Clinical Lead Patient Safety

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to join the Incident, Inquest and Legal Team. The post will be part time for 1 day per week for a fixed term of 12 months.

• Provide leadership and expert professional advice to managers and staff within the Trust on patient safety incident responses, assurance processes and risk management.
• To review and oversee the management of patient safety incidents reported across the Trust liaising with operational services to ensure appropriate review is completed, lessons learned are identified, actions have been taken and appropriate attention is given to those incidents meeting the criteria of a serious incident.
• Coordinate and, where required, lead robust investigation of serious incidents in accordance with PSIRF, Trust policies and procedures. Ensure that appropriate local review, quality assurance and sign off procedures have been completed prior to submission to the Incident Review Meetings.
• Support the work around inquests, The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of a robust patient safety incident response framework across the Trust, in order to support the delivery of high quality, safe and supportive services and the fulfilment of the Trust's integrated governance priorities.
• The post holder will be responsible for co-ordinating all patient safety incident activity including the development and/or implementation of policies, risk management strategies, training programmes and audit activity.
• To provide clinical leadership for the review and implementation of effective systems and procedures for the management of patient safety incidents, claims and inquests within the Trust.
• To promote learning from patient safety incidents, claims and inquests at a care group and trust wide level.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire. We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall. As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role. Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.