Location
Doncaster, South Yorkshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Head of Patient Safety
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Company Website: https://www.cheswoldparkhospital.co.uk/
Location: Doncaster
Last Updated: 23rd February 2024
Full Job Description
We are looking to recruit a Head of Patient Safety to join our nursing leadership team within a 110-bed local independent secure Mental Health Hospital. We are on a mission to really improve our standards of care and ensure we embed Local and National policy and guidance. We work in partnership with the NHS and offer a range of excellent facilities for our patients and staff. Our people are what makes us unique and it is our shared values that ensures we provide the best care and environment for our patients and teams to thrive and develop, as the Head of Patient Safety you will have a significant part to play in delivering those common goals.
Job Requirements:
- To lead, coordinate and implement the NHS Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) and risk management approach, providing risk oversight and promoting a positive and supportive risk management culture.
- To undertake ligature risk assessments across the whole site in partnership with other clinical staff and deliver training all staff that ensures a good understanding of the risk assessments and the mechanisms to manage / mitigate risk.
- To assist in the development of a Just and learning culture by encouraging managers and professionals by applying systems-based methodology to understand how incidents happen and in identifying improvements.
- To chair the Patient Safety Committee and provide advice and support in relation to patient safety matters to others in the organisation.
Main Duties/Responsibilities
- The post holder is responsible for overseeing the organisation and management of patient safety incidents and investigations and the associated learning and improvement, and for feeding back outcomes to the relevant department.
- Assist in the entry, updating and closure PSIIs onto the STEIS database and ensure this is regularly updated.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of patient safety education and training programmes relating to incident reporting and management
- Provide professional advice, guidance and support to managers and staff at all levels
- Prepare and deliver teaching and presentation materials, relating to Quality, Patient Safety and Risk to meet the needs of staff across the organisation.
- To lead a systematic approach to learning from incidents and support a Just Culture.
- updating progress against Patient Safety Investigations and actions, providing updates as requested and updating progress on the internal and external systems in line with policy
- To lead on learning from medication errors and support nurses who have made errors in practice.
In return we offer the following benefits:
- Competitive Salary
- Comprehensive training packages to assist in the long-term progression of your career
- Pin number renewal paid for
- 27 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
- Company pension scheme
- Free use of the onsite gym
- Lucrative referral scheme for bringing like-minded people into the organisation
- Free Parking
- And much more
The role can be physically demanding and as part of the role you must be willing and able to undertake training in physical interventions.
Please note: We apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for disclosure on successful candidates.
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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £48,000.00-£52,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
Schedule:
Experience:
- Ward Leadership: 5 years (required)
- SI Investigation: 1 year (required)
- Forensic Hospital: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- NMC Registration as an RMN/RNLD (required)
Work Location: In person
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£48k - £52k per annum
