Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the Patient Safety Team at MTW.
Applications are invited from experienced, dedicated and innovative individuals, who are passionate about improving patient safety.
The Head of Patient Safety is responsible for the oversight and management of a centralised patient safety team and the operational management of the roll out of PSIRF and local patient safety improvement plans.
They will provide strong leadership to senior management ensuring, that effective management and performance systems are in place relating to Quality & Patient Safety.
We have an ambitious delivery plan covering key areas of Safety Culture, Data & Insight, Patient Safety Frameworks, Professionalism, Delivery of Safe Patient Services, Shared Learning and Leadership and Governance. The successful post holder would be a core part of the team involved in the delivery of this plan.
The post holder will participate in training to ensure they are fully trained in the national patient safety syllabus, ensuring that MTW is equipped with dedicated highly skilled patient safety professionals, helping to provide consistency across the organisation with the ICB and national best practice in our approach to patient safety.
Main duties of the job
They will lead and manage the team in the development of key patient safety systems and processes. They will co-ordinate the Trusts patient safety investigation processes and central investigation team model ensuring processes are effective, and that PSIRF standards are met and that patient's / families are engaged with in a compassionate and timely way.
They will ensure patient safety assurance meetings are effective. Ensuring their respective governance reports and data flows effectively from ward to board to allow patient safety information to be accessible in a way that allows trends and learning to be identified and acted on with ease.
The post includes being jointly responsible for raising the profile of Patient Safety within the organisation, providing a visible presence.
Please note that this role may often attract a high level of applications. Please note this role may close earlier than the original closing date so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible.
About us
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.
We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Interview Date: TBC
Job description
Job responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Interview Date: TBC
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Trained in Systems-based approach to investigations via HSIB or equivalent patient safety syllabus training
- A strong commitment to continuing professional development
- MSc level education or willingness to work towards
Desirable
- Professional Registration e.g. NMC, HCPC, etc.
- Teaching Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in NHS leadership role (band 7 within quality governance/patient safety role or equivalent)
- Detailed working knowledge of PSIRF
- Experience of "People" management in the NHS Acute Sector
Desirable
- Previous experience of managing budgets
- Change management
Skills
Essential
- Effective management of competing priorities, meeting personal and service targets within a fluctuating and demanding workload
- Sound IT skills (Microsoft Office, Word, Excel), manipulation and extraction of key information from multiple source databases (Datix, Inphase / Excel) Ability to translate highly complex or technical information in a simple, clear concise manner to staff or patients
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Trained in Systems-based approach to investigations via HSIB or equivalent patient safety syllabus training
- A strong commitment to continuing professional development
- MSc level education or willingness to work towards
Desirable
- Professional Registration e.g. NMC, HCPC, etc.
- Teaching Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in NHS leadership role (band 7 within quality governance/patient safety role or equivalent)
- Detailed working knowledge of PSIRF
- Experience of "People" management in the NHS Acute Sector
Desirable
- Previous experience of managing budgets
- Change management
Skills
Essential
- Effective management of competing priorities, meeting personal and service targets within a fluctuating and demanding workload
- Sound IT skills (Microsoft Office, Word, Excel), manipulation and extraction of key information from multiple source databases (Datix, Inphase / Excel) Ability to translate highly complex or technical information in a simple, clear concise manner to staff or patients
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).
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).
