Patient Safety Incident Response Lead

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a Patient Safety Incident Response Lead to enhance patient safety across the Trust. This role involves leading investigations into safety events, coordinating reviews, and driving safety initiatives. You'll work collaboratively within a dynamic team to implement quality assurance and support the Trust's strategic goals. If you're passionate about making a difference in patients' lives and possess strong leadership and analytical skills, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a culture of safety and excellence in healthcare.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Counselling service

Fast-track Physiotherapy service

Staff Recognition Awards

Qualifications

• Experience in patient safety roles and management is essential.
• Knowledge of PSIRF and patient safety strategy is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead investigations and reviews of safety events for the Trust.
• Coordinate thematic reviews and ensure proper documentation.

Skills

Patient Safety Investigation

Data Analysis

Quality Assurance

Leadership

Training Delivery

Education

Masters or equivalent

Patient safety qualification

Professional registration

Job description

At Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, we aim to reflect our values in everything we do - Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. So if you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.

“We are committed to providing the best possible levels of healthcare and we can only do this with the help of our incredible colleagues. We have a Strategy that is designed to empower, excite and mobilise everyone in the Trust behind a common purpose and that supports our cultural values of Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality.”

Jonathan Coulter, Chief Executive

With more than 350 careers in the NHS… Could there be the role for you at teamHDFT?

The Patient Safety Incident Response Lead has a unique and varied role. The post holder will take the lead in investigating and reviewing safety events on behalf of the Trust and will support patients, families and colleagues through the processes of investigations. The post holder will also be responsible for coordinating thematic reviews and learning from safety events. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring all documentation/report is appropriately completed by colleagues. The post holder will also be a lead for facilitating After Action Reviews. The post holder will be highly skilled in the development of patient safety investigation reports and will be a key driver of Trust-wide safety initiatives.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver Quality, Safety and Assurance standards and will lead on aspects of HDFT’s Quality Commitment.
• Work in an effective matrix style as part of a dynamic team in delivering effective quality and safety initiatives and assurance systems in the Trust.
• Support the delivery of the quality objectives in the Trust’s Strategy.
• Deputise for the Head of Quality & Legal on Quality and Safety matters, supporting the delivery of key objectives and strategic goals driving quality assurance and improvement.
• Lead on or directly support patient safety improvement activity, ensuring that systems thinking, human factors understanding and just culture principles are embedded in all patient safety processes across HDFT.

Working for our organisation

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, HDFT could be the place for you!

We offer colleagues:

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing – we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.

Please note:

• Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications.
• Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
• The Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
• All job offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information please see attached the job description and person specification. If you have any questions please contact Melanie Jackson.

Person specification

• Masters or equivalent
• Patient safety qualification
• Experience of working in a patient safety related role
• Experience of management
• Experience of data analysis
• Knowledge of PSIRF
• Knowledge of patient safety strategy
• Qualification - leadership or project management
• Professional registration
• Experience of delivering training
• Patient safety specialist

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name: Melanie Jackson
Job title: Head of Quality and Legal
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 01423 553003

Name: Kate Southgate
Associate Director of Quality and Corporate Affairs
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