Bank Patient Safety Partner

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Do you have an interest in becoming involved in how we can develop our health and care services so that they are safer for our patients?

Are you or have you ever been a patient, carer or family member of someone who has used any health and care services?

At Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, we are expanding our initiative to involve the public in our work to improve our services and quality of care for our patients, their families and carers, and the public. We are seeking to recruit people as core members of the team who will consider our work from a public perspective and who will ask how our plans meet the needs of our patients.

Homerton's Patient Safety Partners (PSP) will be key members of the team bringing an essential third-party perspective to improvement and safety projects. Partners will draw on their experience and the training we will provide to make a meaningful difference to patient care. Their independence allows them to raise questions and see things differently, noticing things that may not be visible to professionals, adding richness to discussions about actions we are taking to improve our services. They will be required to offer a unique perspective to ensure that the interests and needs of patients are at the heart of any change.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this role will be to work with us to ensure we prioritise the safety requirements of our patients thereby maximising the things that go right and minimising the things that go wrong for people receiving our services. The Patient Safety Partner will:

• Attend relevant safety governance committees and meetings to support compliance monitoring, address safety issues, and provide appropriate challenge to ensure there is learning and change.
• Be involved in the development and implementation of relevant strategies and policies.
• Be involved in the design of safer healthcare at all levels in the organisation.
• Ensure the committees and groups consider and prioritise the service user, patient, carer, and family perspective and champion a diversity of views.
• Use their lived experience as a patient or a member of our local community to support and advise Homerton Healthcare on activities, policies, and procedures that will improve patient safety and increase quality care.

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Job 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 documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification Education / Qualifications

• Lived experience

Skills / Abilities

• Communicate verbally and advocate for patient safety.
• Read, understand, and evaluate a range of information from a variety of sources.
• Provide challenge to help develop a safer organisation.
• Represent and provide the perspective of patients, families, or carers and put views forward on behalf of wider community/groups.
• Think widely about safety, health, and wellbeing, as well as service delivery and improvement.
• Confidence to communicate well verbally with senior leaders about strategic issues, as an advocate for patient safety.
• Sound judgement and an ability to be objective.
• Interacting and collaborating with multiple stakeholders including NHS staff at senior management, voluntary sector, and community groups.

Experience

• Experience of championing health improvements.

Knowledge

• Understanding of and a broad interest in patient safety.

Trust Values, Equal Opportunities & Other Requirements

• Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values.
• Commitment and adherence to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust