Senior Harm Free Care Practitioner

Job summary

Are you looking to improving patient safety and driving meaningful change across healthcare services? University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an ambitious and inspiringSenior Harm Free Care Practitioner (Band 7) with particular focus on falls to join our Corporate Nursing team.

This is a unique opportunity to become a recognised expert within the Trust's Patient Safety Team, leading Harm Free Care initiatives that reduce avoidable harm, improve patient outcomes and enhance patient experience. Working closely with the Head of Patient Safety, Lead for Harm Free Care and multidisciplinary teams, you will champion best practice across key patient safety priorities including falls prevention, deteriorating patient management, pressure ulcer prevention and venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention.

As a visible clinical leader, you will influence Trust-wide quality improvement programmes, support the development of a strong patient safety culture, lead innovative projects and ensure learning from incidents is translated into sustainable improvements for patients and staff.

At UHDB, you'll join an organisation committed to delivering Exceptional Care Together, working alongside over 14,500 colleagues dedicated to providing safe, compassionate and high-quality care across Derbyshire and South-East Staffordshire.

Main duties of the job

• Lead and manage designated Harm Free Care workstreams, acting as the Trust's subject matter (Falls) expert and key point of contact for clinical teams.
• Drive quality improvement initiatives and patient safety programmes that reduce avoidable harm and improve patient outcomes and experiences.
• Support and empower clinical teams to embed a positive patient safety culture through education, coaching and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Analyse safety incidents, audit findings and performance data to identify opportunities for learning and service improvement.
• Lead, develop and evaluate innovative projects and campaigns aligned with local and national patient safety priorities.
• Produce high-quality reports, dashboards and presentations for senior leadership groups and patient safety groups.
• Develop and deliver engaging education and training programmes to support frontline staff and improve clinical practice.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of Trust policies, procedures and standards relating to patient safety and Harm Free Care.
• Participate in investigations, incidents and complaints processes, ensuring learning is shared and embedded across the organisation.
• Provide professional leadership, mentorship and line management to staff within the team, supporting their development and wellbeing.

Closing date of applications: 03rd September 2026

Interview date: 15th September 2026 And 16th September 2026

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Job responsibilities

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Person specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrable knowledge of national agendas and guidance for Falls prevention and management
• Demonstrable Evidence of leadership/management skills

Desirable

• Clinical experience in falls prevention and management
• Experience of developing training packages

Education, Training and Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent experience
• Current Professional Registration

Desirable

• Teaching/mentorship qualification.

Skills and Ability

Essential

• To be able to demonstrate analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills