Deputy Head of Patient Safety

Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend.

We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve.

Job overview

Do you have what it takes or are you looking for a new challenge?

We have an exciting opportunity for someone with the right experience to join the MSEFT Patient Safety Team. We are a small team with a real focus on the patient and staff experience.

The Deputy Head of Patient Safety will be key in supporting and developing professional leadership and supporting Trust processes for patient safety including the response to and management of incidents, investigations, never events, Duty of Candour and compliance with national patient safety alerts.

You will support the Head of Patient Safety and the Associate Director for Patient Safety in implementing national and local initiatives and improvements and enhancing a proactive patient safety culture.

You will also be required to provide leadership across groups of staff, within the Trust to inform the patient safety & quality improvements.

The role is required to work leading patient safety across all sites within the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust footprint.

Main duties of the job

The Deputy Head of Patient Safety will be the lead expert overseeing the day-to-day response to incidents and management of the incident management system.

You will provide day-to-day leadership and line management to the Patient Safety Managers in the review and response to reported incidents including meeting the Duty of Candour and the Datix system team.

You will play a pivotal role in supporting the systems and guidance in place for the investigation of serious incidents, including assigning investigation leads, meeting Duty of Candour, establishing terms of reference, undertaking investigations, report writing and quality assurance of reports.

You will provide advice on patient safety and quality to Leadership teams and clinical staff as required developing proactive relationships with services to foster sharing of best practice and corporate learning.

You will maintain the integrity and security of the risk management system overseeing the quality of data entry and system access.

You will provide support to the Head of Patient Safety in ensuring an appropriate Trust response to national Patient safety alerts, working with individual alert leads as required to achieve required timescales.

Working for our organisation

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about this varied and rewarding role, please refer to the job Description and Person Specification located in the supporting document section.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Masters in related subject
• Ongoing continuous professional development
• Clinical qualification or significant experience in patient safety role
• PSIRF Training - including L2 HSSIB or Lead investigator training

Desirable criteria

• Human factors training

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Experience of reviewing and leading immediate response to incidents and serious incident review panels
• Specialist experience or qualification in development of incident management system
• Experience of quality assurance of investigations and overseeing panels
• Experience working within corporate patient safety

Desirable criteria

• Experience in the use of an incident management system to oversee incidents

Communication

Essential criteria

• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Confident and experienced in presenting
• Negotiation skills
• Communicating with staff at all levels with challenging content

Personal and people development

Essential criteria

• Flexible and resilient
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Excellent work planning skills and capacity to manage conflicting and complex activities and meet deadlines
• Ability to motivate and manage staff
• Development and delivery of training through multiple methods

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

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

• Deputy Head of Patient Safety - Band 8a (PDF, 320.4KB)
• Privacy Policy (PDF, 441.0KB)
• AFC Pay Poster 24/25 (PDF, 39.2KB)
• Behaviours Framework (JPG, 298.0KB)