Patient Safety Support Officer

The Patient Safety Support Officer will support the delivery of the Trust's patient safety agenda, working as part of the Clinical Governance and Patient Safety Team. The postholder will assist in the coordination of patient safety incident reporting, investigation processes, and learning, ensuring compliance with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), the NHS Patient Safety Strategy and Duty of Candour regulation.The role will involve providing administrative, analytical, and project support to the Patient Safety Team, working closely with clinical and non-clinical colleagues to promote a culture of openness, learning, and continuous improvement in patient care.The role will ensure will oversee our engagement with patients, carers and families involved in patient safety incidents, ensuring they are compassionately engaged and involved in the investigation process and are complaint with Duty of Candour.

Job description

Manage information, financial and people responsibilities as delegated, maintaining confidentiality, data protection and governance standards.

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.netAttached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

Person specification

Experience

Essential

• Working knowledge and experience of administrative management and delivery
• Sound knowledge and experience of using office based IT systems to support admin and project management functions. Advanced knowledge of a range of software including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Microsoft Project
• Experience of complex diary management/management and facilitation of large scale and complex meetings. Experience of developing and maintaining effective and efficient office systems

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject (e.g. Business Administration) or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area such as senior administration.

Values

Desirable

• Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
• Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
• Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.

About the employer

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.