National Safety Standards Invasive Procedures Project Lead

National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures Project Lead

The NatSSIPs 2 Project Lead will provide senior programme leadership for the Trust-wide implementation and sustainment of the National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures 2. The postholder will work autonomously within national guidance and Trust governance arrangements to support safe, reliable and proportionate invasive procedure practice across relevant clinical pathways and services.

Working with clinical, operational, patient safety, governance and education leads, the postholder will support delivery of the NatSSIPs 2 Organisational Standards of People, Processes and Performance, and the reliable implementation of "The NatSSIPs Eight" sequential standards. This will include strengthening governance, training, documentation, assurance, data use, patient involvement and proportionate application across major, minor, emergency and specialty-specific invasive procedures.

The role will require significant judgement, influence and collaborative leadership to reduce unwarranted variation, address barriers to implementation, and provide clear recommendations, risk escalation and assurance to senior leaders and governance committees. The postholder will use human factors, quality improvement and measurement for improvement approaches to embed sustainable change and support lasting improvements in patient safety.

• Lead the Trust-wide implementation and sustainability of NatSSIPs 2 across invasive procedure pathways.
• Develop and embed governance, assurance, policy and education arrangements that support safe and standardised practice.
• Use safety intelligence, audit, peer review and quality improvement methods to identify risks, reduce variation and drive improvement.
• Build clinical engagement and support cultural change through human factors, psychological safety and multidisciplinary working.
• Provide programme leadership, expert advice and Board-level assurance, ensuring delivery of benefits and transition into business as usual.

• Lead Trust-wide implementation and sustainment of NatSSIPs 2, providing senior programme leadership, oversight and delivery grip across relevant invasive procedure pathways, services and divisions.
• Embed the NatSSIPs 2 framework, including People, Processes and Performance, The NatSSIPs Eight and the principles of Standardise, Harmonise and Educate, ensuring proportionate application across major, minor, emergency and specialty-specific procedures.
• Strengthen governance, policy and assurance arrangements by supporting the NatSSIPs 2 steering group, developing policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), Local Safety Standards for Safety Procedures (LocSSIPs), checklists and assurance processes, and ensuring clear links to divisional governance, Patient Safety, Quality Governance and Board-level reporting.
• Use data, intelligence and quality improvement methods to identify variation, risk and improvement priorities, drawing on incidents, near misses, complaints, learning from excellence, debrief themes, peer review, training data and audit outputs.
• Support peer review and direct observation of practice so that assurance reflects the quality of NatSSIPs delivery, team engagement and safety behaviours, rather than relying solely on documentation audit.
• Lead engagement, education and change activity with clinical, operational, education, governance and patient safety teams, including multidisciplinary training in human factors, systems thinking, team behaviours and local NatSSIPs 2 requirements.
• Promote patient involvement and safety culture by ensuring patient information, opportunities to speak up, complaints, feedback, learning responses and Patient Safety Partner input inform pathway design and improvement activity.
• Provide expert programme advice and reporting, interpreting national guidance, advising stakeholders, producing high-quality reports, escalating risks and presenting clear recommendations, mitigations, progress and residual assurance gaps to senior leaders and committees.
• Provide matrix leadership and programme coordination for project support, workstream leads and contributors, ensuring actions, resources, benefits, handover and transition into business as usual are effectively managed.
• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the Trust-wide implementation of NatSSIPs 2, including development of systems, policies, standards and governance arrangements required to embed safe, standardised and sustainable practice across invasive procedures.
• As an active member of the Safety and Quality Team, build strong, constructive relationships with colleagues and work collaboratively with leaders, senior managers and clinicians across the Trust to influence practice, support delivery, and ensure consistent adoption.
• Work autonomously within broad occupational policies and national guidance, interpreting requirements, determining local implementation approach and resolving complex…