{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nPatient Safety Lead with County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust in Darlington, England, United Kingdom\n\n Job Summary An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Patient Safety Team within a dynamic and progressing Patient Safety team on a fixed term basis. The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of the Trust's Patient Safety Incident Response plan. The post holder will provide leadership and support to the patient safety team. The post holder will also be responsible for coordinating thematic reviews, patient safety investigations and learning from safety events. The post holder will be highly skilled in the development of patient safety investigation reports and will be a key driver of Trust wide safety initiatives. The post holder will be proative in delivering patient safety improvement and work collabroatively with the wider trust and external partners. Main duties of the job The successful candidate will lead the day to day delivery of the Trust's patient safety incident response plan to support the delivery of safer systems of care. A large part of the role will be ensuring that learning and improvements occur from patient safety incidents with the aim of reducing future risk and helping make care safer, whilst ensuring that patients, their families, and staff are supported. The post holder will provide line management and leadership to the paitent safety team and provide patient safety expertise to the wider team. About Us If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager. You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks. We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented From April 1 2024 we are unable to offer sponsorship for healthcare roles that do not meet the minimum salary, If you are in the UK on a VISA please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post. Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents. Date posted 09 January 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 8a Salary £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum pro rata Contract Fixed term Duration 8 months Working pattern Part-time Reference number C9439-25-0029 Job locations Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust Hollyhurst Road Darlington County Durham DL3 6HX Job Description Job responsibilities Provide patient safety expertise/leadership within the organisation; demonstrating compassionate leadership, visibility and supporting the continued development of the patient safety culture. The post holder will lead, enable and facilitate change within the patient safety arena to deliver innovative ways of working that are patient safety centered. The post holder will manage the the patient safety budget. Responsible for ensuring that there are organisational effective systems and processes are in place for the management of incidents and the use of the Ulysses system, ensuring a sound system exists in line with national guidance. As a senior manager in the patient safety team, ensure ongoing monitoring against all required standards and approprately escalate any concerns to the management team, where a service falls below those standards, ensure the production of a comprehensive action plan, and ongoing assurance of delivery of the required action plan, to help eliminate poor quality care and improve service delivery and compliance. Oversee the implementation of Patient Safety Incident Response Plan. Identify and provide clear rationale for locally defined incidents requiring local Patient Safety Incident Investigation (PSII) approval. Complete training needs analysis to enable the delivery of the response plan. Work autonomously as an investigator and in conjunction with subject matter experts and clinical colleagues. Responsible for the management of day to day overview of investigations. Manage a complex workload to tight deadlines and meet the requirements of a large number of stakeholders with minimal supervision. Provide management and leadership to the Patient Safety team. Work in collaboration and partnership with other key stakeholders to coordinate events around patient safety priorities including falls, pressure damage and infection, prevention and control. Use highly developed motivational skills to encourage collaborative working. Will gather and analyse a variety of data in different formats from a number of sources to identify patient safety related trends and themes and prioritise them for targeted action. Please note the person spec asks for a car driver - this should read as abilty to travel between trust sites Responsibilities Job description Job responsibilities Provide patient safety expertise/leadership within the organisation; demonstrating compassionate leadership, visibility and supporting the continued development of the patient safety culture. The post holder will lead, enable and facilitate change within the patient safety arena to deliver innovative ways of working that are patient safety centered. The post holder will manage the the patient safety budget. Responsible for ensuring that there are organisational effective systems and processes are in place for the management of incidents and the use of the Ulysses system, ensuring a sound system exists in line with national guidance. As a senior manager in the patient safety team, ensure ongoing monitoring against all required standards and approprately escalate any concerns to the management team, where a service falls below those standards, ensure the production of a comprehensive action plan, "}