Job summary
- Main area
- Governance
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 188-THQ2101124
- Employer
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospital Southampton
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £46,148.00- £52,809.00 Per Annum (PA) Pro Rata
- Closing
- 06/12/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 11/12/2024
Employer heading
Patient Safety Advisor
Band 7
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
The patient safety team at the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) are delighted to be able to offer a fantastic opportunity for you to join the team as a Patient Safety Advisor, as a permanent position.
Your role will be fundamental in continuing to ensure a focus on patient safety across the organisation, as well as support the consolidation and delivery of the new patient safety incident response framework (PSRIF), within a supportive environment.
Below, you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Working for our organisation
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Specific to this role is the suitability for agile working which is a mixture of on-site and remote working. In addition, we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what’s possible for the role and service
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work as a core member of the patient safety team in supporting and delivering the national and local patient safety agendas and the patient safety incident response framework.
Key to this role is the provision of expert support, advice, guidance and instruction on patient safety elements to an assigned division in delivering the Trust’s comprehensive safety agenda.
This includes:
• Delivering a robust process for the management of incidents, ensuring as required that they are reviewed, investigated and that local and or organisational learning occurs as a result
• Actively engaging in the proactive facilitation of the patient safety workstreams including the patient safety incident framework
• Promoting an open, honest and just culture
• Assisting with the delivery of patient safety core standards by the Care and Quality Commission (CQC)
• Assisting with the coronial process as required
Person specification
Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Patient First
- Always Improving
- Working together
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Registered Nurse / Midwife / AHP on appropriate register
- Management / Leadership training or equivalent experience
- Experience of delivering presentations to groups
- Experience of patient safety focussed teaching
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex data to formulate reports
- Using clinical knowledge and patient safety experience to determine when investigations need to be undertaken
- Experience of decision making and prioritising in an acute healthcare setting
- Understands the professional and ethical issues involved in providing health care
Desirable criteria
- Investigation training
- Teaching qualification
- Masters in Healthcare or equivalent experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joana Valentim
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Patient Safety
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02381204428
- Additional information
Contact name: Vickie Purdie
Contact job title: Head of Patient Safety
Contact email address: [email protected]
Contact telephone number: 02381208460
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