Patient Safety Improvement Advisor

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Ryan Marsden NHS Foundation Trusts Patient Safety and Clinical Assurance team as an interim (maternity cover) Patient Safety & Improvement Advisor.The Patient Safety & Improvement Advisor is responsible for promoting and driving the patient safety agenda within the Trust, ensuring effective and continuous improvements using SMART action plans.This post is responsible for managing complex patient safety learning and insight through to action from direction to delivery.

The post holder must possess the professional knowledge and attributes to develop, implement and monitor a comprehensive organisational system and process for the co-ordination and management of patient safety programmes and learning ensuring delivery of our strategic aims.Accountable to the Trust Risk & Safety Lead, the role will support the integration of safety and learning governance arrangements in relation to the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), ensuring that leadership, accountability and practices are in place to deliver organisational assurance on patient safety and learning.

Main duties of the job

o The Patient Safety & Improvement Advisor is responsible for promoting and driving the patient safety agenda within the Trust, ensuring effective and continuous improvements using SMART action plans.

o This post is responsible for managing complex patient safety learning and insight through to action from direction to delivery.

o The post holder must possess the professional knowledge and attributes to develop, implement and monitor a comprehensive organisational system and process for the co-ordination and management of patient safety programmes and learning ensuring delivery of our strategic aims.

About us

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.