Patient Safety Partner

Detailed job description and main responsibilities DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Be an active member of the Patient Safety Committee, whose responsibilities include the review and analysis of safety data.
Champion a culture of just & fair blame in response to learning from patient safety incidents.
Promote a culture across the organisation and beyond of openness and transparency, providing appropriate challenge to ensure learning at an organisational level, acting as a critical friend and bringing peer challenge.
Support the development and implementation of the patient safety incident response framework and accompanying strategies.
Participate in recruitment of key roles with responsibility for patient safety.
Be involved in patient safety improvement projects.
Take a key role in the delivery of patient safety syllabus training across the Christie.
Deliver patient safety module of Trust Induction.
Participate in investigation oversight groups e.g.
Friday FOCUS, Patient Safety Improvement Group and Executive Review Groups as appropriate.
Hold an active role in supporting the safety governance systems across the Christie.
PSPs should ensure that any committee/group of which they are a member considers and prioritises the service user, patient, carer and family involvement and champions diversity and inclusion.
Further detail on specific roles is provided in individual task descriptions.
These include the time commitment for specific roles and frequency of meetings where appropriate.
PSPs will be required to comply with relevant organisational policies and maintain strict confidentiality in respect to discussions and information when required.


Skills and experience Understanding of and broad interest in patient safety.
Ability to communicate well in writing and read comprehensive reports.
Ability to understand and evaluate a range of information and evidence.
Confidence to communicate well verbally with senior leaders about strategic issues, as an advocate for patient safety.
Ability to provide a patient, carer, or lay perspective and to put forward views on behalf of the wider community/groups of patients.
Experience of championing health improvements; able to be a critical friend.
Interaction with multiple stakeholders at senior management level.
Experience of working in partnership with healthcare organisations or programmes.
Sound judgement and an ability to be objective.
Personal integrity and commitment to openness, inclusivity and high standards.
Training The Christie will invest in training its patient safety partners in the patient safety syllabus to the relevant level, currently 2, as a minimum, with ongoing access to training and development as required for the role.


Mandatory training Information governance Equality and diversity Safeguarding Level 1 National Patient Safety Syllabus Levels One and Two Planning and Organising Ability to plan time to prepare for meetings and undertake any other activities required as part of the role.
To attend PSP support meetings and training events.
Personal Adhere to the principles of the PSP agreement.
Inform relevant person if unable to attend meetings or undertake any other identified activities.
Functional Requirements of the role Ability to travel to and from the main Christie site in Withington, Greater Manchester.
Ability to use Microsoft Applications to an acceptable level including MS Teams, Word, Outlook.
Fluent in English, written and speaking (English does need to be primary language or native language).
Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Educated to GCSE Level or equivalent.
Good level of written and spoken English.
Desirable criteria Legal, Health, Data Science, Research or engagement/involvement experience/background.
Lived patient/carer experience of health and/or care.
Experience Essential criteria Experience of championing health improvements; able to be a critical friend.
Desirable criteria Experience of working in partnership with healthcare organisations or programmes.
Able to communicate with a broad range of stakeholders.
Skills Essential criteria Ability to communicate well in writing and read comprehensive reports.
Ability to understand and evaluate a range of information and evidence.
Confidence to communicate well verbally with senior leaders about strategic issues, as an advocate for patient safety.
Ability to provide a patient, carer, or lay perspective and to put forward views on behalf of the wider community/groups of patients (not own opinion only).
Desirable criteria Competent in using Microsoft Office and Excel and the internet.
Knowledge Essential criteria Able to demonstrate understanding of NHS Patient Safety Strategy, Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.
Desirable criteria Able to demonstrate experience of engagement and involvement of patients & carers in healthcare improvement.
Values Essential criteria Sound and rationale judgement and an ability to remain objective in analysis of information.
Acts with integrity.
Committed to the principles of openness and transparency.
Acts in a way that is inclusive of all.
Interest in Patient Safety.
Desirable criteria Ability to interpret a range of evidence to formulate a point of view beyond one's own opinion; avoiding bias.
Other Essential criteria Commit to role for minimum of 12 months on ad-hoc basis.
Flexibility to participate in varied activities to fulfil the role.
Desirable criteria Demonstrates an ability to represent various groups offering insight beyond one's own experience or point of view.
The closing date for this post may be extended if there are insufficient applicants or brought forward if there is a high volume of applicants.

We want to ensure that everyone who works at the Christie or uses our services is welcomed, valued and treated with dignity and respect.
The Christie values diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all and fair representation across the organisation at all levels.
In support of these commitments, we particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority people and people with disabilities for this post.
Appointment will be only on merit.

We are committed to creating a balanced and diverse workforce.
As such we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
Together we will foster inclusion and tackle inequity and health inequalities in cancer care.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

All positions within the Christie are subject to the receipt of satisfactory written references, medical clearance and evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.
Some roles will require a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
Please note if you are successfully appointed to a post with this Trust, you will be required to pay for your own DBS Disclosure.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system.
If you are offered a job information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, I regret that on this occasion your application will have been unsuccessful.

The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and will form part of the recruitment process.
In the event that you are successful following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current/most recent employer.

Overseas candidates wishing to apply for this position and who would require immigration sponsorship, may wish to self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post on the UKVI website.

You should be aware the Trust operates a No Smoking Policy and therefore employees are not permitted to smoke at work.

Employer certification / accreditation badges Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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