Head of Patient Safety - Reading, United Kingdom - Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
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Reading, United Kingdom

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Due to promotion of the current post holder an exciting opportunity has arisen in the Quality Governance Team the

Head of Patient Safety Acute Care will provide support for strategic direction for the Trusts patient safety agenda, providing expert advice and guidance throughout the Trust.

The post holder will lead and deliver on a range of patient safety & quality projects and contributing to the wider Trust Quality Strategy and compliance with the Care Quality Commissions standards.

In discussion with the Associate Director of Nursing, lead the development and implementation of focused safety improvement programmes in order to demonstrably improve patient outcomes.

The post holder will be required to have regular contact with internal and external, stakeholders and will often need to engage with them oversensitive, complex, contentious and confidential issues.


The Head of Patient Safety will be an influential senior nurse working within the corporate team and have a central role within the Quality Governance Team holding a portfolio of responsibility for patient safety.

Head of Patient Safety Acute Care will provide support for strategic direction for the Trusts patient safety agenda, providing expert advice and guidance throughout the Trust.

The post holder will lead and deliver on a range of patient safety & quality projects and contributing to the wider Trust Quality Strategy and compliance with the Care Quality Commissions standards.

In discussion with the Associate Director of Nursing, lead the development and implementation of focused safety improvement programmes in order to demonstrably improve patient outcomes.

Deputise for the Associate Director of Nursing.

The post holder will be required to have regular contact internal and external stakeholders and will often need to engage with them over sensitive, complex, contentious and confidential issues.

Work with Trust staff and provide tailored improvement support for them in order to achieve demonstrable improvements in patient outcomes by reducing adverse incidents including specified measures to improve patient safety.

Initiating high priority national patient safety and quality initiatives such as those produced by national organisations


Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton.

With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as good.


Our values; Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Leadership

  • The post holder will be an influential senior nurse leader working within the corporate team and a key stakeholder within Quality Governance Team
  • To support the Associate Director of Nursing including the development and implementation of strategies for improving patient safety, reducing avoidable harm and developing a positive safety culture.
  • The Head of Patient Safety Acute Care will provide senior professional leadership and contribute to the development and implementation of the Nursing and Midwifery Strategy.
  • The Head of Patient Safety Acute will support the strategic direction and agenda for Patient Safety in conjunction with the Associate Director of Nursing, leading on Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety programmes to reduce avoidable harm in line with the Trust Quality strategy.
  • Contribute to the Patient Safety Committee & Falls Steering Committee
  • Lead and manage the Patient Safety Thermometer data collection
  • To be responsible for providing assurance and leading on compliance for the Care Quality Commission Safety Domain.
  • Provide leadership and management to the Tissue Viability Specialist Nurses and Patient Safety Leads.
  • To be responsible for signing timesheets etc for staff managed.
  • Act as a role model; be highly visible and accessible to clinical teams.
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