Band 8b Patient Safety Specialist Lead
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Job summary
We are looking to appoint a dynamic, experienced clinical leader in this role. This post is a key position within the Trust and is responsible for supporting the Trust to have a strong, well-led, well managed safety culture and to provide expert professional advice and work with divisional colleagues on ensuring the development and delivery of key safety standards. We need a compassionate and inclusive leader who will make great things happen in the Trust and bring people together and with them. The post holder will need to be able to quickly build rapport and positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, both internally and externally. The Patient Safety Specialist Lead will directly support patient safety improvement activity and ensure that systems thinking, human factors understanding and restorative just and learning culture principles are embedded in all patient safety processes. They will act as a positive role model through the provision of effective professional leadership and demonstration of competent, accountable clinical practice."
Main duties of the job
o The post holder will work alongside the Quality and Patient Safety Team and the current Patient Safety Specialists to drive the new National Patient Safety Strategy and deliver the Patient Safety Incident Response Plan ensuring it is embedded within the trust.
o The post holder will work with clinicians and managers across all Clinical Groups, Corporate Teams, and external stakeholders to deliver the requirements for the framework, tracking and reporting progress following robust project management methodology.
o The Patient Safety Specialist Lead will lead and support the local implementation of the NHS patient safety strategy and response framework which supports the three strategic aims of improving understanding of safety (insight), equipping patients, staff and partners with the skills and opportunities to improve patient safety (involvement) and designing and supporting programmes that deliver effective and sustainable change (improvement)
o The postholder will ensure the strategy is aligned with the national programme and liaise with trusts first adopters of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework to learn from their experience and adapt our plan where required.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.
Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.
Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.
We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.
Details
Date posted
28 January 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8b
Salary
£67,950 to £78,028 a year per annum inclusive
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
162-6786-PA
Job locations
Quality & Safety Mngmt
Rom Valley Way
Romford
RM7 0AG
Employer details
Employer name
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Quality & Safety Mngmt
Rom Valley Way
Romford
RM7 0AG
Employer's website
https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Deputy Director for Quality and Patient Safety
Ljiljana Maljenovic
01708435000
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