Job overview

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A VOLUNTARY ROLE

You are not required to provide your employment history for this role, though you may wish to include references to this where this is relevant to the job description and essential criteria. 

Please demonstrate your suitability and reasons for applying for this voluntary role in the supporting information section at the end of this application form. 

The NHS Patient Safety Strategy (July 2019) recognises the importance of involving patients, their families and carers (and other lay people) in improving the safety of NHS care. 

The Patient Safety Partner (PSP) role was developed in response to this and ensures patient involvement in organisational safety, supporting and contributing to healthcare governance and to the management of patient safety processes.

This new role will encompass opportunities for the following:

• membership at safety and quality committees whose responsibilities include the review and analysis of safety data (this would involve attendance to our committee meetings such as Patient Safety Steering Group, Patient Experience Steering Group and Learning From Incidents Forums.
•  involvement in patient safety improvement projects – these are identified through our various patient safety workstreams and have flexibility to be aligned with individuals’ areas of interest or experience as service users
• working with organisation boards to consider how to improve safety, this would mean attending our Clinical Governance Committee and accompanying members of our executive and quality teams on “Go and See” Safety Walks. 
  participation in investigation oversight groups such as our Patient Safety Review Group (PSRG) and where appropriate involvement within our Patient Safety Reviews. Attend both local regional and national Patient Safety Partner meetings/workshops where appropriate. 

Main duties of the job

A PSP is actively involved in the design of safer healthcare at all levels in the organisation.

This includes roles in safety governance – e.g., sitting on relevant committees to support compliance monitoring and how safety issues should be addressed and providing appropriate challenge to ensure learning and change – and in the development and implementation of relevant strategy and policy.

As the PSP you will ensure that any committee/group of which you are a member considers and prioritises the service user, patient, carer and family perspective and champions a diversity of views.

You will need to comply with relevant policies and maintain strict confidentiality in respect to discussions and information when required. 

Due to the trust’s commitment to safety and continuous improvement, it is likely that the role will evolve over time. These duties will be subject to review; any amendments will be made in consultation and agreement with the PSP.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk