Job overview

Are you passionate about improving patient safety? Do you have the skills to strengthen engagement and involvement in safety improvement? We are seeking a Safety Improvement Fellow to lead key initiatives within our Urgent and Emergency Medicine (UEM) directorate. This one-year fellowship offers a unique opportunity to work closely with the Trust’s Safety Improvement Team in the Medical Director’s Office.
The fellow will deliver safety improvement projects aligned with the Trust’s overarching programme, aiming to inspire continuous and sustainable improvements in patient safety and optimise outcomes. Working across sites, the role will focus on key priorities including deteriorating patient and sepsis, infection prevention and control, and safe mobility and falls prevention.
You’ll collaborate with stakeholders across the Trust to scope, develop and evaluate projects, and embed learning from governance processes across the UEM team. This is an excellent opportunity for a resident doctor with experience in urgent and emergency medicine to build leadership skills and deepen their understanding of safety improvement in a large, complex Trust.
This is a fixed-term post for 12 months. Applicants must be GMC-registered with a licence to practise and eligible for ST3 level training.
For an informal discussion, contact Dr Chioma Ginigeme or Kristina Clay at [email protected].

Main duties of the job

The Safety Improvement Fellow will lead and support key safety initiatives across the Urgent and Emergency Medicine directorate. Responsibilities include scoping, planning and delivering improvement projects in collaboration with the Safety Improvement Team. The fellow will identify and engage stakeholders, form project teams, and support pilot cohorts. They will maintain effective communication across teams, coach project groups to meet objectives, and contribute to outcomes. The role includes maintaining project documentation, producing progress reports, and supporting evaluation and measurement of safety projects. Following pilot trials, the fellow will produce roll-out plans and support safety improvement training, particularly for resident doctors. Attendance at departmental and Trust-wide management meetings will provide insight into healthcare delivery within broader social, political and economic contexts. The fellow will create project plans and ensure successful operational handover to the Medical Director’s Office. This 12-month, full-time (40hrs/week) post offers an excellent opportunity to develop leadership, project design and delivery skills in a large, complex Trust.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.