Improvement and Assurance Lead

3 months ago

Lincoln, United Kingdom Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Want to work for a Trust rated Good overall and Outstanding for Well-led and where the health and wellbeing of our patients and our staff is paramount?

Then come to work for Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, who have been ranked the second best mental health trust.

We're recruiting to the post of Improvement and Assurance Lead - Safe & Compassionate Care (Patient Safety Specialist) and are seeking an exceptional clinical leader to join us. You will be a senior professional with a clinical qualification and preferably experience in mental health and/or learning disability, who is passionate about delivering and sustaining patient safety improvements within a NHS provider Trust.

As the Trust lead for safe and compassionate care and the Trusts patient safety specialist, your role will span the whole organisation and wider system partners helping us to continue our journey to delivering outstanding care and treatment for the people who access our service and a fantastic working environment for colleagues.

A strong knowledge and experience of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy, ergonomics and human factors, quality improvement and PSIRD are essential. Additionally, a good knowledge and experience of working with incident reporting and management systems is needed.

It's an exciting time to join the Trust as we have launched our new Trust Strategy which you will take a key role in delivering.

Main duties of the job

To lead the patient safety agenda for the organization working closely with the Quality senior leadership team, Quality Improvement & Assurance Leads and Matrons across the organisation to create an environment which promotes and maximises likelihood of safe and therapeutic care provision for our patients, staff and visitors.

To provide professional leadership for all aspects of patient safety, quality improvement andinnovation across the Trust. The post holder will also be the formal named lead Patient Safety Specialist in the organisation leading on or directly supporting patient safety improvement activity, ensuring that systems thinking, human factors understanding and just culture principles are embedded in all patient safety processes.

Be responsible for the implementation of the Trust and NHS patient safety strategy within the organisation, providing patient safety expertise/leadership, demonstrating compassionate leadership, visibility and supporting the continued development of the patient safety culture.

To provide assurance to the Director of Nursing and Quality that the organisation is delivering safe and compassionate high-quality care against the set quality standards and outcome measures and hold responsibility for providing a continuous quality improvement approach.

For further information please contact Mark Halsall, Deputy Director of Nursing and Quality to arrange a discussion during week commencing 16th September 2024. To set up a meeting with Mark to discuss this vacancy please contact Claire Rowett on and Mark.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit to find out more .

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy Competitive annual leave allowance Car leasing scheme Childcare Vouchers NHS pension scheme Free eye tests Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent knowledge through experience Strong evidence of continuing personal & professional development. oMental health and/or Learning disability clinical qualification with relevant professional registration eg HCPC, NMC, GMC)

Desirable

Quality improvement methodology training Leadership qualification Investigation skills including Systems based reviews Project management training

Experience

Essential

Strong knowledge of patient safety, human factors and ergonomics and quality improvement methods Expert communication 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. Proficiency in using established networks and creating new ones to share good practice and facilitate engagement with regional colleagues and the national patient safety team. Ability to translate strategic goals into effective and achievable operational plans Effective negotiating and influencing skills - ability to effectively manage critical relationships Leadership (including through influence), vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills.

Desirable

Personal or lived experience of mental health, learning disabilities, dementia or autism Service improvement or change management programme delivery in the NHS. Understanding of current NHS (and other healthcare system) policy and development

Skills

Essential

Enthusiasm for patient safety and high quality compassionate care Expert communication 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 Proficiency in using established networks and creating new ones to share good practice and facilitate engagement with regional colleagues and the national patient safety team Ability to translate strategic goals into effective and achievable operational plans Effective negotiating and influencing skills - ability to effectively manage critical relationships Leadership (including through influence), vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills

Special Requirements

Essential

Ability to travel around the county and to regional and National events independently without the use of public transport Hold a fundamental belief that people with a mental health condition, learning disability or who are autistic are of equal value and deserve without exception high quality compassionate care Works well with others by being positive, helpful and listening to them, involving, respecting and learning from others

Desirable

Experience of performance/ assurance management systems

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