Job summary
- Main area
- Patient Safety and Quality
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 293-CSEP-0567-A
- Employer
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 p.a. inc
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Quality and Patient Safety Manager
Band 7
Advert
Job overview
The Quality and Patient Safety Team is looking for a committed and innovative individual with experience across all areas of quality and safety, including incident management, investigation experience, thematic analysis and risk management to join our team.
This is an exciting time to be joining an enthusiastic and collaborative Quality and Patient Safety team, who are working to deliver safe and effective care to our patients.
Quality, in its three dimensions of patient safety, clinical effectiveness and patient experience, is one of the Trust's key priorities.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work with the Emergency Medicine and Rehabilitation Services (EMRS) Division in delivering all aspects of the quality and safety agenda. There will be a particular focus on sharing and embedding learning, as well as supporting the division with all aspects of PSIRF.
You should be able to demonstrate a track record on developing and analysing clinical quality data, and have excellent analytical, interpretation and communication skills. A good knowledge of NHS governance and the quality and safety agenda is essential.
We would be interested in applications from individuals with or without a clinical qualification.
Working for our organisation
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 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.
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 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
Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of Trust Values
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Graduate level education or equivalent
- Evidence of continuous personal development
Desirable criteria
- Healthcare related professional qualification
- Qualification in a risk / governance related discipline
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a patient safety, quality, risk management or clinical governance area
- Experience of risk management database systems
- Significant experience of working at a senior level within the health service (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using Datix
Skills
Essential criteria
- Incident investigation skills
- Ability to build effective collaborative relationships
- Excellent communication skills, including verbal and written presentations
- Abilty to interpret highly complex information and translate into easily understood messages
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical and non-clinical risk assessment and management within the NHS
- Demonstrating an understanding of Trust Values
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of electronic patient information systems
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Linnie Pontin
- Job title
- Head of Quality and Patient Safety
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02085107911
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