Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
Do you have what it takes or are you looking for a new challenge?
We have an exciting opportunity for someone with the right experience to join the MSEFT Patient safety Team. We are a small team with a real focus on the patient and staff experience.
The Patient Safety facilitator will be key in supporting and developing the embedding of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) across the Trust, in addition to supporting processes for patient safety including the response to and management of incidents, investigations, never events, Duty of Candour and compliance with national patient safety alerts.
The role is required to work leading patient safety across all sites within the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust footprint.
So, if you want to use your expertise to ensure excellent patient care and safety across our trust, please apply today.
Main duties of the job
The Patient Safety Facilitator will work as a member of the Patient Safety Team to support an organisational safety culture that focusses on high quality care standards.
They will support managers and staff to ensure all incidents within the Trust are reviewed and that there is an appropriate response. They will:
* Promote a just culture that focusses on continuous improvement in relation to incident reporting and patient safety issues
* Support the management of the serious incident process
* Provide expert guidance and advice in incident and serious incident management and investigation in line with Trust, regional and national policy
* Provide high quality performance and aggregated incident reports
* Provide assurance to all necessary internal and external bodies or indicate to the organisation that pro-active action needs to be taken to rectify gaps.
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Are you looking for an exciting Patient Safety Facilitator role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
We look forward to your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional or educated to A level or diploma level with equivalent significant experience in a Patient Safety role
Desirable criteria
* Patient Safety Training - PSIRF
Experience
Essential criteria
* Substantial experience of the NHS, patient safety and clinical governance agenda
* Proficient in the use a wide variety of IT and software packages
* Experience of supporting and teaching to multidisciplinary teams in relation to patient safety
* Significant experience in using risk management systems
* Significant experience in the oversight and management of incidents
Desirable criteria
* Experience in leading engagement with system partners i.e. ICB / NHSE
* Experience within a Corporate Patient Safety role
Communication
Essential criteria
* Excellent standard of written English - demonstrated throughout application form
* High level of interpersonal skills including the ability to lead, influence and motivate - demonstrated in previous experience and supporting information
Desirable criteria
* Experience in leading communication with system partners i.e. ICB, providers
Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.
Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.
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
* Band 7 Patient Safety Facilitator (PDF, 461.5KB)
* Privacy Policy (PDF, 441.0KB)
* AFC Pay Poster 25/26 (PDF, 32.3KB)
* Behaviours Framework (JPG, 298.0KB)
* Applicant MS Teams Checklist (PDF, 560.5KB)
* Trust marketing brochure (PDF, 2.1MB)
* General Statements - AFC - V5.1 (PDF, 424.6KB)