Guardian of Safe WorkinginManchesterinManchesterPUBLISHED SUN 5 JAN 2025
Independent role ensuring the safety of resident doctors, promoting accountability and transparency.
Champion of safe working hours, actively advocating for the welfare of doctors in training and locally employed doctors.
The opportunity to influence organisational practices and promote safe working environments across a large NHS Trust.
Access to a wide network, representing the Trust at regional and national events to share best practices and foster collaboration.
Engagement with various committees and forums, allowing for direct contribution to the improvement of resident doctors' working conditions.
Ability to lead discussions on safety issues and implement changes that directly impact the well-being of healthcare professionals.
Supportive environment that prioritizes inclusion, equity, and career development, bolstered by a commitment to sustainability and innovation.
The Guardian of Safe Working (GoSW) at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust will play a vital independent role focused on ensuring the safety and well-being of resident doctors. This includes upholding the safeguards related to working hours and clinical duties as outlined in the Terms and Conditions of Service (2016). The GoSW will champion safe working practices, advise clinical teams, chair the Resident Doctor Forum, and represent the Trust in various local and national discussions. Additionally, the role involves actively promoting awareness of safety issues, supporting trainee doctors, and ensuring compliance with safe rostering.
As one of the largest NHS Trusts in England, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating an integrated healthcare system for over a million patients annually. It emphasises a collaborative work culture, high-quality research, and digital innovation while promoting sustainability and equal career development opportunities. The GoSW position offers an exceptional opportunity to contribute to a leading healthcare environment that prioritizes the safety and professional growth of its medical workforce.
As one of the largest NHS Trusts in England, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating an integrated healthcare system for over a million patients annually. It emphasises a collaborative work culture, high-quality research, and digital innovation while promoting sustainability and equal career development opportunities. The GoSW position offers an exceptional opportunity to contribute to a leading healthcare environment that prioritizes the safety and professional growth of its medical workforce.
Independent role ensuring the safety of resident doctors, promoting accountability and transparency.
Champion of safe working hours, actively advocating for the welfare of doctors in training and locally employed doctors.
The opportunity to influence organisational practices and promote safe working environments across a large NHS Trust.
Access to a wide network, representing the Trust at regional and national events to share best practices and foster collaboration.
Engagement with various committees and forums, allowing for direct contribution to the improvement of resident doctors' working conditions.
Ability to lead discussions on safety issues and implement changes that directly impact the well-being of healthcare professionals.
Supportive environment that prioritizes inclusion, equity, and career development, bolstered by a commitment to sustainability and innovation.
All Trusts in England must employ a Guardian of Safe Working (GoSW). The GoSW is an independent role and responsible for protecting the safeguards for resident doctors as outlined in the Terms and Conditions of Service (2and must provide assurance to the Trust Board that doctors remain safe to carry out their clinical duties
Act as the champion of safe working hours for doctors in approved training programmes and locally employed doctors to ensure that action is taken to ensure that the working hours within the Trust are safe
Provide assurance to the Trust Board or equivalent body that trainee doctors are safely rostered and are working hours that are safe and in compliance with the TCS (2
Actively promote safe working practices and ensuring good practices are shared within the organisation
Advise and support clinical teams with highlighted areas of difficulties
Chair the Resident Doctor Forum (RDF) where safety issues and the improvement to resident doctors’ working can be discussed/addressed
Attend the Joint Local Negotiating Consulting Committee (JLNCC)
Attend the resident doctors’ induction to raise awareness of the role and the relevance of exception reports
Attend relevant forums i.e. Clinical Group Education Boards regarding exception reports
Represent the Trust at regional and national Guardian of Safe Working events
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dave Pearson Job title: Chief of Staff Email address: Telephone number:
Act as the champion of safe working hours for doctors in approved training programmes and locally employed doctors to ensure that action is taken to ensure that the working hours within the Trust are safe
Provide assurance to the Trust Board or equivalent body that trainee doctors are safely rostered and are working hours that are safe and in compliance with the TCS (2
Actively promote safe working practices and ensuring good practices are shared within the organisation
Advise and support clinical teams with highlighted areas of difficulties
Chair the Resident Doctor Forum (RDF) where safety issues and the improvement to resident doctors’ working can be discussed/addressed
Attend the Joint Local Negotiating Consulting Committee (JLNCC)
Attend the resident doctors’ induction to raise awareness of the role and the relevance of exception reports
Attend relevant forums i.e. Clinical Group Education Boards regarding exception reports
Represent the Trust at regional and national Guardian of Safe Working events
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dave Pearson Job title: Chief of Staff Email address: Telephone number:
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