Patient Safety Partner - London, United Kingdom - Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
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London, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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This is a volunteer role for 8 hrs per month with an accompanying reimbursement.

To be part of key projects delivered by the Patient Safety Team.

Using lived experience as a patient or a member of the local community, to support and advice the Patient Safety Group/patient experience group & the Quality, Safety & Patient Experience Committee (QSPEC)/Quality Performance Committee (QPC) on activities, policies and procedures that improve Patient Safety and deliver high-quality care.


As a Patient Safety Partner, you will ensure that any committee/groups of which you are a member considers and prioritises the service user, patient, carer and family perspective and champions a diversity of views.

Over the past few years these committees have been held virtually however the organisation is reintroducing face to face meeting


Task description:

  • Attendance and contribution at the Trust's Patient Safety Group meeting or Patient Experience Meeting (two-hour monthly meeting)
  • Attendance and contribution at the Trust's Quality, Safety & Patient Experience Committee and/or Quality Performance committee (twohour monthly meeting)
  • Acting as an adviser/critical friend to the patient safety team in the development & delivery of the patient safety strategy
  • Bring the voice and needs of patients, families, carers and the public, into committees in a way that provides appropriate challenge and fosters learning and change
  • Consider complex issues affecting patient safety across the Trust that directly inform relevant Trust strategy and policy
  • Interact with other PSPs and staff in a large multiprofessional meeting format
  • Be prepared to put forward ideas of how PSPs can support the improvement of patient safety across all three organisations and work with staff to put these in place

Other essential tasks:

  • Receive and read meeting papers prior to attending
  • Attend a meeting, currently virtual every other month
  • Attend a pre meet and postmeeting debrief with the Head of Patient and experience
  • Maintain the strict confidentiality of the meeting, its members and content at all times both pre, during and post meetings.
Our people are our greatest asset.

When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients.

Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement.

We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:


  • Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
  • Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
  • Improving the experience of staff with disability
  • Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
  • Making equalities mainstream
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