Interim Patient Safety Manager

I am currently recruiting for an interim Band 7 Patient Safety Manager for a large acute trust here in the Midlands.

The Patient Safety Manager will be operationally responsible for all aspects of patient safety and incident management functions to support the delivery of high-quality, safe care for all who use the Trust's services.
The post holder will coordinate and implement the NHS Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) in conjunction with the Head of Patient Safety and Risk. During the implementation of PSIRF, a degree of flexibility within the role will be required as standard work until PSIRF is developed and implemented.

Main duties of the job

• To manage our Patient Safety Response Team, ensuring high quality reports and actions are generated.
• Ensure we provide a patient safety response team visit for incidents.
• Support the delivery of the Trust's risk, quality, and safety agenda.
• Work closely with the Datix Team to develop patient safety dashboards ensuring analysis and presentation of patient safety/risk management information and trend data to support action and learning as part of PSIRF development and implementation.
• To ensure the efficient dissemination of quality and patient safety related information across the Trust.
• Attend meetings and present patient safety and risk information.
• Facilitate, in conjunction with Group Managers/Clinical Directors/Modern Matrons, specialty departmental risk assessment processes and to ensure that the risk registers are effectively populated to enable analysis and identification of trends and actions arising, and to monitor on a regular basis to ensure that risks are controlled.