Patient Safety Partner

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of our Quality and Safety team as a Patient Safety Partner.

As a Patient Safety Partner (PSP) you will be actively involved in the design of safer healthcare at all levels in the organisation.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

This includes roles in safety governance. For example:

• Sitting on relevant committees to support compliance monitoring and how safety issues should be addressed
• Providing appropriate challenge to ensure learning and change
• The development and implementation of relevant strategy and policy.

Additional Information:

• This is a voluntary position (travel expenses paid in line with volunteer policy).
• The successful candidate must register as an UHNM volunteer.
• Recruitment checks (including a DBS check) and mandatory training are required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Patient Safety Partner 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.

Further details on specific roles is provided in individual task descriptions.

These include the time commitment for training, specific roles and frequency of meetings where appropriate. The PSP will need to comply with relevant policies and maintain strict confidentiality in respect to discussions and information when required.