Patient Safety Specialist

Detailed job description and main 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. Honest and transparency are core to this role and to working in the Professions and Quality Directorate.

If interested drop an email to Salli.Midgley@gmmh.nhs.uk and we will arrange an informal discussion.

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements:

Band

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am

All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

1: Time plus 47%
2: Time plus 41%
3: Time plus 35%
4 - 9: Time plus 30%

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

• Post graduate patient safety qualification or previous experience in patient safety roles

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

• 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 criteria

• 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 criteria

• 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.

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing job application. The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI-generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real life examples of one's achievements, success and challenges.

We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government's website - click here.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Patient Safety Specialist JD (PDF, 504.3KB)
• Important Candidate information (PDF, 2.5MB)