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Patient Safety Facilitator

Employer
Finegreen
Location
South East England
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
24 May 2019

Job Details

A large healthcare organisation is looking to appoint a Patient Safety Facilitator. The post holder has specific responsibility for assuring that incidents, serious incidents and near misses are reported and investigated and that the learning from all types of incident investigation.

Main Responsibilities:
  • Manage systems for the communication of Serious Incident information to the Trust
  • and the CCG, including updating the Strategic Executive Information System (STEIS)
  • and the Trust Datix Incident Reporting System (Datix);
  • Develop and manage systems for the tracking of incident investigations and Duty
  • Candour cases and produce exception reports for Patient Safety & Complaints Lead;
  • Required to have excellent communication and analytical skills;
  • Deal with the day to day challenges of maintaining an efficient and effective Patient
  • Safety Service supporting clinical and non-clinical teams;
  • Review Datix Incident Reports and escalate any incident reports of concern to the
  • Patient Safety Lead or Risk Manager for further review and action;
  • Keeping up-to-date relevant training and e-learning (e.g. Datix Incident Reporting and
  • Investigation e-learning package);
  • Provide training on patient safety issues, clinical risk and incident reporting and
  • investigation to clinical and non-clinical teams;
  • Maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues
  • in relation to both the specific client group and mental health;
  • Ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard, and in accordance
  • with currently quality initiatives within the work area;
  • Responsible for ensuring that any data created by them is timely, comprehensive, accurate, and fit for the purposes for which it is intended.
A successful candidate will have:
  • Experience of dealing with sensitive and confidential information;
  • Reporting and reviewing incidents on Datix;
  • Writing reports and other papers;
  • Experience of clinical risk assessment and management;
  • Demonstrated experience in a health care environment;
  • Clear communicator with excellent written and verbal skills;
  • Ability to work under pressure in a busy working open plan environment and be able to multi-task;
  • Ability to prioritise workload and manage time effectively, in order to meet tight deadlines;
  • Good IT skills with ability to use range;
  • Ability to maintain effective relationships and develop networks to ensure effective Patient Safety;
  • Knowledge of incident reporting systems and clinical risk.
For further information on this role please contact Ria Healy on 0161 241 9672 or email ria.healy@finegreen.co.uk

Company

Put simply, we help our clients to recruit the best possible people to lead, manage and direct their organisations. Since launching in 2005 we have become an award winning, market-leading consultancy focusing on both public and private sector Healthcare recruitment. 

Leadership skills have rarely been at such a premium - as organisations across both public and private sectors attempt to improve services and standards at a time of widespread change and unprecedented financial constraints.

Like other leading executive recruiters, Finegreen has developed a pool of talent built up over many years, along with established networks, to ensure that right-match candidates get to hear about relevant positions. Where Finegreen differs from many others, is in its willingness to spend quality time with clients - to gain an in-depth knowledge of roles being filled and their importance to an organisation.

Over the last 17 years in the Healthcare market, Finegreen has developed into a Virgin Fast Track top 100 company - and was voted Recruiter of the Year at the Health Investor Awards, Top small to medium sized business at the Best Business Awards, and featured in Recruiter’s Top 10 Public Sector Recruitment providers.

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
0345 130 4006
Location
Finegreen
Manchester
Lancashire
M12 6JH
United Kingdom

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