Learning from Deaths Clinical Reviewer

Job summary

Responsible to the Learning from Deaths Lead, the Learning from Deaths Clinical Reviewer will support the delivery of quality for the Trust, ensuring safe, effective and high quality services, learning from experience with the welfare of patients and staff at the heart of this role.

The Learning from Deaths Clinical Reviewer will support the Trust in the implementation of the Trust's Quality Strategy to ensure the Trust meets statutory and national obligations to continually improve service delivery. An expert in Learning from Death reviews, techniques and practice, they will act as a resource on and provide specialist advice relating to Learning from Deaths for staff Trust wide, and deliver training to staff on review skills and associated processes.

*This role is indicative pending Job Evaluation*

Main duties of the job

The Learning from Deaths Clinical Reviewer will be able to employ suitable review techniques applicable to the Learning from Deaths process, producing high quality review summaries and presenting findings to relevant meetings and working groups.

Liaise with appropriate Trust departments and learning and development teams to ensure learning points from investigations are developed into Trust practice and, where relevant, national practice.

Support patient safety improvement activity ensuring that systems thinking, human factors understanding and just culture principles are embedded in patient safety processes.

Be a registered clinician and maintain clinical registration, by conducting sufficient continuous professional development and clinical practice in accordance with clinical guidelines and Trust protocols.

Deputise for the Learning from Deaths Lead and provide resilience for other roles within the team where necessary.

About us

Working for us is an experience like no other. We provide emergency and urgent care, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, operating across the largest ambulance region in England and responding to an average of 2,650 incidents every day.

We remain committed to ensuring that we provide the best possible care for all our patients, which is reflected in our new five-year strategy which has continually improving patient care at its very core.

The role is based in Exeter, one of the most vibrant, attractive and historically interesting cities in England, with excellent transport links and a great mix of independent shops, cafes and bars.

If you embody our values of one team, compassionate and innovative and are looking to make a real difference to peoples' lives, then we would love to hear from you.

In return we will equip you with the skills and resources you need to thrive in your role.

You will have opportunities to progress to roles across the Trust and enjoy continuous professional development.

Benefits

• Competitive NHS salary
• A standard working week of 37.5 hours
• Holiday entitlements of 27 days per year, plus general and public holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working
• Generous Pension Scheme
• Career and salary progression
• Car leasing scheme
• Free parking across Trust sites
• Staff networks
• Wide range of discounts from various organisations across the UK

Employer details

Employer name

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Headquarters

Abbey Court, Eagle Way

Exeter

EX2 7HY

Employer's website

https://www.swast.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Headquarters

Abbey Court, Eagle Way

Exeter

EX2 7HY

Employer's website

https://www.swast.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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