Job summary
This role is only open to applicants that currently work within an NHS Trust within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (HIOW ICS).
The Patient Safety and Governance team at Hampshire Hospitals NHS FT (HHFT) is seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our team in the role of Patient Safety Manager. You will champion and promote patient safety improvement across the Trust and lead on the Learning from Deaths processes.
As the ideal candidate you should have a sound knowledge of the national patient safety strategy, PSIRF and a track record in delivering improvements. You will also have excellent team and communication skills to enable you to influence and encourage working to enhance the safety of patients. A professional clinical qualification / background is required for this position.
Main duties of the job
The Patient Safety Manager is responsible for ensuring that systems and processes are in place to monitor patient safety with an emphasis on learning from deaths, learning from incidents and responding to national safety alerts.
The role will also include the delivery of the Trust patient safety priorities, promotion of a safety culture that emphasises learning (including shared learning) and direct support to staff undertaking learning responses and thematic reviews.
The post holder will be an expert in the NHS Patient Safety Strategy and will assist the Associate Director of Governance and Head of Patient Safety and Risk to deliver the Trust safety strategy.
About us
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs over 8,600 staff and has a turnover of over £450 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
We expect the post holder to uphold the trust's CARE values:
COMPASSION caring about our patients and our staff
ACCOUNTABLE and responsible, always improving
RESPECT for all colleagues, patients and their families
ENCOURAGING and challenging each other to always do our best
Job description
Job responsibilities
For detailed job description, main responsibilities and person specification see the attached documents
Person Specification
Training and qualifications
Essential
1. Degree or equivalent experience
Desirable
2. Quality improvement training
3. Patient safety training
4. Training / teaching qualification
Experience and knowledge
Essential
5. Safety improvement experience and knowledge
6. Knowledge of patient safety in the NHS
Desirable
7. Statistical analysis
Skills and abilities
Essential
8. Prioritisation
9. Written communication
10. Investigation techniques
11. IT skills
Desirable
12. Human factors applicable to investigations