Assistant Director of Patient Safety
NHS, Kettering, OH, United States
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Assistant Director of Patient Safety The closing date is 07 April 2026
The key purpose to provide senior leadership in the Trust for safeguarding, patient experience and patient safety and as patient safety specialist.
Main duties of the job Patient safety specialists are the patient's safety experts within healthcare organisations and provide leadership, visibility, and expert support to patient safety work. They support the development of a patient safety culture and safety systems and have sufficient seniority to engage directly with their executive team. Patient safety specialist promote patient safety thinking beyond things going wrong to why things routinely go right in healthcare and the systems approach to patient safety.
About us NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.
Job responsibilities The post holder will play a significant role in ensuring that NHFT continues to be a learning organisation. Ensuring that patient safety and lessons learnt are part of the fundamental principles of every member of team NHFT, clinical and non-clinical.
The post holder will champion patient safety improvement and ensure that systems thinking, human factors understanding and just culture principles are at the heart of patient safety.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the Trust has in place good governance, systems, and processes to ensure the implementation of the NHS patient safety strategy and framework.
The post holder with provide leadership and have management responsibility for a portfolio of services that have a role in patient safety. This includes and are not exclusive to, patient safety team, infection prevention and control team, complaints and PALS, safeguarding, patient experience and involvement.
The post hlder will ensure that patient and carer experience are central to patient safety. That patient, the public and staff are central to the concept of co-production in the Trust and that co-production is part for the culture of the Trust.
In addition, the post holder will ensure the development of effective policies and local approaches to partnership working to ensure that services provided and commissioned reflect the diverse demand, need and aspirations of the community served. This will include providing expert advice, strategic direction and a robust assurance-seeking, quality improvement focus across the Trust. The post holder will lead the continued development of an integrated and proactive approach to learning from patient and service user feedback and outcomes.
The post holder will work as part of a wider team in ensuring that patient safety is appropriately prioritised and considered in the work of NHFT. They should build and maintain good working relationships with a board range of internal and external stakeholders on issue relating to patient safety.
Person Specification Senior experience working within a Mental Health Trust
Experience working at a senior clinical or operational level within a Mental Health Trust.
Patient safety leadership experience
Significant experience in a patient safety-related role, leading safety improvement and learning.
National policy interpretation and implementation
Proven ability to interpret national patient safety policy and implement it at organisational level.
Senior management of complex services and teams
Experience managing multi disciplinary teams and complex service portfolios, including performance and resources.
Partnership working and patient/carer engagement
Demonstrable experience of working in partnership with stakeholders, patients and carers to improve safety and quality.
Education
Masters Degree
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.
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
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Assistant Director of Patient Safety The closing date is 07 April 2026
The key purpose to provide senior leadership in the Trust for safeguarding, patient experience and patient safety and as patient safety specialist.
Main duties of the job Patient safety specialists are the patient's safety experts within healthcare organisations and provide leadership, visibility, and expert support to patient safety work. They support the development of a patient safety culture and safety systems and have sufficient seniority to engage directly with their executive team. Patient safety specialist promote patient safety thinking beyond things going wrong to why things routinely go right in healthcare and the systems approach to patient safety.
About us NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.
Job responsibilities The post holder will play a significant role in ensuring that NHFT continues to be a learning organisation. Ensuring that patient safety and lessons learnt are part of the fundamental principles of every member of team NHFT, clinical and non-clinical.
The post holder will champion patient safety improvement and ensure that systems thinking, human factors understanding and just culture principles are at the heart of patient safety.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the Trust has in place good governance, systems, and processes to ensure the implementation of the NHS patient safety strategy and framework.
The post holder with provide leadership and have management responsibility for a portfolio of services that have a role in patient safety. This includes and are not exclusive to, patient safety team, infection prevention and control team, complaints and PALS, safeguarding, patient experience and involvement.
The post hlder will ensure that patient and carer experience are central to patient safety. That patient, the public and staff are central to the concept of co-production in the Trust and that co-production is part for the culture of the Trust.
In addition, the post holder will ensure the development of effective policies and local approaches to partnership working to ensure that services provided and commissioned reflect the diverse demand, need and aspirations of the community served. This will include providing expert advice, strategic direction and a robust assurance-seeking, quality improvement focus across the Trust. The post holder will lead the continued development of an integrated and proactive approach to learning from patient and service user feedback and outcomes.
The post holder will work as part of a wider team in ensuring that patient safety is appropriately prioritised and considered in the work of NHFT. They should build and maintain good working relationships with a board range of internal and external stakeholders on issue relating to patient safety.
Person Specification Senior experience working within a Mental Health Trust
Experience working at a senior clinical or operational level within a Mental Health Trust.
Patient safety leadership experience
Significant experience in a patient safety-related role, leading safety improvement and learning.
National policy interpretation and implementation
Proven ability to interpret national patient safety policy and implement it at organisational level.
Senior management of complex services and teams
Experience managing multi disciplinary teams and complex service portfolios, including performance and resources.
Partnership working and patient/carer engagement
Demonstrable experience of working in partnership with stakeholders, patients and carers to improve safety and quality.
Education
Masters Degree
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.
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