Patient Safety Partner

Job overview

Patient Safety Partners are patients, carers, family members or other lay people who are recruited to work in partnership with staff to influence and improve the governance and leadership of safety within an NHS organisation.

This is an exciting  role, supported by NHS England to provide support and advice to the Trust, playing a key role in the development of a patient safety culture, safety systems and improvement activity.

Main duties of the job

• membership of safety and quality committees whose responsibilities include the review and analysis of safety data • involvement in patient safety improvement projects • working with patient safety specialist to consider how to improve safety • involvement in staff patient safety training • participation in patient safety investigation oversight groups

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A patient safety partner (PSP) is actively involved in the design of safer healthcare at all levels in the organisation. This may include various activities in safety governance such as; • Becoming members of the safety and quality committee, whose responsibilities include the review and analysis of safety data. • Considering how safety issues should be addressed. • Providing appropriate challenge to ensure learning and change follows. • Supporting the development and implementation of relevant strategies and policies. • Being Involved in patient safety improvement projects. • Working with patient safety specialist to consider how to improve safety. • Being involved in staff patient safety training. • Participating in patient safety investigation oversight groups. • Supporting effective safety governance at all levels in the organisation. PSPs should ensure that any committee/group of which they are a member considers and prioritises the service user, patient, carer and family perspective and champions a diversity of views.