Job summary
- Main area
- Volunteer roles
- Grade
- Not Agenda for Change
- Contract
- Ad-hoc: 96 days (Anticipated 96 days per annum)
- Hours
- Part time - 2 sessions per week (96 days per year)
- Job ref
- 272-5938307
- Employer
- Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Doncaster Royal Infirmary & Bassetlaw Hospital
- Town
- Doncaster
- Salary
- £75 - £150 Minimum salary - half day rate / Maximum salary - full day rate
- Salary period
- Session by session
- Closing
- 21/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Patient Safety Partners
Not Agenda for Change
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for individuals with relevant experience, and knowledge to join us as Patient Safety Partners, providing a patient voice regarding the safety agenda at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Foundation Trust. The Patient Safety Partner (PSP) a paid role developed by the NHS to help improve patient safety within NHS organisations.
We are looking for enthusiastic, caring, enquiring and motivated people who are passionate about helping us make sure we deliver safe, high-quality care. They will bring an independent perspective and will be involved, as an equal partner, in a wide range of activities and programmes. The time commitment for each Patient Safety Partner will be dependent on the areas of work that they are involved. We aim to be as flexible as possible, but with a view for this to be 12 hours per month.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of patient safety partner (PSP) will include:
- Forming part of the Safety governance committees in the trust.
- Support compliance monitoring and how safety issues should be addressed.
- Provide an appropriate challenge from a public voice perspective.
- Supporting the development and implementation of strategies and policies where appropriate.
- Support learning lessons and how they are implemented and evaluated.
- Attending support meetings and training events.
- Ensuring that any committees that you hold membership consider and prioritise the service user, patient, carer, and family perspective, and that it champions a diverse view.
- Supporting and providing mentorship to new PSPs when required.
- Support clinical audits relating to patient safety when required.
- Adhering to the principles of the PSP agreement,
Working for our organisation
DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.
It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career, it’s our pledge to help you Develop, Belong and Thrive, Here.
As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:
• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully.
Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of and broad interest in patient safety.
Personal Attributes & Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to receive and understand information across a wide range of subjects relating to patient safety
- Able to review, digest and comprehend a range of information and opinions
- Ability to provide a patient, carer, or lay perspective and to put forward views on behalf of the wider community/groups of patients (not own opinion only)
- Willingness to listen and to question until you reach the level of information required to understand
- Able to attend meetings and participate
- Able to attend meetings in different venues as needed
Desirable criteria
- Confidence to communicate well verbally with senior leaders about strategic issues, as an advocate for patient safety
- Experience of championing health improvements; able to be a critical friend
- Interaction with multiple stakeholders at senior management level
- Experience of working in partnership with healthcare organisations or programmes
- The ability to use basic technology including telephone, computer (training will also be provided as needed)
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
- Grace Mhora
- Job title
- Head of patient engagement experience Involvement
- Email address
- [email protected]
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