Risk, Patient Safety and Governance Lead

8 months ago


Gateshead, United Kingdom Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

To support the Business Unit by leading the strategic direction of patient safety, providing advice and oversight to ensure that all patient safety events and near misses are reported and managed in line with Trust policy and national guidance, and that all potential learning opportunities are maximised. Support the Patient Safety and Business Unit teams in the development of SMART action plans to ensure learning is embedded and sustained into clinical practice working collaboratively with clinical partners. To be a member of Trust Patient Safety Learning Panels. To be aware of risks on the risk register for allocated areas and where needed liaise with the Corporate and Clinical Risk Lead to ensure mitigations for these are appropriate.

Encourage a just culture of openness, transparency and learning that responds rapidly to potential or actual harmful events within health services. To ensure that recommendations and actions from Learning response are integrated into the Business Unit quality improvement plan to ensure consistent and demonstrable improvements in the quality and safety of patient care. To work closely with the Quality team, triumvirates and Safecare Leads within the Business Units to facilitate a coordinated approach to the delivery of the Business Unit quality improvement plan To undertake and deliver a programme of education and training which supports the NHS Patient Safety Strategy. Support the development, implementation and monitoring of national and local safety initiatives.



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