Clinical Risk and Patient Safety Advisor

Job description

Job responsibilities

Professional and Clinical Leadership

Be an active member of the Suicide Reference Group and the Suicide Prevention Partnership both citywide and ICS.

Develop and maintain strong relationship with the Patient Safety Specialist to ensure a cohesive patient safety work plan aligned to the NSHEI Patient Safety Specialist.

Be a visible clinical presence to support advice and demonstrate high standards of patient safety and clinical risk management processes across the Trust. Provide expert knowledge and consultancy to other disciplines and professional groups.

Develop and monitor standards and audit to align with the required level of clinical practice/record keeping which will form part of the policy and governance of clinical risk, supporting with the identification of actions required to deliver an improved position.

Develop systems and processes within the Trust which aids the organisation to determine the level of assurance regarding the quality of care provided by SHSC services.

Utilise appropriate audit, research knowledge and clinical practice skills to lead, develop and inform education and training on patient safety.

Ensure clinical risk and suicide prevention training is delivered at an appropriate level commensurate with role and responsibility.

Develop and deliver suicide assessment and management training for clinical colleagues which ensures the inclusion of safety plans for all patients as a routine outcome from an assessment, which is shared with the service user and their family where appropriate.

Develop local training for clinical areas aligned to speciality with the support of the clinical services where specific patient safety issues are identified.

Support service leads to ensure that all in-patient wards have a robust system in place to manage environmental and clinical risks, specifically in relation to Ligature Assessments Points (LAP).

Provide clinical/professional and safeguarding supervision to staff as required.

Act as a human rights champion, receiving relevant training and role modelling use of a human rights framework in clinical practice.

In conjunction with the Risk Management and Health and Safety Team team, ensure that all incidents related to clinical and environmental risks are robustly investigated and reviewed, supporting with the identification of actions required to deliver an improved position.

May be requested by exception to lead in the investigation of highly complex or contentious serious incident investigations or complaints.

Service Development

Support the monitoring of national clinical safety indicators and development of local Trust indicators.

Keep oversight of the learning arising from incidents and incorporate within training in a timely manner.

Supporting the implementation of learning from national best practice, research and what has gone well as appropriate across the Trust.

Maintain up to date clinical knowledge and skills, demonstrating knowledge of current legislation and apply as relevant to practice.

Undertake benchmarking and advise the Trust on any required changes to clinical practice following the release of new strategies, initiatives and innovative approaches to patient safety, clinical risk management and suicide prevention.

Establish, lead and chair relevant working groups within the Trust to support the progression of Trust strategy and associated workplans.

Service User and Carer Experience

Training packages will be co-produced and co delivered with service users and experts by experience; they will have a strong influence over the development of the training and will be involved in co-delivery of the training at local level.

Be a strong advocate for service users and their families and carers in promoting knowledge, awareness, and confidence in staff to safely manage risk.

Professional Development

Demonstrate on-going personal development through participation in internal and external development opportunities, recording learning outcomes in a portfolio, to meet professional registration requirements.

Be a subject matter expert in the field of clinical risk and patient safety and develop an excellent knowledge of the local and national frameworks and associated tools used for improving and understanding patient safety.

Participate in management supervision with the Head of Nursing for Rehabilitation and Specialist Services. The post holder will have direct line management responsibilities for allocated staff and is expected to be a role model for clinical quality and to support staff in Clinical and Corporate Directorates to understand their duties with respect to Well Led organisations.

The post holder may offer mentoring and professional supervision to colleagues in the Trust.

Corporate Responsibility

Attendance at relevant meetings and committees, with a responsibility to present papers/verbal updates related to clinical risk management, suicide prevention and relevant aspects of patient safety workplans in conjunction with the Patient Safety Specialist. This will involve writing reports and update papers.

Support the Patient Safety Specialist and Head of Clinical Quality Standards to produce regular learning lessons reports and support learning forums and other mechanisms to ensure that learning is shared across the Trust and within the local system

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Substantial experience of working with service users with complex multiple health needs in a range of settings.
• Experience in formal supervision and appraisal of staff
• Experience in undertaking and/or reviewing complex serious incident investigation reports
• Experience of developing and implementing policies and procedures.

Desirable

• Experience of chairing meetings

Qualifications

Essential

• Education to degree level or equivalent experience
• Current professional registration
• Relevant clinical training and qualification related to designated service sector/speciality

Desirable

• Recognised teaching qualification
• Investigation skills training (RCA/Human Factors)

Key Skills

Essential

• Substantial experience of working with service users with complex multiple health needs in a range of settings.
• Advanced level knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Mental health Act (2007)
• Detailed knowledge of the patient safety agenda and frameworks
• Detailed knowledge of clinical risk and suicide prevention
• Evidence of working in an advisory capacity across a range of clinical healthcare issues

Desirable

• Knowledge relating to Human Rights legislation

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

SHSC Headquarters

Old Fulwood Road

Sheffield

S10 3TH

Employer's website

https://www.shsc.nhs.uk/working-us (Opens in a new tab)