Job summary
We are looking to recruit a Head of Patient Safety and Clinical Effectiveness. We welcome applications from colleagues working at Band 8 or above. If you would like an informal conversation about the position, please contact
sara.barr-frost@nhs.net . This is a central role and input will be into corporate and clinical teams across the Trust. The teams in this portfolio include Patient Safety, Serious Incident Investigators, Clinical Effectiveness, Resuscitation and Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression teams. Main duties of the job
Organisation-wide post, the post holder will work very closely with all clinical and non-clinical staff across the organisation in order to: Develop, implement and sustain the Trust's clinical governance and quality programmes. Co-ordinate and strategically lead the Trust's patient safety, clinical effectiveness and audit department and have overall responsibility for ensuring the development, planning and implementation of these aspects of the Trust's clinical and quality governance programme. Lead the patient safety and clinical effectiveness teams in planning and implementing a range of effective service developments and working in close collaboration with Network Directors, nurses and clinicians to improve patient care/safety and enhance clinical practice. Work in close collaboration with the Clinical and Governance Team and Network Triumvirates. Provide responses in partnership with the networks for all requests for information or submissions to NHSI, CQC, HSE and NHSLA. Develop and devise the Patient Safety and any associated policies across the organisation by leading a programme which recognises, reports, analyses, evaluates and minimises risk throughout the organisation. About us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We are really proud of our
PennineCare People
and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work. Job responsibilities
Patient Safety and Clinical Effectiveness: Strategically lead and manage the Trust's patient safety and clinical effectiveness team and have overall responsibility for strategy, policy and service development in relation to the Trust's patient safety, clinical effectiveness agenda across the organisation. Lead the Patient Safety and Clinical Effectiveness Team in planning and implementing a range of effective service developments and working in close collaboration with care hub managers and clinicians to improve clinical practice. Responsible for the formulation of the Trust's strategic plans for patient safety. Responsible for all patient safety and clinical effectiveness reporting for the Trust. Responsible for ensuring maintenance and monitoring of clinical standards, including the development and implementation of strategies and systems for evidence-based practice, clinical effectiveness, clinical standards and national performance (clinical) indicators, including NICE guidance. Provide highly specialist advice, support and guidance to clinicians in relation to a range of issues including: patient safety evidence-based practice and the development of guidelines for specific patient groups maintaining governance standards across the organisation. Co-ordinate special investigations into serious clinical incidents/adverse events. Gain the co-operation of senior clinicians involved in any serious event. Analyse and interpret findings and produce recommendations to changes in practice. Responsible for the delivery of training across on patient safety and clinical effectiveness. Liaise closely with the executive team and the Trust's network directors in the implementation of patient safety, audit and clinical effectiveness across the organisation. Co-ordination and strategic management
Co-ordinate and strategically manage the clinical effectiveness and patient safety. Responsible for strategic planning and development of new reporting and feedback systems and for developing Trust strategy on patient safety and clinical effectiveness. Safe, Effective, Experience
Participate in the Trust Patient Safety Walk round Programme triangulating patient safety data to develop ward profiles and linking with Head of Nursing, Head of Allied Health Professionals, Associate Directors and Network Director of Operations, Network Directors of Nursing and Quality to highlight patient safety issues in patient areas: Develop and undertake a programme of compliance visits in patient areas across the Trust to support the compliance agenda; Escalate any issues identified during compliance visits appropriately; Work with the Trust Heads of Quality to support wards managers, senior nurses and clinical leads on compliance with any safety or quality programme as required eg AIMS etc. Work in collaboration with other internal and external stakeholders to ensure consistency and best practices approaches to compliance initiatives. Undertake regular horizon scanning to keep up to date with governance initiatives and forthcoming policy developments. Patient Safety
To develop the patient safety strategy and agenda. Provision of expert advice to the executive team and Trust Board on the timely review of the Patient Safety Strategy. To compile and monitor implementation of an annual work plan for risk. Ensure learning from incident reporting and risk assessments is incorporated into an interactive process to ensure learning is assimilated across the Trust. Develop structured training programmes and briefings for promoting the importance of clinical/non-clinical risk and incident management and the application of associated tools to all levels of the organisation. Ensure that compliance and assurance information is utilised as assurance for identified risks; Ensure that compliance visits and support is risk-based. Leadership/Management
Provide leadership and direction to Networks in the monitoring, management and maintenance of local judgement frameworks to support evidence of local compliance. Provide leadership and direction to direct line reports. Manage sickness, absence and leave in accordance with Trust policy. Complete appraisals and staff PDR aligning service objectives to the role, responsibility and strategic direction of the Trust. Responsible for direct management and recruitment and retention of: Audit & Effectiveness Team, Patient Safety Team. Provide leadership and expert technical support to the clinical governance team and to other senior managers and clinicians across the Trust in relation to clinical governance, clinical risk and effectiveness and patient and public involvement. Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
Educated to masters level or equivalent Relevant professional qualification (Legal, Healthcare, Quality Assurance) Recognised management qualification or equivalent experience Evidence of participation in improvement skills and leadership development programmes Experience to doctoral level Desirable
Doctorate in relevant area Experience
Essential
Working in a healthcare setting Extensive senior management experience in the NHS, social care or private sector Working with a statutory and mandatory portfolio within a large organisation Extensive experience of working with NHSR, NHSI, CQC and professional body requirements. Leading internal and external audits, reviews and inspections Substantial experience of delivering improvement/transformation projects and programmes and recognised improvement methodologies Use of complex systems and databases for the collection, collation, storage and reporting on complex data sets for a wide variety of different sources Risk management frameworks, systems and processes. Managing and supervising others. Experience of managing multiple projects across a large organisation using recognised project management methodology. Experience of successful implementation and support of a Trust wide compliance reporting system Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
Essential
High level numerical, verbal data analysis and interpretation skills Ability to make rational judgements based on the available information and analysis High level database skills Excellent report writing skills with an ability to present complex data that is well structured, clear and correct. Ability to make timely accurate value-based decisions Excellent project management skills High level planning, organising and prioritising skills Ability to set and monitor standards for service provision People management skills Ability to give direction and ability to appropriately delegate Skilled in the use of IT systems High level negotiation skills Excellent leadership skills Highly skilled at developing Board level written reports Budget Management Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. Employer details
Employer name:
Pennine Care NHS FT Address:
Trust HQ, 225 Old Road, Ashton-U-Lyne, OL6 7SR
#J-18808-Ljbffr
sara.barr-frost@nhs.net . This is a central role and input will be into corporate and clinical teams across the Trust. The teams in this portfolio include Patient Safety, Serious Incident Investigators, Clinical Effectiveness, Resuscitation and Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression teams. Main duties of the job
Organisation-wide post, the post holder will work very closely with all clinical and non-clinical staff across the organisation in order to: Develop, implement and sustain the Trust's clinical governance and quality programmes. Co-ordinate and strategically lead the Trust's patient safety, clinical effectiveness and audit department and have overall responsibility for ensuring the development, planning and implementation of these aspects of the Trust's clinical and quality governance programme. Lead the patient safety and clinical effectiveness teams in planning and implementing a range of effective service developments and working in close collaboration with Network Directors, nurses and clinicians to improve patient care/safety and enhance clinical practice. Work in close collaboration with the Clinical and Governance Team and Network Triumvirates. Provide responses in partnership with the networks for all requests for information or submissions to NHSI, CQC, HSE and NHSLA. Develop and devise the Patient Safety and any associated policies across the organisation by leading a programme which recognises, reports, analyses, evaluates and minimises risk throughout the organisation. About us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We are really proud of our
PennineCare People
and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work. Job responsibilities
Patient Safety and Clinical Effectiveness: Strategically lead and manage the Trust's patient safety and clinical effectiveness team and have overall responsibility for strategy, policy and service development in relation to the Trust's patient safety, clinical effectiveness agenda across the organisation. Lead the Patient Safety and Clinical Effectiveness Team in planning and implementing a range of effective service developments and working in close collaboration with care hub managers and clinicians to improve clinical practice. Responsible for the formulation of the Trust's strategic plans for patient safety. Responsible for all patient safety and clinical effectiveness reporting for the Trust. Responsible for ensuring maintenance and monitoring of clinical standards, including the development and implementation of strategies and systems for evidence-based practice, clinical effectiveness, clinical standards and national performance (clinical) indicators, including NICE guidance. Provide highly specialist advice, support and guidance to clinicians in relation to a range of issues including: patient safety evidence-based practice and the development of guidelines for specific patient groups maintaining governance standards across the organisation. Co-ordinate special investigations into serious clinical incidents/adverse events. Gain the co-operation of senior clinicians involved in any serious event. Analyse and interpret findings and produce recommendations to changes in practice. Responsible for the delivery of training across on patient safety and clinical effectiveness. Liaise closely with the executive team and the Trust's network directors in the implementation of patient safety, audit and clinical effectiveness across the organisation. Co-ordination and strategic management
Co-ordinate and strategically manage the clinical effectiveness and patient safety. Responsible for strategic planning and development of new reporting and feedback systems and for developing Trust strategy on patient safety and clinical effectiveness. Safe, Effective, Experience
Participate in the Trust Patient Safety Walk round Programme triangulating patient safety data to develop ward profiles and linking with Head of Nursing, Head of Allied Health Professionals, Associate Directors and Network Director of Operations, Network Directors of Nursing and Quality to highlight patient safety issues in patient areas: Develop and undertake a programme of compliance visits in patient areas across the Trust to support the compliance agenda; Escalate any issues identified during compliance visits appropriately; Work with the Trust Heads of Quality to support wards managers, senior nurses and clinical leads on compliance with any safety or quality programme as required eg AIMS etc. Work in collaboration with other internal and external stakeholders to ensure consistency and best practices approaches to compliance initiatives. Undertake regular horizon scanning to keep up to date with governance initiatives and forthcoming policy developments. Patient Safety
To develop the patient safety strategy and agenda. Provision of expert advice to the executive team and Trust Board on the timely review of the Patient Safety Strategy. To compile and monitor implementation of an annual work plan for risk. Ensure learning from incident reporting and risk assessments is incorporated into an interactive process to ensure learning is assimilated across the Trust. Develop structured training programmes and briefings for promoting the importance of clinical/non-clinical risk and incident management and the application of associated tools to all levels of the organisation. Ensure that compliance and assurance information is utilised as assurance for identified risks; Ensure that compliance visits and support is risk-based. Leadership/Management
Provide leadership and direction to Networks in the monitoring, management and maintenance of local judgement frameworks to support evidence of local compliance. Provide leadership and direction to direct line reports. Manage sickness, absence and leave in accordance with Trust policy. Complete appraisals and staff PDR aligning service objectives to the role, responsibility and strategic direction of the Trust. Responsible for direct management and recruitment and retention of: Audit & Effectiveness Team, Patient Safety Team. Provide leadership and expert technical support to the clinical governance team and to other senior managers and clinicians across the Trust in relation to clinical governance, clinical risk and effectiveness and patient and public involvement. Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
Educated to masters level or equivalent Relevant professional qualification (Legal, Healthcare, Quality Assurance) Recognised management qualification or equivalent experience Evidence of participation in improvement skills and leadership development programmes Experience to doctoral level Desirable
Doctorate in relevant area Experience
Essential
Working in a healthcare setting Extensive senior management experience in the NHS, social care or private sector Working with a statutory and mandatory portfolio within a large organisation Extensive experience of working with NHSR, NHSI, CQC and professional body requirements. Leading internal and external audits, reviews and inspections Substantial experience of delivering improvement/transformation projects and programmes and recognised improvement methodologies Use of complex systems and databases for the collection, collation, storage and reporting on complex data sets for a wide variety of different sources Risk management frameworks, systems and processes. Managing and supervising others. Experience of managing multiple projects across a large organisation using recognised project management methodology. Experience of successful implementation and support of a Trust wide compliance reporting system Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
Essential
High level numerical, verbal data analysis and interpretation skills Ability to make rational judgements based on the available information and analysis High level database skills Excellent report writing skills with an ability to present complex data that is well structured, clear and correct. Ability to make timely accurate value-based decisions Excellent project management skills High level planning, organising and prioritising skills Ability to set and monitor standards for service provision People management skills Ability to give direction and ability to appropriately delegate Skilled in the use of IT systems High level negotiation skills Excellent leadership skills Highly skilled at developing Board level written reports Budget Management Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. Employer details
Employer name:
Pennine Care NHS FT Address:
Trust HQ, 225 Old Road, Ashton-U-Lyne, OL6 7SR
#J-18808-Ljbffr
