Children and Young People's Mental Health Specialist

1 month ago

Worthing West Sussex, United Kingdom Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Is patient safety always at the forefront of your mind?


Are you excited at the prospect of leading our patient safety agenda?


If so, our Band 8b Patient Safety Specialist role may be just the one for you.


We are seeking a self-motivated, dynamic and forward-thinking professional to join our Clinical Governance Team to lead the Patient Safety agenda. with both the experience and motivation to support the development of the patient safety culture within the Trust, ensuring the patient is at the centre of everything we do.


In line with our ongoing ambition to drive forward our patient safety agenda and the national NHS Patient Safety Strategy, we have an opportunity to join our team as a Patient Safety Specialist.
In this role you will work closely and collaboratively with those within the Trust supporting an aligned approach to the improvement of safety.


The purpose of the Patient Safety Specialist role is to lead our local implementation of the NHS patient safety strategy, by supporting the three strategic aims of:


~ Improving understanding of safety (insight).


~ Equipping patients, staff and partners with the skills and opportunities to improve patient safety (involvement).


~ We need you to provide compassionate and collaborative senior leadership, visibility and expert support to our patient safety strategy.
We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.


Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns.
Enjoy a range of beautiful rural settings and bustling city locations.
With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure.

In order to be a successful Patient Safety Specialist in our team you will be:


Registered with the NMC or HCPC via a core professional qualification Applications are welcomed from Nurses & Allied Health Professionals.


Experienced in working with patient safety initiatives.


Chamberlain@spft.nhs.uk
Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level
Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development

Post-graduate patient safety qualification or previous experience
Quality improvement qualification or previous experience

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.
Knowledge of the NHS patient safety strategy and how it can be implemented.
Experience of implementing national guidelines and policies with the ability to interpret national advice, guidance and requirements and advise their organisation on how these should be implemented.
Experience in project/change management in a healthcare environment and driving improvement for the safety of patients.
Experience of working collaboratively with patients/service/ stakeholders to improve quality of service by co-design.

Experience of developing & delivering training programmes.


Ability to interpret complex information (including patient safety incident data, administrative data, mortality data) that may conflict and where expert opinion may differ.
High quality presentation skills and ability to provide and effectively communicate highly complex, sensitive and contentious information to staff, patients and relatives / carers, particularly where a potentially antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere may present significant barriers to acceptance.
Ability to travel across sites.

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