Job summary
Looking for an opportunity to work in healthcare?This is an exciting opportunity for a Human Factors (HF) practitioner to provide specialist HF advice and support to NUHs Maternity Transformation Programme under the supervision of Trent Simulation & Clinical Skills Centre Human Factors team.Working closely with multidisciplinary clinical teams in practice, you will develop and implement a range of HF initiatives that support work around safe systems, team working and system design which you will develop and implement in partnership with clinical teams and project leads. You will be responsible for project managing aspects of programmes and ensuring that best practice, standards, tools and techniques are in place as well as reporting project progress.
Main duties of the job
You will be a member of the CIEHF and working towards chartership. Experience of working in healthcare is not essential however you must have recent and relevant experience of applying and implementing human factors methodologies in other industries. This includes hierarchical task analysis, complex system models including SEIPS 2.0 and have working knowledge of task and cognitive analysis, work domain analysis, product evaluation across a range of projects.You will have had recent experience of leading and implementing change and have excellent communication skills to establish effective relationships with colleagues at all levels. You will be a problem solver and able to use your own initiative, a team playerwho can initiate, delegate and complete projects. Self-motivated and with excellent organisational skills you will be able to produce management reports as well as present work internally and externally to the organisation.
About us
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
We are a small multiprofessional team that includes 2 Human Factors professionals and we work with a variety of clinical colleagues as well as in education, industry and academic partnerships. As a key member of the TSCSC team, you will contribute to and develop our HF strategy, as well as acting as an ambassador and representative of the centre and the Trust, developing and strengthening our internal and external networks and partnerships in health, academic and industry sectors.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You must be able to work in the clinical environment as well as able to work in an office including remotely from home according to project needs, with some early morning,evening and occasional weekend working. You will be using a pc/laptop regularly to create reports, record and analyse data and manage projects and must be able to travel between Trust sites.You will also be expected to wear personal protective equipment for example, face masks as per Trust and national policy and guidelines and adhere to all COVID -19 policies in place.This post is a fixed term contract for 12 months or for NUH staff an internalsecondment
Job description
Job responsibilities
You must be able to work in the clinical environment as well as able to work in an office including remotely from home according to project needs, with some early morning,evening and occasional weekend working. You will be using a pc/laptop regularly to create reports, record and analyse data and manage projects and must be able to travel between Trust sites.You will also be expected to wear personal protective equipment for example, face masks as per Trust and national policy and guidelines and adhere to all COVID -19 policies in place.This post is a fixed term contract for 12 months or for NUH staff an internalsecondment
Person Specification
commitment to trust values and behaviours
Essential
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "We are here for you" behavioural standards
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- oUndergraduate degree in related subject e.g. psychology/design
- oEvidence of on-going education and professional development and education.
- oRegistered member of CIEHF
- oWorking towards CIEHF Chartership
Desirable
- oChartered Ergonomist
- oMSc Ergonomics/HF or related MSc e.g. Psychology or relevant equivalent experience at Masters level
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of substantial practice in field of Ergonomics and Human Factors
- Application of HF methodologies including complex systems, ethnography, task and cognitive analysis, work domain analysis, product evaluation across a range of projects
- Project Management Skills
- Experience of working in a team
- Production and presentation of oral and written reports including projects outcomes and recommendations
- Contributing to research - design/ data collection/analysis/publication
- Delivering training/education in HF
Desirable
- oExperience of designing, delivering and evaluating HF training.
- oExperience of working in ergonomics and Human Factors in a health care setting.
- oExperience of TEAM STEPPS
- oProject leadership experience
- oResearch project leadership experience: funding applications, design, submission and publication
- oConference abstract preparation
- oOral and poster presentations at conferences and large meeting (>150 delegates)
- oUse of qualitative (NViVo) and quantitative analysis software (SPSS)
- oWritten publications
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
- oExcellent written and oral communication skills
- oAble to present and receive highly complex information to a multiprofessional audience
- oDemonstrable negotiation and influencing skills
- oAssertiveness and the ability to deal with interpersonal conflict
- oTeam player who can initiate, delegate and complete projects
- oAbility to interact with multiprofessional and multidisciplinary teams
- oAble to establish effective working relationships with colleagues at all levels and internal /external to organisation
- oAble to work alone and make decisions
Desirable
- oFacilitate working groups of all disciplines and levels including chairing and minute taking
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- oProblem solving skills
- oAbility to use own initiative and identify work needs
- oAbility to respond to, prioritize and analyze highly complex problems/situations and ensure effective interventions are put in place
- oAbility to generate and present management reports and documents
- oDeal effectively with issues within defined guidelines
- oEvidence of data collection, evaluation and analysis
Planning and organisation skills
Essential
- oSelf-motivated with excellent organisational skills
- oable to prioritise own work and assist others to prioritise
- oAbility to plan and manage multiple work streams and review progress against plan, adjusting plans as necessary
Desirable
- oExperience of strategic planning and evaluation
Physical Skills
Essential
- oAble to deliver projects / programmes that involve frequent standing and sitting in a clinical and teaching environment.
- oAble to travel regionally/ nationally
- oKeyboard skills
- oAble to set up educational materials including lifting/moving equipment and teaching aids/clinical equipment
other
Essential
- oConscientious, confident, accurate,
- oAble to work flexibly with early morning starts and evening finishes, weekend working
- oAble to work remotely
- oPositive thinker
- oProblem solver
Person Specification
commitment to trust values and behaviours
Essential
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "We are here for you" behavioural standards
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- oUndergraduate degree in related subject e.g. psychology/design
- oEvidence of on-going education and professional development and education.
- oRegistered member of CIEHF
- oWorking towards CIEHF Chartership
Desirable
- oChartered Ergonomist
- oMSc Ergonomics/HF or related MSc e.g. Psychology or relevant equivalent experience at Masters level
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of substantial practice in field of Ergonomics and Human Factors
- Application of HF methodologies including complex systems, ethnography, task and cognitive analysis, work domain analysis, product evaluation across a range of projects
- Project Management Skills
- Experience of working in a team
- Production and presentation of oral and written reports including projects outcomes and recommendations
- Contributing to research - design/ data collection/analysis/publication
- Delivering training/education in HF
Desirable
- oExperience of designing, delivering and evaluating HF training.
- oExperience of working in ergonomics and Human Factors in a health care setting.
- oExperience of TEAM STEPPS
- oProject leadership experience
- oResearch project leadership experience: funding applications, design, submission and publication
- oConference abstract preparation
- oOral and poster presentations at conferences and large meeting (>150 delegates)
- oUse of qualitative (NViVo) and quantitative analysis software (SPSS)
- oWritten publications
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
- oExcellent written and oral communication skills
- oAble to present and receive highly complex information to a multiprofessional audience
- oDemonstrable negotiation and influencing skills
- oAssertiveness and the ability to deal with interpersonal conflict
- oTeam player who can initiate, delegate and complete projects
- oAbility to interact with multiprofessional and multidisciplinary teams
- oAble to establish effective working relationships with colleagues at all levels and internal /external to organisation
- oAble to work alone and make decisions
Desirable
- oFacilitate working groups of all disciplines and levels including chairing and minute taking
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- oProblem solving skills
- oAbility to use own initiative and identify work needs
- oAbility to respond to, prioritize and analyze highly complex problems/situations and ensure effective interventions are put in place
- oAbility to generate and present management reports and documents
- oDeal effectively with issues within defined guidelines
- oEvidence of data collection, evaluation and analysis
Planning and organisation skills
Essential
- oSelf-motivated with excellent organisational skills
- oable to prioritise own work and assist others to prioritise
- oAbility to plan and manage multiple work streams and review progress against plan, adjusting plans as necessary
Desirable
- oExperience of strategic planning and evaluation
Physical Skills
Essential
- oAble to deliver projects / programmes that involve frequent standing and sitting in a clinical and teaching environment.
- oAble to travel regionally/ nationally
- oKeyboard skills
- oAble to set up educational materials including lifting/moving equipment and teaching aids/clinical equipment
other
Essential
- oConscientious, confident, accurate,
- oAble to work flexibly with early morning starts and evening finishes, weekend working
- oAble to work remotely
- oPositive thinker
- oProblem solver
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).