Health Innovation Wessex, hosted by University Hospital Southampton, is recruiting a Programme Manager for Patient Safety on a 23-month secondment or fixed-term basis. The post runs projects that deliver national and local patient safety collaborative programmes, including building improvement teams, coaching clinicians and reporting on outcomes across Wessex. It is a work stream lead role with hybrid working, with at least two days in the office or visiting partners. A clinical background and patient safety or quality improvement experience are essential.
What the job involves
- Manage and implement projects delivering the HIW patient safety collaborative programme objectives
- Lead and deliver a suite of national and local ICT-agreed programmes as work stream lead
- Put in place programme management plans to meet key milestones
- Form, monitor and support improvement teams
- Raise awareness of quality improvement and safety culture
- Coach, mentor and influence clinicians
- Ensure appropriate measurement of outcomes
- Create and deliver a Patient Safety Network to share good practice
- Provide data, reports and evidence on progress
- Promote dissemination, communication and spread across Wessex to reduce avoidable harm to patients
- Engage and negotiate with providers, commissioners, academics, social care, industry, patient partners, senior leaders and frontline clinicians
What’s required
Qualifications
- Degree-level qualification in nursing, midwifery, allied health, public health or social care
- Master's degree or equivalent postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline, or equivalent demonstrable experience
Registration & licences
- NMC or HCPC registration where appropriate
Experience
- Relevant clinical experience
- Clinical management experience
- Patient safety experience in an NHS or care setting
- Quality improvement experience using tools such as process mapping, PDSA cycles and run charts
- Project management experience in an NHS or care service setting
- Integrated working across professional boundaries and several organisations
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of the Patient Safety Strategy
- Knowledge of NHS and local health and social care functions
- Knowledge of specialist work practices or professional guidelines relevant to patient safety
- Strong communication and project management skills
- Ability to build new relationships quickly
- Ability to manage and report data and organise events
Other
- Tenacity to succeed
Nice to have
- Project management training such as PRINCE2
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement Breakthrough Series training or equivalent
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement Patient Safety Executive Course or equivalent
- Coaching or mentoring training or experience
- Knowledge or experience of the priority Safety Improvement Programmes in the Patient Safety Strategy
- Ability to teach or facilitate QI methodology
- Experience evaluating projects
- Experience organising or managing events
What’s offered
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Commitment to professional development, leadership growth and continuous learning
- Collaborative, ambitious and supportive culture
- Modern office facilities at Southampton Science Park in Chilworth
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