Patient Safety ManagerNHS

Job summary

The Patient Safety Manager is a member of the Corporate Patient Safety Team.

The post holder will have a visible presence in the Trust representing the Patient Safety Team and be responsible for leading effective, timely and proportionate responses to patient safety incidents, by working collaboratively and proactively with CMG staff in accordance with Trust, National and Commissioner's policies and good practice.

The post holder will work autonomously as a Patient Safety Manager with support from the Patient Safety Lead when required.

The post holder will work in line with Trust's Patient Safety Incident Response Plan and Policy and be responsible for leading proportionate responses to incidents. This will involve working with a range of internal and external stakeholders to review, analyse and use judgement to improve patient safety whilst developing a culture of continuous improvement to deliver high quality care. The post holder will also ensure that Duty of Candour requirements are met.

The Patient Safety Manager will support the Patient Safety Lead to provide Trust-wide support, ensuring high quality reviews and effective learning and improvement as part of the Trust's annually agreed Patient Safety Incident Response Plan (PSIRP) as required within the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).

Main duties of the job

The post holder will also ensure all Trust staff have the specialist knowledge and skills to improve patient safety through the delivery of patient safety training, teaching and leading by example in the facilitation of incident reviews and maintain the patient safety incident response process in the Trust ensuring it is in accordance with National and Trust policy.

Propose and implement policy or service changes related to patient safety across multidisciplinary teams and support informing wider Trust policies that have an impact on patient safety across the organisation and will regularly communicate highly complex, sensitive and distressing information relating to patient safety incidents compassionately and effectively to a range of stakeholders including members of the Trust, patients and families.

You will be expected to contribute and support monitoring delivery of any Cost Improvement Plans (CIPs) or financial initiatives in the corporate patient safety team to maintain required budgetary position. however the post holder will deputise for the Patient Safety Lead when required and is expected to be highly visible and act as an expert point of reference to support and provide leadership and advice to all colleagues across the organisation on the application of processes for the effective management of patient safety incidents across the Trust, with a focus on improvement.

Job description

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About us

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

https://www.uhleicester.nhs.uk