Job summary
Are you passionate about improving patient safety? Do you have the skills to strengthen engagement and involvement in safety improvement? We are seeking a Safety Improvement Fellow to lead key initiatives within our Urgent and Emergency Medicine (UEM) directorate. This one-year fellowship offers a unique opportunity to work closely with the Trust's Safety Improvement Team in the Medical Director's Office.The fellow will deliver safety improvement projects aligned with the Trust's overarching programme, aiming to inspire continuous and sustainable improvements in patient safety and optimise outcomes. Working across sites, the role will focus on key priorities including deteriorating patient and sepsis, infection prevention and control, and safe mobility and falls prevention.You'll collaborate with stakeholders across the Trust to scope, develop and evaluate projects, and embed learning from governance processes across the UEM team. This is an excellent opportunity for a resident doctor with experience in urgent and emergency medicine to build leadership skills and deepen their understanding of safety improvement in a large, complex Trust.This is a fixed-term post for 12 months. Applicants must be GMC-registered with a licence to practise and eligible for ST3 level training.For an informal discussion, contact Dr Chioma Ginigeme or Kristina Clay at k.clay@nhs.net.
Main duties of the job
The Safety Improvement Fellow will lead and support key safety initiatives across the Urgent and Emergency Medicine directorate. Responsibilities include scoping, planning and delivering improvement projects in collaboration with the Safety Improvement Team. The fellow will identify and engage stakeholders, form project teams, and support pilot cohorts. They will maintain effective communication across teams, coach project groups to meet objectives, and contribute to outcomes. The role includes maintaining project documentation, producing progress reports, and supporting evaluation and measurement of safety projects. Following pilot trials, the fellow will produce roll-out plans and support safety improvement training, particularly for resident doctors. Attendance at departmental and Trust-wide management meetings will provide insight into healthcare delivery within broader social, political and economic contexts. The fellow will create project plans and ensure successful operational handover to the Medical Director's Office. This 12-month, full-time (40hrs/week) post offers an excellent opportunity to develop leadership, project design and delivery skills in a large, complex Trust.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.
As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please refer to the Job Description attached to the advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please refer to the Job Description attached to the advert.
Person Specification
Eduaction/Qualifications
Essential
- Eligible to enter ST3+ training in chosen specialty
- oFull Royal College Membership
Experience
Essential
- Strong interest and involvement in patient safety and/or quality improvement
- Experience of working in Urgent and Emergency, or Acute specialist medicine.
- Proven experience in data analysis
- Experience of audit / improvement measurement
- Experience of developing interventions to change professionals' behaviour
- Experience of report writing
knowledge/Skills
Essential
- Understanding of quality improvement and project management principles
- Understanding of patient safety, including awareness of current patient safety
- Strong IT skills across MS Office
- Self-motivating with a flexible approach to work and ability to work independently
- Able to manage simultaneous workstreams and deliver to deadlines
- Good writing skills, able to write in different formats for a range of audiences
- Ability to critically evaluate information, solve problems, and make data-driven decisions
- Confident presentation skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in partnership with others across the range of professions and levels of seniority
- Methodical and organised in managing information and processes
- Effective team working skills both as leader and team member
- oMust be able to demonstrate and model the key Trust values of kind, expert, collaborative and aspirational
Person Specification
Eduaction/Qualifications
Essential
- Eligible to enter ST3+ training in chosen specialty
- oFull Royal College Membership
Experience
Essential
- Strong interest and involvement in patient safety and/or quality improvement
- Experience of working in Urgent and Emergency, or Acute specialist medicine.
- Proven experience in data analysis
- Experience of audit / improvement measurement
- Experience of developing interventions to change professionals' behaviour
- Experience of report writing
knowledge/Skills
Essential
- Understanding of quality improvement and project management principles
- Understanding of patient safety, including awareness of current patient safety
- Strong IT skills across MS Office
- Self-motivating with a flexible approach to work and ability to work independently
- Able to manage simultaneous workstreams and deliver to deadlines
- Good writing skills, able to write in different formats for a range of audiences
- Ability to critically evaluate information, solve problems, and make data-driven decisions
- Confident presentation skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in partnership with others across the range of professions and levels of seniority
- Methodical and organised in managing information and processes
- Effective team working skills both as leader and team member
- oMust be able to demonstrate and model the key Trust values of kind, expert, collaborative and aspirational
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
