Quality and Patient Safety Lead

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join The Family and Specialist Services (FASS) Division as a Quality and Patient Safety Lead. The division includes the Breast Unit, Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Oncology, Haematology, Palliative Care, Pharmacy, Sexual Health and the Adult and Paediatric Fatigue Services, as well as Maternity and Neonates This role will directly lead on patient safety, quality and risk management within the division, by working collaboratively with the Quality and Patient Safety Lead Midwife, to develop and implement aspects of the Division's strategic governance programme that is reflective of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).

The post holder will work closely as part of the Senior Leadership Team within the FASS Division leading the patient safety and clinical governance agenda within the division. They will be responsible for the co-ordination of clinical governance procedures and frameworks, identifying areas for service improvement as part of continuous improvement and learning. The post holder will line manage the FASS Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Team in the further development of robust systems and processes supporting the quality of services which underpin safer clinical practice.

Main duties of the job

The role encompasses risk management, clinical audit, and clinical effectiveness programmes, supporting the delivery of national quality and safety improvement drivers. The post holder will provide leadership, guidance, and expertise within the wider multi-professional team for the Division for clinical governance and risk management. This will include putting in place strategies and frameworks that ensure the Division meets the Trust and National Reporting Priorities.

The patient safety function sets the strategic direction for patient safety insight, involvement

and improvement. The post holder will assist healthcare professionals across the division and

Trust to deliver safer care through an understanding of the effects of teamwork, tasks,

equipment, workspace, culture, and organisation on human behaviour and identify contributing factors when incidents occur and make recommendations for systemic improvements.

About us

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.