Patient Safety Administrator

5 months ago


Poole, United Kingdom University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 (pending matching) Patient Safety Administrator to join our excellent Quality and Safety team University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust and this role will be based either at the Poole Hospital site.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated individual with excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills. You will enjoy working as part of a busy team and be able to communicate effectively with various staff groups.

The post holder will support the Patient Safety team with a suite of administrative tasks and be one of the front facing members of the team taking a varied scope of enquiries from UHD colleagues. The post holder will be integral to supporting the function of the risk management system (Datix) including account queries and supporting the incident validation process.

We would welcome applicants who have experience of working within healthcare or those with transferrable skills from outside the NHS.

**Base Location**: Poole Hospital

**Interview Date**: TBC

To support and assist the Patient Safety Team in delivering the Trust’s Patient Safety agenda including updating and maintaining incident records on Datix.

Contribute to the efficient running of the Quality and Safety Department and provide general clerical and administrative support the Quality and Safety functions of the team.

Deal with routine matters relating to the Quality and Safety function, ensuring urgent work is brought to the attention of the Quality and Safety team leads as appropriate.

Contribute to the efficient running of the Learning Event Report Notification (LERN) system and the Trust Risk Register

Support data input, coding requirements and any other Datix administration requirement to enable UHD to comply with the national Learning from Patient Safety Events (LFPSE) system and other types of incidents reported on the LERN system.

The post holder will also support with assurance on compliance of monitored Quality and Safety metrics.

The role will support the Trust in embedding a culture of quality governance, patient safety, assurance and learning at all levels across the Trust to ensure the delivery of a high quality, safe, patient-centred service.

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.


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