Patient Safety Leader: Lived Experience Advocate

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; North East; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Patient Safety Partner Lead to provide strategic leadership, implement PSIRF, and strengthen the involvement of people with lived experience in patient safety governance, learning and improvement.

The post holder will work across the Trust to ensure patient, carer and family voices influence how we learn from incidents, improve services and create a positive safety culture.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant field or substantial comparable experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to patient safety or co-production.
• Teaching, training or education qualification.
• Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies relevant to NHS contexts.
• Knowledge of information governance and data protection legislation in NHS contexts.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation and evaluation of the Trust's Patient Safety Partner programme.
• Support delivery of the PSIRF and the Trust's patient safety strategy.
• Ensure lived experience informs patient safety governance and improvement activity.
• Provide expert advice and challenge to support service improvement and learning.
• Facilitate workshops, engagement events and co-production with patients, carers, families and staff.
• Represent TEWV in patient safety partner development locally and nationally.

Skills

Trauma-informed practice

Lived experience leadership

Co-production leadership

Governance and reporting

Engagement and facilitation

Data and metrics for programme

Stakeholder engagement

Presentation to governance audiences

Interpersonal collaboration

Education

Degree or equivalent in a relevant field

CPD in patient safety / lived experience / co-production

Teaching / training qualification

Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies

Knowledge of information governance & data protection in NHS

Tools

Microsoft Word

Outlook

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Patient Safety Partner Lead to provide strategic leadership, implement PSIRF, and strengthen the involvement of people with lived experience in patient safety governance, learning and improvement.

The post holder will work across the Trust to ensure patient, carer and family voices influence how we learn from incidents, improve services and create a positive safety culture.