Lead Falls Improvement

Lead for Falls Improvement

Closing date: 06 July 2026

Shortlisting will take place after the closing date, commencing 07.07.26
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Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting, commencing 14.07.26 (May Change).

The Falls Lead is a senior clinical role responsible for leading, developing, and coordinating falls prevention and management strategies across the NHS organisation. The post holder provides expert advice, ensures compliance with national guidelines, and works with multidisciplinary teams to reduce patient harm and improve safety.

They oversee the planning and delivery of training, audits, and service improvements, ensuring staff are equipped with the knowledge and tools to assess and manage falls risks effectively. The role also includes reviewing incidents, influencing policy, and driving continuous quality improvement using evidence-based practice.

In addition, the Falls Lead manages the falls service, supports staff development, contributes to strategic decision-making, and collaborates with internal and external partners to enhance patient outcomes and promote a culture of safety across all care settings.

The Falls Lead provides strategic and clinical leadership to reduce falls and improve patient safety across the Trust. They lead training, policy development, audits, and service improvements while acting as the organisation's expert in falls prevention.

The role involves working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, reviewing incidents, and driving continuous quality improvement to enhance patient outcomes and minimise harm.

The Falls Lead is responsible for providing strategic, clinical, and operational leadership for falls prevention and management across the Trust. This includes developing and implementing policies, leading audits and incident reviews, and ensuring compliance with national guidance to improve patient safety and reduce harm.

The role involves acting as the organisations expert in falls, delivering specialist advice, education, and training to staff across clinical and non-clinical areas. It requires working closely with multidisciplinary teams to support risk assessment, promote safe mobilisation, and embed evidence-based practice into everyday care.

In addition, the post holder leads service development and quality improvement initiatives, manages the falls service and related resources (including equipment and budgets), and contributes to organisational decision-making. They also review complex incidents, share learning, and collaborate with external partners to continuously improve outcomes for patients at risk of falling.

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We are one team

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

• Substantial management / leadership experience at senior nurse level in relevant clinical specialities
• Experience of working within Acute Hospital setting
• Experience of working within falls improvement
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of Health Policy and its impact on the Professional Nursing Agenda and BTHFT
• Experience of delivering service improvements with demonstrable positive impact on patient safety, patient experience and quality of care
• Evidence of a track record of developing nursing, or research experience and audit application
• Leading and developing a team
• Experience of: budget management including human resource management; quality assurance; change management; policy implementation; participation in Trust-wide initiatives/committee membership; designed and delivered teaching or education packages to patients, carers and health care staff

• Knowledge of quality, standard setting and audit.
• Ability to support a large workforce
• Provide expert professional advice to staff and patients
• Ensure patients are involved in service improvement
• Provide specialist education and training
• Maintain compliance with, and develop falls guidance, policies, procedures and guidelines in legislations and National Guidance
• Responsibility for service improvement from incidents, regulation updates or policy change
• Responsible for practical implementation of policy change across the Trust
• Plan programmes for service improvement which impact across or within departments of services with flexibility to change and adapt, when required
• Identify and assess complicated scenarios where a range of implications or options need to be considered
• Organisation and management skills.
• Present formal presentations
• Ability to manage change
• Articulate with advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• IT Skills (Including proficiency with Microsoft Office Packages and accurate, fast typing skills)
• Capable of working strategically (business…