09 Oct
NHS South East London Integrated Care Board
London
Job description
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic healthcare professional with experience of the introduction and implementation of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy to join our Quality and Nursing Directorate to cover Maternity leave for one year.
The post will play an integral role in assisting the embedding of the National Patient Safety Strategy across South East London.
In this role the successful candidate will be expected to work collaboratively with a range of partners across South East London system championing the importance of quality and patient safety and the promotion of a patient safety culture working closely with local health and care organisations.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced Patient Safety Specialist who is a motivated, enthusiastic individual who is keen to learn new skills and is passionate about patient safety and embedding a culture of openness and using their experience to work across the breadth of healthcare providers in South East London ICB.
We are looking for individuals with experience in patient safety who will manage and work closely with our Patient Safety Partners, system and regional partners to ensure delivery within South East London of the patient safety strategy.
For an informal discussion please contact Fiona Leacock, Head of Quality at
About us
The South East London Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together the health and care partners that serve our vibrant and highly diverse populations resident in the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark - our Places.
Our partnership brings together six local authorities, over 200 general practices (operating within 35 Primary Care Networks),
Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS FT, King's College Hospital NHS FT, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, South London and the Maudsley Mental Health FT and Oxleas FT.
Importantly, the ICS seeks to be connected to the communities we serve (circa residents) and work with the widest possible range of community, voluntary and third sector groups and organisations in each borough.
The reach of our NHS provider portfolios extends beyond the borders of the ICS, across London, the south of England and nationally for some services.
Our vision for the ICS is a highly performing, sustainable system that looks after its staff, responds to its communities and takes action to reduce the inequalities they experience.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will :
- This role supports the development of a patient safety culture and safety systems and requires sufficient seniority to engage across SEL ICB
- The Patient Safety Specialist will support the implementation of the Patient Safety Strategy to improve understanding of safety and promoting skills and opportunities in patient safety.
They will design and support programmes to deliver effective and sustainable They will support an aligned approach to the improvement of safety and avoid duplication of effort.
- The Patient Safety Specialist will work collaboratively with local healthcare organisations to develop links and relationships with patient safety and other relevant leads in networks to share good practice and act collaboratively to improve patient safety.
- Work with the Senior Quality Manager and Head of Quality to deliver a robust quality and performance framework that contributes to and supports the assurance processes in place for the ICB;
this includes contributing to and maintaining the quality and performance / outcome indicator dashboards and other databases to ensure full compliance with best practice requirements and ensure that these are live documents which inform prioritisation and decision making across the organisation.
- Work with commissioned providers on clinical quality and patient safety related issues.
- Play a lead role in managing, developing, and delivering systems and processes to support the reporting, reviewing, investigation, follow-up,
and implementation of actions required in response to reported patient safety incidents of all grades and severity, including Patient Safety Incident Investigations (PSIIs).
- Monitor the functioning and effectiveness of quality systems and processes, make recommendations for improvement and work with Senior Managers to develop and implement action plans.
- Working with the information and intelligence available work with the senior quality managers to advise the Associate Director and Director of Quality of emerging clinical concerns from analysis of quality alerts, complaints, and patient safety events.
- Provide assurance to the quality directorate that commissioning processes are in place that promote quality improvement across the three key dimensions of patient safety, clinical effectiveness, and patient experience.
- Ensure that there are systems and processes in place to support and contribute to the development of quality specifications / standards and the collection and analysis of quality related data, working in close collaboration with Commissioning, Performance, Contract, Patient Experience, and Information teams within the SEL ICS.
- To work co-operatively with senior clinical and corporate teams to enable the achievement of change and the improvement in performance, leading on projects as and when required.
- Work with NHS England and ICBs to ensure the commissioning of high quality, safe, patient and client-centred services across SEL
- Support the formal assurance process of the ICB.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Demonstrable experience / knowledge of the patient safety strategy
- Evidence of designing support programs to deliver effective and sustainable change
- Evidence of initiating / supporting quality improvement projects
Desirable
Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence for a senior audience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short,
medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information and present complex and sensitive information to large groups and senior stakeholders
- Evidence of collaborative working and influencing skills
Other
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
▶️ Patient Safety Specialist
🖊️ NHS South East London Integrated Care Board
📍 London