Job summary
We are looking for a knowledgeable, tenacious and inspirational clinician to drive our patient safety agenda here in GMMH. We are an organisation in recovery, with a new executive team and a commitment to change and improvement. We are restructuring key portfolio deliverables to drive improvement in the quality of care.
Main duties of the job
The patient safety specialist will lead the patient safety agenda in the organisation. You will be a self-motivated, dynamic registered clinician with experience and motivation to drive culture change throughout the Trust. This is a senior role within the corporate Professions and Quality Directorate led by the Chief Nurse. You must be able to demonstrate how you will work in co-design with people who use our services and their carers and significant others. You need to understand the inequalities that exist in healthcare and how patient safety frameworks can identify and drive out such inequalities.
About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond. Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options. Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity. Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Job responsibilities
An influencer who can transcend all levels of the organisation and wider system, you will engage with staff in a range of roles, directorates and into the wider system. You will be confident and skilled. Honesty and transparency are core to this role and to working in the Professions and Quality Directorate.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
* Masters degree qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience working at a senior level in clinical governance, risk and safety.
* Professional clinical registration such as RMN, OT, psychologist.
* Evidence of active continued professional development to support the delivery of a leadership role.
Desirable
* Post graduate patient safety qualification or previous experience in patient safety roles.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
* Experience of working in a patient safety-related role with an understanding of the principles that underpin approaches to improving patient safety in health systems.
* Experience and knowledge of the components of clinical governance, incident response, risk management and assurance function; current NHS national policies, standards, requirements and directions that relate to measuring and improving the quality and safety of patient care.
* Experience of working in a strategic leadership role supporting Board Executives.
* Knowledge and experience of developments in quality improvement.
Desirable
* Experience in providing advice on complex professional and other people issues.
* Knowledge of safeguarding and the legal duties expected of NHS organisations.
* Experience of developing & delivering training programmes.
* Knowledge and understanding of the Equalities Act 2010, including the importance of collecting and analysing data on key protected characteristics.
Skills/Abilities
Essential
* Ability to manage, develop and maintain communication links with all stakeholders and effectively influence people on highly complex, emotional, sensitive and contentious issues where there are significant barriers to acceptance/ understanding.
* Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships and deal confidently with staff at all levels of an organisation.
* Excellent report writing and presentation skills.
* Ability to handle multiple work streams/teams and deliver against targets/ KPIs on time.
* Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
Other Requirements
Essential
* Courage to speak truthfully and challenge appropriately.
* There is a frequent requirement to travel extensively across the Trust.
* Provide calm, robust and clear direction and the ability to deal with ambiguity, conflicting demands and uncertainty.
* Tenacity to lead and deliver a remit with competing local and national demands.
* Calm, caring and impartial approach to responding to patient clinical incidents and an ability to support staff following a traumatic event.
* Provide and lead a credible and reliable service that instils confidence and trust in the organisation by staff, stakeholders, commissioners and regulators.
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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