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Job summary

Main area
Management
Grade
Band 8B
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Pro Rata)
Job ref
367-CORP-8938
Employer
Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Colonnades
Town
Hatfield
Closing
05/01/2025 23:59

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Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Patient Safety and Restrictive Practice Lead

Band 8B

Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form. 

http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/

 

Job overview

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.

 

Main duties of the job

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.

Working for our organisation

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:

 Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the requirements of this role. 

Person specification

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Knowledge

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Keith Mupita
Job title
Deputy Director for Safety and Risk Management
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07785331132
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