Patient Safety Incident Lead

**Main area**
- Administrative**Grade**

Band 8a

**Contract**

Permanent

**Hours**

Full time - 37.5 hours per week

**Job ref**

373-CSS1087

**Site**
- NHS**Town**

Chester

**Salary**

£50,952 - £57,349 per annum

**Salary period**

Yearly

**Closing**

19/11/2024 23:59

**Job overview**:
To provide clinical leadership for the review and implementation of effective systems and procedures for the management of **patient safety incidents, claims and inquests **within the Trust.

The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of a robust patient safety incident response framework across the Trust, in order to support the delivery of high quality, safe and supportive services and the fulfilment of the Trust’s integrated governance priorities.

The post holder will be responsible for co-ordinating all patient safety incident activity including the development and / or implementation of policies, risk management strategies, training programmes and audit activity.

To promote learning from patient safety incidents, claims and inquests at a care group and trust wide level.

**Main duties of the job**:
The post holder will be responsible for

co-ordinating all patient safety incident activity including the development and / or implementation of policies, risk management strategies, training programmes and audit activity.

To provide clinical leadership for the review and implementation of effective systems and procedures for the management of patient safety incidents, claims and inquests within the Trust.

**Working for our organisation**:
CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This programme welcomes you to CWP and provides you with information and training to support you in your role.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
Please download a copy of the job description for full details.
- Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
- CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a **_Values Based Interview/Assessment_**,** which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a ‘Silver’ award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

**Person specification**:
**Education and Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Current professional regsitration (Nurse, AHP or Social Worker) with a regulatory body.
- Masters degree level educational qualification.
- Postgraduate level qualification/training or equivalent work experience in clinical governance.

**Desirable criteria**:

- Project management qualification
- Teaching and training qualification
- Investigation/root cause analysis/human factors training.

**Knowledge and Expertise**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Extensive working knowledge of governance processes in clinical services and the interface with quality of care and assurance mechanisms
- In depth knowledge of patient safety / risk management and governance within a