Patient Safety and Restrictive Practice Lead

The Clinical Safety Lead will be at the forefront of transforming our services into a beacon of least restrictive, person-centred care. This dynamic leader will champion evidence-based practices while setting and elevating the professional standards for care and therapeutic engagement within our facilities. In this pivotal role, the Safety Lead will provide expert clinical guidance, especially for cases involving highly complex needs and challenging behaviours, with a specific focus on those requiring enhanced therapeutic and safe support., As an autonomous practitioner, the Clinical Safety Lead will offer advanced clinical expertise, delivering critical advice, coaching, and constructive feedback to empower clinical teams. They will support and lead on elements of the Trust's clinical safety and reducing restrictive practices programs, co-ordinating best practices. Their influence will extend to shaping and contributing to the RRP educational program and clinical practice guidelines, ensuring that our staff are equipped with the latest knowledge and skills.

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Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional so that