Assistant Director of Quality and Patient Safety

5 days ago


Bicester, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom South Central Ambulance Service NHS Full time
Job Overview

As a key member of the South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, we are seeking an experienced and skilled professional to lead our quality and patient safety strategy. The successful candidate will be responsible for advising the Executive and Board on issues related to patient safety, safety culture, incident management, learning from experience, and PSIRF. This role will also support the Deputy Chief Nurse in leading the patient safety work as outlined in the Patient Safety Improvement Plan and embedding a safety-focused just and learning culture across the organization.

Main Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement quality and patient safety strategies and policies across multiple systems.
  • Provide expert advice and report highly complex information to the Board and senior management on all matters relating to patient safety compliance and quality within the organization.
  • Work collaboratively with other professional leads in developing a culture that embeds clinical quality and patient safety, monitoring its effectiveness to ensure continuous improvement and compliance.
  • Lead the development and implementation of policies related to all domains of quality and patient safety.
  • Support the provision of evidence, data, clinical, and quality information and outcome measures for compliance with the CQC regulations, key NHS policies, NPSA alerts, and NICE Guidance.
  • Lead and support the implementation of PSIRF in SCAS as part of the organization's Patient Safety and Quality Strategy and national policy directives.
  • Take a strong personal role in influencing key stakeholders in delivering the trust's quality agenda and quality schedules.
  • Advise the Executive Management Team on strategic development in relation to the trust on all quality and safety issues to produce informed and desired outcomes of patient care service provision.
  • Provide effective leadership and management to staff, promoting high performance standards both individually and as a team, in the achievement of the Trust's objectives and priorities.
Person Specification

The ideal candidate will have a professional registration with a relevant professional body, an MSc or equivalent in healthcare or leadership, and qualifications in patient safety. They will also have significant strategic management and leadership experience across a breadth of disciplines, applied knowledge and demonstrable experience in the application of patient safety, incident management, and learning from experience methods, and experience of deputising for Executive Directors at Board level meetings.



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