Corporate Nursing

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a strategic leader to oversee patient safety and clinical governance in Aylesbury. You will implement the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework, manage claims, and enhance learning from incidents. Ideal candidates are experienced in clinical governance and have a clinical qualification. The role offers training, NHS benefits, and opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

NHS pension scheme

NHS discount schemes

Health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Registered with a clinical regulator like HCPC, NMC, or GMC.
• Extensive experience in Patient Safety management and clinical governance.
• Evidence of ability to analyze complex patient safety issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.
• Provide oversight of claims and inquest management.
• Drive organizational learning from incidents and litigation.

Skills

Communication skills

Persuasion and negotiation

Analytical skills

Computer literacy

Time management

Problem-solving

Education

Clinical qualification

Master's level education in Leadership

Degree related to healthcare management

Tools

Datix

Job description

Job overview

About the Role

Reporting to the Associate Chief Nurse, you will provide strategic leadership and expert guidance in developing, implementing, and overseeing patient safety and clinical governance across our Trust. You'll ensure robust systems are in place to foster a culture of safety, continuous learning, and improvement while maintaining compliance with national frameworks including PSIRF, Duty of Candour, and NHS Resolution standards.

This is more than a governance role – it's an opportunity to transform how we learn from incidents, support our teams, and ultimately improve patient outcomes across Buckinghamshire.

Main duties of the job

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead the Trust's Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) implementation and incident reporting processes
• Provide strategic oversight of claims and inquest management, working with the Litigation Manager
• Drive organisational learning from incidents, serious events, litigation, and inquests through thematic analysis
• Champion a Just Culture and Appreciative Inquiry approach across all departments
• Ensure timely dissemination and compliance with National Patient Safety Alerts and CAS notifications
• Lead and manage the Patient Safety and Clinical Governance Team to deliver responsive, high-quality services
• Design and deliver comprehensive training on patient safety, incident investigation, and quality improvement
• Present reports to the Patient Safety Board, Executive Management Committee, and contribute to Quality Accounts
• Support Care Groups and Clinical Directorate Units in developing safe systems and processes
• Represent the Trust in regional and national patient safety forums and networks

Working for our organisation

Why colleagues think we are

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

• Clinical qualification and registered with a clinical regulator, e.g. HCPC, NMC, GMC
• Completed Master's level education, preferably in Leadership and Management and/or Patient Safety
• Degree related to healthcare management
• Evidence of further continued professional development.

Desirable criteria

• Diploma in Clinical Risk Management or related demonstrable experience

Experience – Breadth of occupational experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience in Patient Safety management, clinical governance, and quality improvement.
• Experience in the NHS at a senior management level, minimum 3 years
• Evidence of ability to use knowledge and experience to analyse complex patient safety issues
• In‑depth knowledge of acute and community‑based healthcare and the application of the Department of Health and NHS England / Improvement strategies, including the Patient Safety Strategy.
• Experience of teaching senior staff groups and of developing training programmes
• Experience in effective budget management
• Evidence of experience with change management in a team

Desirable criteria

• Experience in managing projects

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to communicate clearly in spoken and written English, with patients, relatives, clinicians, managers, Directors and external agencies and others
• Effective skills in persuasion, negotiation, tact and diplomacy, and the ability to challenge in a constructive, non‑confrontational way
• Ability to produce clearly written analytical reports and / or business cases for a corporate audience
• Excellent computer literacy skills with knowledge of developing and leading presentations, using and managing databases and effective use of word processing software, and incident reporting systems such as Datix
• Excellent time management skills including ability to manage own time, the team's time, reprioritising to meet deadlines
• Ability to work within a team and independently
• Ability to use own initiative and judgement to make decisions
• Ability to problem solve complex situations or information
• Ability to produce and / or critically evaluate guidelines and protocols, strategies and research
• Knowledge of health and safety and risk management

PPE requirements

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline

This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Application information

If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting

The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses

It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking

All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

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