Patient Safety Manager

The Patient Safety Manager will play a key role in the Quality team to monitor general quality and service delivery, patient safety and safeguarding regulations for service providers commissioned by Northamptonshire ICB, and proactively support service development.

This role will be focused on providing Quality assurance in line with the National Quality Board Standards where patient safety remains central to service delivery. This role will focus on the safety of services across Northamptonshire which may include Acute Provider Trusts, Nursing and Residential Homes, Independent Providers and Primary care., As Patient Safety Manager, you will:

Support the Patient Safety Specialist and Quality Assurance and Improvement Lead to develop and monitor the patient safety agenda on behalf of Northamptonshire ICB. by:

Management and monitoring of PSII investigations.

Collation of patient safety data including LFPSE.

Development and implementation of a monitoring framework for measuring and reporting on the quality of patient safety within commissioned services.

Act as the central point of contact, reporting all PSII to the SHA on behalf of independent providers.

Monitor the reporting and progress of ongoing PSII investigations and action plan implementation for commissioned services, including individual practitioners.

Ensuring timely reporting in line with National guidance through LFPSE.

Develop, maintain, and implement a monitoring framework and system of review for PSIIs.

Work with members of the team to ensure that cluster policies are maintained in line with National policy and guidance.

Support the Patient Safety Specialist and Quality Assurance and Improvement Lead in the provision of PSIRF training.

Prepare regular monitoring and data reports in conjunction with other members of the team as required for use within the department, NHS Milton Keynes & Northamptonshire and for other services.

Identify themes, trends, including analysis for learning.

Following the introduction of Integrated Care Systems (ICS) (July 2022), there has been a change in the way that the NHS commission, plan and monitor health and care services (NHS England, 2023). More emphasis is now placed on partnership, collaboration, and integration of teams to improve services and meet the needs of the English population as set out in the Health and Social Care Act, (2022). Statutory responsibility for quality and safety is a key role for the Integrated Care Board (ICB) Chief Nursing Officer which is delivered through the Nursing and Quality team.