Job summary

The role of aPatient Safety Partner (PSP)is to support the design of safer healthcare at all levels in the organisation and will be involved in key projects related to patient safety.

The salary is £75 per half a day.

At The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, our Patient Safety Partners will reflect the voice and needs of the people that use our hospital and services to help us develop safer services in partnership with patients, families and carers.

PSPs will sit on committees to support safety improvement by exploring how safety issues should be addressed and providing appropriate challenge to ensure learning and improvement. PSPs will also be involved in the development and implementation of relevant strategy and policy.

The successful candidate(s) will need to comply with relevant policies and maintain strict confidentiality in respect to discussions and information when required.

Main duties of the job

Attendance at relevant Quality and Safety committees to contribute to and support compliance with monitoring and as an adviser/critical friend to the Clinical teams in the development and delivery of the Patient Safety Strategy.Putting forward views on behalf of the wider Community/Groups of Patients/Service Users (not own opinion only) through the Patient Experience team.Evaluating a range of information and evidence and communicating with senior leaders about strategic issues, as an advocate for patient safety.Championing Quality and Safety improvements to support the Trust in implementation of the relevant strategy and policy.

About us

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Job description

Job responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Be an active member of the Patient Safety Committee, whose responsibilitiesinclude the review and analysis of safety data Champion a culture of just & fair blame in response to learning from patient safety incidents Promote a culture across the organisation and beyond of openness and transparency providing appropriate challenge to ensure learning at an organisational level, acting as a critical friend and bringing peer challenge supporting the development and implementation of the patient safety incident response framework and accompanying strategies participate in recruitment of key roles with responsibility for patient safety being Involved in patient safety improvement projects take a key role in the delivery of patient safety syllabus training across the Christie deliver patient safety module of Trust Inductionparticipating in investigation oversight groups Friday FOCUS, Patient Safety Improvement Group and Executive Review Groups as appropriate holds an active role in supporting the safety governance systems across the Christie

PSPs should ensure that any committee/group of which they are a member considers andprioritises the service user, patient, carer and family involvement and champions diversity and inclusion.Further detail on specific roles is provided in individual task descriptions. These include thetime commitment for specific roles and frequency of meetings where appropriatePSPs will be required to comply with relevant organisational policies and maintain strictconfidentiality in respect to discussions and information when required.

Skills and experience

Understanding of and broad interest in patient safety. Ability to communicate well in writing and read comprehensive reports. Ability to understand and evaluate a range of information and evidence. Confidence to communicate well verbally with senior leaders about strategic issues, as an

Advocate for patient safety.Ability to provide a patient, carer, or lay perspective and to put forward views on behalf of the Experience of championing health improvements; able to be a critical friend. Interaction with multiple stakeholders at senior management level. Experience of working in partnership with healthcare organisations or programmes. Sound judgement and an ability to be objective. Personal integrity and commitment to openness, inclusivity and high standards.

Training

The Christie will invest in training its patient safety partners in the patient safety syllabus to the relevant level, currently 2, as a minimum, with ongoing access to training and development as required for the role.

Mandatory training

Information governance Equality and diversity Safeguarding Level 1. information governance National Patient Safety Syllabus Levels One and Two

Planning and Organising

Ability to plan time to prepare for meetings and undertake any other activities required as part of the attend PSP support meetings and training events.

Personal

Adhere to the principles of the PSP agreement. Inform relevant person if unable to attend meetings or undertake any other identified activities.

Functional Requirements of the role

Ability to travel to and from the main Christie site in Withington, Greater ManchesterAbility to use Microsoft Applications to an acceptable level including MS Teams, Word, OutlookFluent in English, written and speaking (English does need to be primary language or native language)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE Level or equivalent. Good level of written and spoken English.

Desirable

Legal, Health, Data Science, Research or engagement / involvement experience / background. Lived patient / carer experience of health and/or care.

Experience

Essential

Experience of championing health improvements; able to be a critical friend.

Desirable

Experience of working in partnership with healthcare organisations or programmes Able to communicate with a broad range of stakeholders

Skills

Essential

Ability to communicate well in writing and read comprehensive reports. Ability to understand and evaluate a range of information and evidence Confidence to communicate well verbally with senior leaders about strategic issues, as an advocate for patient safety Ability to provide a patient, carer, or lay perspective and to put forward views on behalf of the wider community/groups of patients (not own opinion only)

Desirable

Competent in using Microsoft Office and Excel and the internet

Knowledge

Essential

Able to demonstrate understanding of NHS Patient Safety Strategy, Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.

Desirable

Able to demonstrate experience of engagement and involvement of patients & carers in healthcare improvement

Values

Essential

Sound and rationale judgement and an ability to remain objective in analysis of information Acts with integrity Committed to the principles of openness and transparency Acts in a way that is inclusive of all Interest in Patient Safety

Desirable

Ability to interpret a range of evidence to formulate a point of view beyond ones own opinion; avoiding bias.

Other

Essential

Commit to role for minimum of 12 months on ad hoc basis. Flexibility to participate in varied activities to fulfil the role.

Desirable

Demonstrates an ability to represent various groups offering insight beyond ones own experience or point of view.