Job summary East Cheshire NHS Trust is a community and acute Trust that serves a population across a large geographical area.
Our purpose is to deliver outstanding care and to improve the health of all the people we serve.
We have a fabulous opportunity for a forward thinking, dynamic and proactive professional with a passion for clinical audit and patient safety to join our friendly Governance and safety team as the Head of Clinical Effectiveness & Patient Safety.
If you have an abundance of professional curiosity, an understanding clinical audit, human factors and have a passion for patient safety, this is the role for you.
Hours per week: Main duties of the job The Patient Safety team incorporates Clinical Effectiveness and Clinical Governance and works to achieve the aims of the national statutory and regulatory requirements in relation to patient safety and clinical governance and effectiveness as a whole.
The Head of Clinical Effectiveness & Patient Safety will work closely with the Head of Clinical Governance & Patient Safety and the Head of Risk Management with the management and delivery of clinical effectiveness and governance functions across the Trust.
As a Patient Safety Specialist (PSS) the post holder will lead and where required, support patient safety improvement activity and ensure that systems thinking, human factors and just culture principles are embedded in all patient safety processes.
Including the provision of expert specialist advice to directorate clinical and non-clinical staff.
Support in the continuous improvement of patient safety and clinical effectiveness, building on the foundations of a safer culture and safer systems in accordance with the NHS Patient Safety Strategy and participate in the implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).
Undertake Patient Safety Incident Investigations and other reviews as relevant and promote patient safety thinking beyond why things go wrong in healthcare (Safety I), to examining why things routinely go right and how that can be maximised (Safety II).
About us It is all about the people at East Cheshire NHS Trust.
We have a real sense of community, and our values are truly embedded into everything we do, ensuring we are a great and inclusive place to work.
You will be supported, developed and empowered throughout your career with us.
Come and join us, where you can play your part in helping us deliver outstanding care and improving the health of all the people we serve.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings.
Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.
Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list