Patient Safety and Restrictive Practice Lead
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
The Clinical Safety Lead will be at the forefront of transforming our services into a beacon of least restrictive, person-centred care. This dynamic leader will champion evidence-based practices while setting and elevating the professional standards for care and therapeutic engagement within our facilities. In this pivotal role, the Safety Lead will provide expert clinical guidance, especially for cases involving highly complex needs and challenging behaviours, with a specific focus on those requiring enhanced therapeutic and safe support.
Main duties of the job
As an autonomous practitioner, the Clinical Safety Lead will offer advanced clinical expertise, delivering critical advice, coaching, and constructive feedback to empower clinical teams. They will support and lead on elements of the Trust's clinical safety and reducing restrictive practices programs, co-ordinating best practices. Their influence will extend to shaping and contributing to the RRP educational program and clinical practice guidelines, ensuring that our staff are equipped with the latest knowledge and skills.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the requirements of this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
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Knowledge
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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.
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