Investigation and Improvement Manager - Mortality
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Job summary
Investigation and Improvement Manager - Mortality **Pending Job Evaluation**
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered professional to join the newly established Learning from Deaths Mortality Team. We are looking for someone who is passionate about completing and utilising learning from reviews, with the goal to improving the experience of service users with a known health inequality.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of the role is to support the delivery of the Learning from Deaths agenda across the Trust. This will include:
- Complete mortality / SJR reviews into natural causes deaths using the agreed methodology.
- Support the Mortality Team in the process of identifying, themes, trends, patterns and lessons learnt and contribute to Trust wide learning.
- Complete complex reports outlining the findings of reviews and working alongside the clinical services, recognise good practice and areas for improvement.
- Work alongside the Lead for Mortality, develop a number of strategies to share learning from mortality / SJR reviews with clinical staff which will include learning events, newsletters and presentations. This will include working across the Trust and wider ICS as a whole, to improve care pathways related to learning from deaths.
- Work autonomously whilst undertaking allocated reviews.
- The IIM is a key member of the Mortality Team, who will work closely with the Patient Safety Team, other internal and external stakeholders involved in learning from deaths.
This is a full-time position, but hours can be worked flexibly and part time hours would be considered for the right candidate.
About us
Key Responsibilities
- Complete reviews into service users who have died of a natural cause of death whilst under the care of NSFT, and to identify whether there are clusters or patterns requiring thematic review.
- To screen deaths to determine those service users who meet the agreed criteria for further review as outlined by the Learning from Deaths policy.
- To consider how we can ensure a service user and family focused approach to learning and improvements.
- Contribute to the Trust's Learning from Deaths strategy, informed by current national policy and guidance.
- As an integral member of the Mortality team you will work closely with your team, providing both formal and informal support.
- Work within the Trust's Quality Governance structure, providing a clinical opinion on learning from deaths.
- To assist in sharing information and learning to challenge health inequalities.
- Working alongside the Lead for Mortality, participate in the Integrated Care System (ICS) Health Inequalities workstreams.
Details
Date posted
16 April 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£43,742 to £50,056 a year gross per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
246-COR6217187
Job locations
County Hall
Norwich
NR1 2DH
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address
County Hall
Norwich
NR1 2DH
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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