Patient Safety Manager Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 387.8KB)

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job description

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

About
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

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Key details

Location
Site: Hull Royal Infirmary
Town: Hull
Postcode: HU3 2JZ
Major / Minor Region: East Yorkshire

Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 30 hours per week

• Part time
• Flexible working

Salary
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 6)

Specialty
Main area: Quality Governance and Assurance

Job Overview
The Patient Safety team at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our team in the role of Patient Safety Manager.

As the ideal candidate you should have a sound knowledge of the national patient safety strategy, PSIRF and a track record in delivering improvement in quality. You will also have excellent team and communication skills to enable you to influence and encourage working to enhance the safety of patients.

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Reporting to the Head of Risk and Patient Safety, the Patient Safety Manager is responsible for ensuring that systems and processes are in place to monitor patient safety with an emphasis on learning from incidents and responding to national safety alerts.

The role will also include the delivery of the Trust patient safety and quality priorities, promotion of a safety culture that emphasises learning (including shared learning) and direct support to staff undertaking learning responses and thematic reviews.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
The role of Patient Safety Manager will promote a culture in which reporting of incidents and learning is routine practice and recognised by staff as improving the quality of clinical care and reducing risks.

The post-holder will work autonomously and will lead on the development, management and support mechanisms for learning from patient safety events in line with the Trusts Patient Safety Incident Response Policy and Plan and excellence in practice.

The post-holder will be responsible for the collection and analysis of complex information from a number of sources, and producing high quality investigation reports alongside developing an implementation plan working in collaboration with relevant professional and governance leads.

The post-holder will support Care Groups in patient safety improvement activities with the aim of proactively reducing risks to patient safety and unanticipated adverse events. They will actively participate as a member of the Patient Safety Team to ensure compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements.

The post-holder will work across the organisation, providing support, expert advice and guidance to the Care Groups, Corporate Nursing and Medical Directorate teams on the delivery of sustained continuous patient safety and quality improvements.

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.

Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria

• Experience of working within the acute sector of the NHS
• Experience of quality, safety and governance working in a complex organisation

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with partner organisations and Regulators

Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Post graduate degree diploma level or equivalent or a related subject and/or relevant work experience
• Knowledge of Quality Improvement Methodologies

Desirable criteria

• Leadership and management training/qualification

Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Donna Pickering
Job title: Head of Risk and Patient Safety
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01482 482395