Quality & Safety Manager

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and proactive Quality & Safety Manager to join Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. We are seeking a skilled professional to help lead the Trust’s approach to patient safety, learning and improvement, working closely with clinical and corporate teams across the organisation.

As a key member of the Office of the Medical Director, you will provide expert analysis and oversight of patient safety information, support the delivery of PSIRF and related governance processes, and identify themes and emerging risks to drive meaningful improvements in quality and safety.

You will play a key role in supporting senior leaders through high-quality reporting, assurance and insight, while building effective relationships across the Trust to promote a strong culture of learning and continuous improvement.

Main duties of the job

• You will be responsible for helping oversee the Trust’s patient safety governance and learning processes, ensuring effective oversight of PSIRF, patient safety events and learning responses.
• You will provide expert analysis of patient safety data and triangulate this with wider quality intelligence to identify themes, emerging risks and areas for improvement.
• Working closely with clinical and corporate teams, you will coordinate key patient safety governance meetings, oversee actions and performance against agreed measures, and provide accurate and timely reports and assurance to senior and executive leaders.
• You will provide advice and support to clinical teams on patient safety, PSIRF, quality governance and improvement, while managing the day-to-day administration of the Quality & Safety team.
• The role will also be responsible for identifying and monitoring themes, trends and opportunities for learning across the Trust, supporting the development and delivery of safety improvement priorities and ensuring learning is translated into effective improvement plans.
• You will build strong relationships with stakeholders across the Trust and wider healthcare system, using high-quality data, analysis and insight to support continuous improvement in quality, safety and patient care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.