Patient Safety Lead for Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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Full time
Please note this post will be closed early once a sufficient amount of applications have been received

Promote a safety and quality culture across the directorates of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, (Womens and Children's), taking a lead in supporting local investigations and responses to incidents in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Responsible for leading the maternity patient safety agenda and ensure a unified approach to the review of patient safety incidents across the service, in line with the Trust Policies & Procedures and best practice guidance.

Oversee effective delivery of the directorate complaints and legal processes working through patient safety coordinators for Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Lead on the patient safety processes for the directorate to develop, maintain and monitor its process. To co-ordinate and lead the team to provide reports and summaries from national recommendations, and action plans for the directorate and associated meetings within the Trust.

Main duties of the job To support the integration of the requirements of external reporting. Encourage a research conscious workforce to increase the use of evidence based practices within the directorates. Promote effective communication between all areas of the directorate and across other associated directorates. Collate and analyse information and provide detailed reports to the Directorate Forums, including the Clinical Directors, Operational Manager and Associate Director of Midwifery. Deputise for the Safety, Quality and Governance Lead when needed. Provide Lead support for the Paediatrics Patient Safety Team when needed. Be regularly visible / present in clinical areas, encouraging interaction with all groups of staff and gathering 'soft' data to enable triangulation of data and establish effective working relationships. Act as a focal point for incident reporting within Maternity and encourage all staff to make use of the In-phase reporting system and share resulting good practice and lessons learned. Lead the Patient Safety Team to work within the requirements of patient safety incident response framework (PSIRF) within Maternity, working alongside the Trust Patient Safety Team.

About us At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool.

Job description Job responsibilities Promote a safety and quality culture across the directorates of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, (Womens and Childrens), taking a lead in supporting local investigations and responses to incidents in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Person Specification Qualifications and Training Essential Degree in related subject (Leadership/ Patient Safety / Midwifery)

Desirable Management qualification Training qualification

Experience Essential Clinical knowledge and experience in review of clinical events within maternity and gynaecology Management experience Experience of teaching

Desirable Experience in change management & PSIRF Training

Skills and Attributes Essential IT literate with at least basic word and Excel skills Effective reasoning skills and ability to combine complex information to identify and analyse trends and issues and formulate policy and guidance Presentation skills

Desirable Microsoft Office /publisher /Internet Policy Writing

Employer details Employer name North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Address North Tees Hardwick Road Stockton TS19 8PE

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