Harm Free Care Accreditation/Improvement Nurse

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Employer University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Worthing Town Worthing Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/01/2026iculum 23:59

At UHSussex we're proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UK's largest acute trusts, we're a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

Our hard working, talented and dedicated people work together towards a common goal - to deliver Excellent Care Everywhere for our patients, our people and our communities. Whatever your role here at UHSussex you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex.

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us deliver Excellent Care Everywhere præækuk. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We value compassion, inclusion and respect as our core values. We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our wellbeing programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

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Job overview Fixed Term / Secondment Opportunity for 12 months.

We are seeking a dedicated and proactive Harm Free Care Improvement Nurse to join our Harm Free Care Team. In this pivotal role, you will lead initiatives aimed at minimizing preventable harm, enhancing patient outcomes, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement across our acute care services.

At UHSx we are committed to delivering exceptional patient care through innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. As a Harm Free Care Improvement Nurse, you will play a crucial role in shaping our patient safety culture and driving sustainable受到 improvements across the organization.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, dynamic and innovative individual to work with us improving outcomes for patients. The role involves working closely with front line clinical teams, providing hands on support and education in a wide variety of areas. You will be involved in monitoring data, involvement in early learning reviews and local learning responses, sharing learning and providing information relating to the Trust's safety agenda

This role is eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route however sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements set by UKVI, including the relevant skill and salary thresholds (£25000), and any role-specific criteria.

Support the clinical teams in ensuring effective Quality Improvement programmes are in place to address areas such as Falls Prevention, pressure area care, deteriorating patient, VTE and sepsis through advice, audit and education.

Providing formal and بذلك education regarding Safer care

Attend Early learning Reviews and local learning Reviews after legality to explore themes, trends and learning from incidents

Disseminate key learning from incidents through relevant trust meetings

Provide regular reports on prevention strategies and post incident reviews

Provide advice to clinical staff regarding the harm free care agenda

Ensure up to date evidence based policies are in place for Falls

Ensure that the National Audit of Inpatient Falls is completed

Support the delivery of NICE and other evidence based guidelines in the prevention of harm

Analyzing tropas sources such as Datix and Tendable

With the Harm Free Care Nurse (WGH and SRH) contribute to the agenda for the monthly Harm Free Care meeting

Working for our organisation At UHSussex, diversity is our strength,โม. We want you to feel included to help us always deliver Excellent Care Everywhere, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone directing to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to break down barriers, and we are offering a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities We welcome applications from those who currently hold a UK NMC Pageable registration. If you currently hold an overseas nursing qualification and require sponsorship we are not currently direct hiring Internationally Qualified Nurses.

Are you a Registered Nurse with an interest and genuine motivation for quality improvement and patient safety?

Inclusive leadership, professional standards and accountability

• Uphold and display the Trust values of Commitment, Care & Quality
• Demonstrate compassionate, inclusive, visible andriet support to clinical teams in order to ensure high quality patient centred clinical care is delivered.
• Ensure nursing practice reflects current clin develop and is evidence based.
• In conjunction with the Senior Nurse Leadership Team actively embed the Trust's Nursing & Midwifery Strategy
• Deputise for the Head of Nursing as required.

Governance, patient safety and quality

• Be actively involved in relevant audits/risk managing.
• Participate in shared governance forums to provide shared best practice and drive quality care provision within the Trust.
• Co-ordinate relevant audit and monitoring data to assess standards of clinical care in relation to Harm Free Care
• Create and lead forums of clinical champions and link nurses for Harm free care
• Attend local post incident review meetings and support with learning from incidents and prevention of future harm
• Ensure safeguarding practices and standards are followed, at all times.
• Establish links and working arrangements with Divisions and the Corporate Quality and Safety Team to work in collaboration and share good practice.
• Act as a point of contact for the clinical areas in relation to quality and safety matters
• Support the Trust in meeting its Obligations in relation to contractual quality and safety standards.
• Contribute to practice development by undertaking clinical audit, disseminating findings, negotiating appropriate action and supporting changes in practice
• Provide advice to clinical staff regarding falls risk assessment and prevention
• Attend Root Cause Analysis reviews after incidents to learning from incidents
• Disseminate key learning from incidents through relevant trust meetings
• Provide regular reports on prevention bilong strategies and post incident reviews
• Provide advice to clinical staff regarding pressure damage prevention
• Ensure up to date evidence based policies are in place for Falls Prevention
• Support the delivery of NICE and other evidence based guidelines in the prevention of harm
• Actively participate in updating the National Audit for Inpatient Falls

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.

Person specification Registered Nurse

• Registered Nurse
• Evidence of ability to motivate and develop all teams of nursing staff across the divisions

Experience & Skills

• Evidence of organisational skills
• Evidence of ability to influence, motivate and develop all teams of nursing staff across the divisions
• Evidence of ability to work across professional teams and organisational boundaries
• Proven track record of being able to prioritise workload
• Evidence of excellent understanding of Trust policies and procedures and ability to translate these into action
• Ability to disseminate to all grades of staff
• Evidence of influencing or leading Quality Improvement initiatives
• Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience
• Certificate in Teaching and Assessing Clinical Practice (or equivalent) Mentorship Teaching qualification
• Preparation for CQC inspections
• Presenting complex reports at sub- board level groups and committees

Questions

• Evidence of ability to motivate and.Drawable? etc
• Evidence of ability to work across professional teams andぎ boundaries
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