Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Patient Safety Team at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in the role of 'Patient Safety Programme Manager'. You will be working as part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team who want to lead the way in organisation wide patient safety, research and innovation, and improvement.
This role involves monitoring and supporting the reduction of harms agenda across the organisation. You will work on different patient safety workstreams to enable a meaningful reduction in harm. You will interact with harms practitioners, specialists, leaders, and system partners to support and promote a positive safety culture and to deliver the national Patient Safety Strategy. You will be expected to keep abreast of new developments in patient safety sciences and be instrumental in establishing, supporting, and maintaining local governance function, provide specialist education and training, as well as impacting on systems and processes.
Are you up for the challenge? Come and join us for your next adventure.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the Head of Patient Safety and the Patient Safety Quality Clinical Lead in the implementation and delivery of Trust wide Patient Safety improvement interventions including the delivery of key work streams in the national Patient Safety Strategy.
The post holder will provide expert knowledge, as well as clear professional and clinical direction with divisional teams to progress workstreams to improve patient safety and reduce avoidable harm.
The post holder will be expected to take the lead on discrete work streams. This may also include leading clinical task groups, supporting improvement projects, facilitating research and innovation, and being the patient safety representative on groups/committees as appropriate.
About us
We are a dynamic and diverse, close knit and growing team of dedicated professionals, looking for the right person to complement and enhance our Patient Safety Team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description in the job advert for detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description in the job advert for detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person Specification
Qualifications / training
Essential
- Registered Practitioner/clinician
- Further relevant postgraduate development
- Qualification to Masters level or equivalent level of clinical knowledge, research and educational skills.
Experience
Essential
- Experiences in the use of research and improvement/audit tools.
- Experience of resource management.
- Experience of standard setting and outcome monitoring.
- Involvement in clinical 'best practice' initiatives.
- Significant experience in developing and delivering presentations
Skills/knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and skills of National Patient Safety agenda.
- Knowledge and skills of safety and quality improvement programmes and the use of methodology.
- Knowledge and skills of safety and quality improvement programmes and the use of methodology.
- Ability to work effectively across organisation and professional boundaries
- Proven networking skills
- Ability to influence, engage and inspire staff
- Ability to write reports
- Ability prioritise work and meet challenging deadlines.
- Ability to use initiative appropriately
- Able to manage complex projects.
- Ability to deliver specialist training and education programmes
Personal qualities
Essential
- Innovative
- Decisive
- Conceptual thinker
- Self-motivation and resilience
- Able to prioritise work and meet challenging deadlines
Other job requirements
Essential
- Able to work flexible hours as required.
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the job role
Person Specification
Qualifications / training
Essential
- Registered Practitioner/clinician
- Further relevant postgraduate development
- Qualification to Masters level or equivalent level of clinical knowledge, research and educational skills.
Experience
Essential
- Experiences in the use of research and improvement/audit tools.
- Experience of resource management.
- Experience of standard setting and outcome monitoring.
- Involvement in clinical 'best practice' initiatives.
- Significant experience in developing and delivering presentations
Skills/knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and skills of National Patient Safety agenda.
- Knowledge and skills of safety and quality improvement programmes and the use of methodology.
- Knowledge and skills of safety and quality improvement programmes and the use of methodology.
- Ability to work effectively across organisation and professional boundaries
- Proven networking skills
- Ability to influence, engage and inspire staff
- Ability to write reports
- Ability prioritise work and meet challenging deadlines.
- Ability to use initiative appropriately
- Able to manage complex projects.
- Ability to deliver specialist training and education programmes
Personal qualities
Essential
- Innovative
- Decisive
- Conceptual thinker
- Self-motivation and resilience
- Able to prioritise work and meet challenging deadlines
Other job requirements
Essential
- Able to work flexible hours as required.
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the job role
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).
