Guardian of Safe Working

All Trusts in England must employ a Guardian of Safe Working (GoSW). The GoSW is an independent role and responsible for protecting the safeguards for resident doctors as outlined in the Terms and Conditions of Service(2016) and must provide assurance to the Trust Board that doctors remain safe to carry out their clinical duties, Act as the champion of safe working hours for doctors in approved training programmes and locally employed doctors to ensure that action is taken to ensure that the working hours within the Trust are safe

Provide assurance to the Trust Board or equivalent body that trainee doctors are safely rostered and are working hours that are safe and in compliance with the TCS (2016)

Actively promote safe working practices and ensuring good practices are shared within the organisation

Advise and support clinical teams with highlighted areas of difficultiesChair the Resident Doctor Forum (RDF) where safety issues and the improvement to resident doctors' working can be discussed/addressed

Attend the Joint Local Negotiating Consulting Committee (JLNCC)

Attend the resident doctors' induction to raise awareness of the role and the relevance of exception reports

Attend relevant forums i.e. Clinical Group Education Boards regarding exception reports

Represent the Trust at regional and national Guardian of Safe Working events

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.