Patient Safety Officer

5 days ago


Harrogate, United Kingdom Harrogate And District Nhs Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary The Patient Safety Officer has a unique and varied role responsible for managing key elements of the Patient Safety and Quality agenda within HDFT.
The post would be part of a busy but dynamic team that encompasses all elements of quality and safety including Serious Incidents, Complaints, Claims, Coroners, Risk Manager, Compliance, Patient Experience and Clinical Effectiveness.The post sit within the Safety and Investigation arm of the Quality Team which encompasses patient experience, Serious Incidents, Claims, Coroners and incident management.
Main duties of the job The key focus for this role will be: Support quality improvement and patient safety across all directoratesSupport processes to ensure robust incident reporting processes, including investigations, learning and effectiveness assurance mechanisms, are in place to improve and learn from patient safety events.Support the management of Claims and Coroners cases - including holding a claims workloadSupport the management of risk management arrangements across the organisationProvide support to the ongoing development of the Datix system Utilise well developed negotiating and influencing skills and have the ability to build effective working relationships.
About us The Quality Team are responsible for the management of quality and safety initiatives for HDFT.
The department oversees: Serious Incident Investigation, Incident Management, Risk Management, Patient Experience and Engagement, Patient Safety, Clinical Effectiveness, Compliance, Claims and Coroners.
Job description Job responsibilities To support the Patient Safety Manager in promoting and providing assurance across the Trust in relation to patient safety matters and initiatives.The Patient Safety Officer is responsible for: Supporting the incident reporting process including establishing and embedding just culture of reporting incidentsSupporting the implementation of the Datix system including ongoing maintenanceResponsible for overseeing the Claims and Coroners process and associated workloadUtilise well developed negotiation and influencing skills and the ability to present sound reasoning and awareness in relation to patient safetySupport workplans, project plans, themes and lessons learned relating to incident reporting.Build and maintain relationships with key personnel to ensure knowledge and information is shared across internal and external stakeholders.Support the co-ordinate of the review of Serious Incident (SI) root cause analysis (RCA)To support the implementation and development of the Serious Incident Review Group The duties outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake additional duties commensurate with the expertise and position held.
Person Specification Essential Essential Educated to degree level or demonstrable equivalent experience in a relevant role.
Evidence of ongoing professional development Experience of working within a Governance Team Experience of working within risk and assurance processes In depth knowledge and experience of working with the Datix system An understanding of the implications on national policies for the quality and governance agenda Patient Safety Strategy and their implementation Knowledge and experience of collecting and analysing data Sound report writing skills for a variety of audiences (both internal and external) and purpose, both verbally and in writing.
Desirable Qualification in Leadership and management in health and Social Care or equivalent experience Evidence of managing projects in the NHS environment.
In depth knowledge of regulatory frameworks, specifically CQC and understanding of quality reporting requirements



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