Can You Be A 'Champion' for Patient Safety?
CAN YOU BE A ‘CHAMPION' FOR PATIENT SAFETY?
We are looking for existing or potential patients - especially those who have experienced things going wrong - who are prepared to volunteer a little of their time to work with NHS staff to help improve patient safety. Following a recruitment exercise in 2008 the project, a unique partnership between the NHS National Patient Safety Agency and the charity Action Against Medical Accidents, held an Induction Workshop for 22 volunteer Patients for Patient Safety "Champions". They have been working with each of the Patient Safety Action Teams of the Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) in England and the Patient Safety Manager in Wales. The role of the ‘champions' is to champion the cause of patient safety and the role that patients can play in patient safety work. They provide a patient perspective in the planning of patient safety work in their region and get involved in specific projects where they can make a useful contribution.
Specifically this role is to recruit a volunteer Affiliate to work in partnership with the West Midland's Patient Safety Action Team. Regional work will be based around one of the 3 areas of the West Midlands Strategic Health Authority region. The Affiliate would be required to represent the interests of the area in which they are resident within this SHA region. As there are 2 Champions to each SHA region in England and the existing Patient Safety Champions are resident in the Birmingham/Warwickshire/Worcestershire areas, the Affiliate will be resident in the Shropshire/Staffordshire area.
How to apply
If you feel you have a passion for patient safety please ensure you have read the Role Description for Affiliates together with the Selection Criteria for Champions plus the London Declaration and complete an Expression of Interest form that should be returned to:
Patients for Patient Safety, AvMA, 44 High Street, Croydon CR0 1YB
or by e-mail to safety@avma.org.uk by 9am 27th November 2009.
If you require further information about the role please contact: Anna Allford, Patients for Patient Safety Project Manager, at the charity AvMA, on 020 8688 9555;
or Pauline Werhun, NHS West Midlands Patient Safety Manager- Patient Safety Action Team on 0121 695 2593
