Quality & Patient Safety Facilitator
- Employer
- Finegreen
- Location
- Gillingham
- Salary
- Band 6
- Closing date
- 9 Dec 2019
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- Sector
- Acute Trust
- Job Type
- Contract
- Category
- Governance & Risk Management
Job Details
Assist in the planning and implementation of a strategic framework for continuous patient safety improvement, focusing on process and systems within and across the organisation.
Main Responsibilities:
- Provide guidance in the monitoring of the organisation’s compliance with the Serious Incident Framework;
- Ensure an accurate log is held of all trust-wide Serious Incidents, High Level Investigations and Never Events;
- The post holder will be expected to have good knowledge in the Serious Incident (SI) process;
- Requires supporting the Quality and Patient Safety with knowledge and experience in the field of patient safety, providing advice across the organisation on all matters related to patient safety;
- Collaboratively work with staff of all grades across the organisation to ensure the SI process is managed as per the SI Framework;
- Actively promote, develop and secure a patient safety culture by improving the knowledge and understanding of managers and staff through effective training and staff engagement programmes;
- Ensure effective procedures are in place for the reporting and investigation of all serious incidents and significant events, including near misses;
- Ensure that all serious incidents are reported onto STEIS in a timely and effective manner that complies with lead commissioner requirements thus reducing the likelihood of financial penalties being imposed on the Trust;
- Ensure that Duty of Candour procedures are undertaken in accordance to organisation’s policy with respect to serious incidents and those incidents that do not met the serious incident criteria;
- Ensure the submission of high-quality investigation reports, which include SMART action plans, to Trust commissioners within pre-defined timeframes.
- Postgraduate degree/equivalent professional qualification or equivalent experience or willingness to undertake further training/education;
- Experienced and trained within Datix and RCA;
- Strong knowledge of the patient safety agenda and strong understanding of related regulations and framework;
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical terminology;
- Knowledge of the CAS system;
- An understanding of the current issues relating to Governance within the NHS;
- Broad experience of using information derived from large and complex data sets;
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships in conflicting situations/scenarios.
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.
- Website
- http://www.finegreen.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 0345 130 4006
- Location
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Finegreen
Manchester
Lancashire
M12 6JH
United Kingdom
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