Overview
A patient safety partner (PSP) is actively involved in the design of safer healthcare at all levels in the organisation. Your main role will be to work with us to ensure that 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.
Responsibilities
* Participate and join key conversations and meetings within the Trust that address patient safety. Attend patient safety meetings and committees.
* Committee(s)/meetings may require face-to-face attendance or online participation; the PSP must be comfortable with either approach.
* Challenge the way we work and act as a critical friend, providing a questioning approach to information shared at committees and meetings.
* Represent the patient’s/family voice, ensuring committee/meeting members are "walking in the patient’s shoes".
* Co-design the development of patient safety initiatives.
* Comply with relevant policies and maintain confidentiality. Work alongside the Trust’s clinical and non-clinical staff to inform and influence decisions on services. Become a member of committees, work with project teams, consult on policy, and contribute learning to provide an independent perspective that enriches and supports the best patient experience. Involves involvement in a wide range of activities and programmes, potentially taking on several different roles while in the work, contributing to improved governance and leadership within the Trust.
About the employer
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit the local area. The Trust is one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £568 million and is the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our services are delivered by over 8,000 staff across two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, and over 100 community sites and in people’s homes. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as “Good” overall, and “Outstanding” for Caring and Effective. Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24-hour care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services.
Benefits
A wide range of staff benefits are available, including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to the Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne District General Hospital, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation. In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme (24/7). Onsite parking is available for a small administration fee.
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