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Programme Manager - Patient Safety

Salary:

£57,528 - £64,750 per annum

NHS Band:

Hours of work:

Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Duration:

Fixed term: 23 months (Short Term Funding)

Deadline:

04 November 2026

Date of interview:

17 November 2026

Role purpose

As the Programme Manager – Patient Safety you will manage and implement a number of projects within HIW, which will deliver against the national and local patient safety collaborative programme objectives detailed in the NHSE specification and supporting documents. This includes engaging and negotiating with Wessex health care providers, commissioners, academic organisations, social care, industry, patient partners and other key partners including senior leaders and front-line clinicians, with an ambition to give staff at all levels the skills and support they need to improve patient safety.

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What You'll Be Responsible For

Performance and outcomes of projects to deliver Health Innovation Wessex Patient Safety Collaborative programmes.
The role includes putting in place appropriate programme management plans to ensure key milestones are achieved; improvement team formation, monitoring and support; raising awareness of Quality Improvement and safety culture; coaching, mentoring and influencing clinicians; ensuring appropriate measurement of outcomes; Patient Safety Network creation and delivery to support the sharing of good practice; providing data, reports and evidence on progress and promoting dissemination, communication and spread across Wessex to reduce avoidable harm to patients.
As work stream lead the role will be responsible for leading and delivering a suite of programmes (national and local ICS agreed programmes).

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