Job summary
We are excited to be able to offer the opportunity for a secondment or fixed term contract within our Patient Safety Incident Management Team until October 2023. The Trust are an early adopter of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework and as part of implementation we have created the new role of Patient Safety Reviewer.
The successful candidate will support the delivery of the Trust's Patient Safety Incident Response Plan by undertaking and contributing to high quality patient safety incident reviews and investigations in order to identify and embed learning from patient safety incidents across the organisation.
The Patient Safety Incident Management Team work closely together and encourage individuality as well as team work. We currently work flexibly between the office and home and this role will require you to travel to different operational sites across the Trust.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will work autonomously as a patient safety reviewer and in conjunction with subject experts and operational colleagues, escalating any identified risks and immediate safety actions to the Head of Patient Safety Incident Management.
- The post holder will be responsible for the day to day management of patient safety incident reviews, ensuring that these are undertaken in line with a systems learning approach and that patients and their carers/families, Trust staff and where appropriate, third parties are fully involved in the review process.
- The post holder will work with a range of internal and external stakeholders to review, analyse and use judgement through the collation of evidence and findings using the agreed methods within the Trust's PSIRP. The outcome will be the identification of systems learning from a patient safety incident that will then guide sustainable risk reduction and service improvement, ensuring that a Just and Learning Culture and human factors principles are maintained.
- The post holder will be required to analyse and interpret complex and sensitive clinical and safety situations, work collaboratively with a variety of staff groups and members of the public, utilising highly advanced communication and coaching skills and arrive at well thought out decisions.
About us
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
o Season Ticket Loans
o NHS discounts for staff
o Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
o Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
o The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
o Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
o Day One Flexible Employer
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Undertake patient safety incident reviews using a variety of different methods, including After Action Reviews, Clinical Reviews and Structured Judgement Reviews.
- Work with the Patient Safety Incident Management Team and PSI Clinical Review Group to identify learning and changes in practice that need to occur to prevent or reduce the likelihood of reoccurrence of similar incidents or improve the overall safety and quality of care provided.
- The post holder will produce excellent reports that identify learning from incidents and how learning will be embedded.
- Apply the principles and practice of a just and learning culture across a diverse range of clinical services and recognise when specialist expert opinion is required.
- The post holder will feedback the learning identified through their reviews to PSI Clinical Review Group to progress learning outcomes.
- Establish links to all operational services to ensure that each service engages with patient safety incident reviews.
- To act as a role model and expert advisor for other staff involved in the reviews, ensuring that all reviews are carried out to the highest possible standards.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of a systems learning approach and cultural changes associated with the introduction of the patient safety incident response framework and lead on allocated improvement and innovation projects.
- Work with the Head of Patient Safety Incident Management in maintaining efficient systems and processes to ensure good governance and enable the effective and accurate collection, collation and reporting of routine data and information, producing statistics and reports when required.
- Draw up clear guidelines for patient safety incident reviewers, highlighting expectations in terms of formulating communication plans with families, liaising with Family Liaison Officers, recording information and attending meetings as part of the patient safety incident response process.
- To develop and deliver patient safety review training sessions to ensure high quality and consistency in skill sets of staff undertaking this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Undertake patient safety incident reviews using a variety of different methods, including After Action Reviews, Clinical Reviews and Structured Judgement Reviews.
- Work with the Patient Safety Incident Management Team and PSI Clinical Review Group to identify learning and changes in practice that need to occur to prevent or reduce the likelihood of reoccurrence of similar incidents or improve the overall safety and quality of care provided.
- The post holder will produce excellent reports that identify learning from incidents and how learning will be embedded.
- Apply the principles and practice of a just and learning culture across a diverse range of clinical services and recognise when specialist expert opinion is required.
- The post holder will feedback the learning identified through their reviews to PSI Clinical Review Group to progress learning outcomes.
- Establish links to all operational services to ensure that each service engages with patient safety incident reviews.
- To act as a role model and expert advisor for other staff involved in the reviews, ensuring that all reviews are carried out to the highest possible standards.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of a systems learning approach and cultural changes associated with the introduction of the patient safety incident response framework and lead on allocated improvement and innovation projects.
- Work with the Head of Patient Safety Incident Management in maintaining efficient systems and processes to ensure good governance and enable the effective and accurate collection, collation and reporting of routine data and information, producing statistics and reports when required.
- Draw up clear guidelines for patient safety incident reviewers, highlighting expectations in terms of formulating communication plans with families, liaising with Family Liaison Officers, recording information and attending meetings as part of the patient safety incident response process.
- To develop and deliver patient safety review training sessions to ensure high quality and consistency in skill sets of staff undertaking this role.
Person Specification
Other
Essential
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical qualification
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Degree level in health related subject
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge/understanding of PSIRF
- Knowledge/understanding of DoC
- Able to investigate and analyse incidents
Desirable
- Experience, understanding and use of investigation tools and methodologies
Skills/Experience
Essential
- Good oral and written communication skills
- IT literate
Person Specification
Other
Essential
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical qualification
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Degree level in health related subject
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge/understanding of PSIRF
- Knowledge/understanding of DoC
- Able to investigate and analyse incidents
Desirable
- Experience, understanding and use of investigation tools and methodologies
Skills/Experience
Essential
- Good oral and written communication skills
- IT literate
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
