Patient Safety Incident Response Lead inLeicester inLeicester PUBLISHED
MON 21 OCT 2024
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust rPExmVG6
Key responsibilities include advising on incident investigations, proofreading reports, escalating risks to senior staff, and collaborating with the Legal Team when necessary. The position emphasises the importance of involving patients, families, and staff in the incident learning process. This opportunity aims to develop valuable skills and knowledge in patient safety, all while maintaining existing NHS benefits and receiving training and support from the Clinical Quality Governance Teams.
We have created three exciting new roles for the next twelve months in our well-established and supportive Directorate Clinical Quality Governance Teams. If you want the chance to have greater impact on patient safety and improving the way we respond to and learn from incidents to support delivery of high quality patient care, this could be the opportunity you have been waiting for. Working as part of DMH, FYPCLDA or CHS, you will report into the Clinical Quality Governance Lead in the respective area, working both virtually and face to face with County Hall as your named base.
As part of this role, you get to oversee the Directorate patient safety incident response process, tracking learning responses from Initial Service Manager Review through Incident Review and Learning Meetings to completion. You will be working across a range of clinical services, broadening your knowledge of the Directorate and building valuable networks. The role is full time (37.5 hours per week) and will operate primarily from Monday to Friday.
The Directorate Clinical Quality Governance Teams will provide training, regular supervision and support to rapidly upskill successful candidates. Keeping all your existing NHS benefits, this secondment / fixed term post offers the opportunity to develop sought after, transferable new skills and broaden your knowledge in readiness for future progression.
We are looking for people with a passion for patient safety and great people skills, as all our incident learning responses must meaningfully involve patients, families, and staff. You will support and advise patient safety investigators through regular check-ins, to ensure that investigations and reports are comprehensive, adhere to LPTs Report Writing Standards and are completed on time. You will proof-read and be responsible for the standard and quality of investigation reports prior to review by senior Directorate Leads and Directors.
You will ensure early escalation of risks are identified through the investigation process to the Head of Nursing and ensure that areas for improvement and associated actions will effectively mitigate risks identified. The post holder will liaise with the Legal Team regarding report readiness for the coroners and ensure learning through this process informs LPTs responses and improvement cycle. You will be instrumental in supporting the Directorate to quality assure the evidence required to complete agreed actions and ensure grip and pace on the patient safety agenda.
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