Patient Safety Manager

About The Role UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE + MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE We have an exciting opportunity for a Patient Safety Manager to join the Health in Justice service at Practice Plus Group.

You will work across the Midlands Directorate.

This role is home based, with travel to sites across the directorate as required.

This is a senior clinical leadership and patient safety role. You will be responsible for leading the patient safety agenda across the directorate, ensuring compliance with national patient safety frameworks, supporting investigations, driving quality improvement, and promoting a culture of learning and continuous improvement.

You will have the opportunity to work closely with operational leaders, Heads of Healthcare, commissioners, NHS England, and other stakeholders across our prisons and Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs).

Salary &​ Hours This position is full time working 37.5 hours per week.

You will receive an annual salary of £50,000 to £60,000

per annum.

How will we support you?

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

What you'll be doing

As a Patient Safety Manager your responsibilities will vary. You will:

• Provide visible leadership for patient safety across the directorate.
• Lead and support Patient Safety Managers within the directorate.
• Promote a culture where staff feel confident reporting incidents, identifying risks, and learning from mistakes.
• Act as the key link between the region and NHS England Quality Assurance Leads.
• Oversee incident trackers and action plans.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of patient safety incidents.
• Lead responses in line with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).
• Support and coach teams completing Patient Safety Incident Initial Reviews (PSIIRs).
• Lead Clinical Case Reviews and coordinate investigations when serious incidents occur.
• Provide quality assurance of investigation reports and ensure submissions meet NHS England requirements.
• Identify trends and themes in incidents.
• Lead thematic reviews and improvement programmes.
• Provide assurance regarding the quality and safety of services.
• Contribute expert patient safety advice to governance and safety panels.
• Coach and develop leaders and frontline teams.
• Promote clinical supervision and evidence-based practice.
• Support teams to maintain high standards of care and governance.

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks What we'll look for in you

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 60 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications, skills and experience required:

• A registered clinician with relevant professional registration, such as: Registered Nurse (NMC) or Paramedic (HCPC registered).
• Significant post-registration clinical experience.
• Experience in patient safety, governance, risk management, or senior clinical leadership.
• Experience in leading teams or influencing multidisciplinary teams to improve performance and quality.
• Experience of healthcare incident investigations.
• Experience in Health in Justice services and/or understanding of deaths in custody processes.
• Experience of working with NHS England investigation and governance processes.
• Applying the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).