Head of Safety

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Bamber Bridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an individual to support the Assistant Director of Patient Safety. The role involves developing a learning culture within patient safety, overseeing safety assurance, and improving incident response frameworks. Candidates should possess excellent communication and organisational skills along with experience in learning reviews. Flexible working patterns are encouraged to maintain a positive work/life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Self-driven individual with motivation and professionalism.
• Experience in undertaking learning reviews is essential.

Responsibilities

• Developing high-quality learning responses to build a learning culture.
• Supporting patient safety oversight and assurance through reviews and papers.
• Leading improvements in the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Ability to work under deadlines

Job description

Supporting the Assistant Director of Patient Safety, focusing on developing a learning culture and tools for assurance, supporting the delivery of the patient safety incident investigation framework (PSIRF), the postholder will be an integral member of the Patient Safety Team.

You will need to be self-driven with excellent communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to work at all levels of the organization.

You will take pride in your work, be highly motivated, professional, have a flexible approach, good organisational skills, excellent attention to detail and be able to work to deadlines. Experience of undertaking learning reviews is essential.

Responsibilities

• Building a learning culture through the development of high-quality learning responses
• Supporting patient safety oversight and assurance through committee papers and reviews, working with safety analytics and improvement teams to improve patient care
• Supporting the continued improvement of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework leading to measurable cultural change in patient safety

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ken Levins Job title: Assistant Director of Patient Safety Operations Email address: [e-mail]

For Further Information, Please Contact

Ken Levins, Assistant Director of Patient Safety Operations

Email: [e-mail]