems, and processes to ensure the implementation of the NHS patient safety strategy and framework.
The post holder with provide leadership and have management responsibility for a portfolio of services that have a role in patient safety. This includes and are not exclusive to, patient safety team, infection prevention and control team, complaints and PALS, safeguarding, patient experience and involvement.
The post hlder will ensure that patient and carer experience are central to patient safety. That patient, the public and staff are central to the concept of co-production in the Trust and that co-production is part for the culture of the Trust.
In addition, the post holder will ensure the development of effective policies and local approaches to partnership working to ensure that services provided and commissioned reflect the diverse demand, need and aspirations of the community served. This will include providing expert advice, strategic direction and a robust assurance-seeking, quality improvement focus across the Trust. The post holder will lead the continued development of an integrated and proactive approach to learning from patient and service user feedback and outcomes.
The post holder will work as part of a wider team in ensuring that patient safety is appropriately prioritised and considered in the work of NHFT. They should build and maintain good working relationships with a board range of internal and external stakeholders on issue relating to patient safety.
Person specification
Senior experience working within a Mental Health Trust
- Experience working at a senior clinical or operational level within a Mental Health Trust.
Patient safety leadership experience
- Significant experience in a patient safety-related role, leading safety improvement and learning.
National policy interpretation and implementation
- Proven ability to interpret national patient safety policy and implement it at organisational level.
Senior management of complex services and teams
- Experience managing multi disciplinary teams and complex service portfolios, including performance and resources.
Partnership working and patient/carer engagement
- Demonstrable experience of working in partnership with stakeholders, patients and carers to improve safety and quality.
Education
- Masters Degree
Important Information
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You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
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Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.
We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility.
At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide – GOV.UK www.gov.uk
Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary.
Please note that all new starters to the trust are subject to a probationary period.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
- Job Description (PDF, 752.5KB)
- Benefits (PDF, 570.7KB)
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