Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of the newly established Patient Safety and Improvement team as an incident investigator. This role is being advertised on a fixed term or secondment basis to test the concept of an independant investigator.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assist healthcare professionals across the Trust to deliver safer care through an understanding of the effects of teamwork, tasks, equipment, workspace, culture and organisation on human behaviour and identify contributory factors when incidents occur and make recommendations for systemic improvements.
The investigator will use recognised patient safety incident frameworks and tools encompassing principles of human factors and ergonomics, systems engineering, psychology and investigation best practice. A high level of sensitive engagement with patients, families, staff and others affected by incidents is expected of this role
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Patient Safety Incident Investigator will support the Patient Safety & Improvement Manager and Director of Patient Safety to provide Trust-wide oversight, assuring the quality and effectiveness of all types of patient safety incident investigations as part of the Trusts annually agreed Patient Safety Incident Response Plan (PSIRP). This is required within the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) which has been implemented in response to the NHS Patient Safety Strategy.
The outcome will be the identification of systems learning from a patient safety incident that will then guide sustainable risk reduction and drive improvement, ensuring that a Just and Learning Culture and human factors principles are maintained.
The Patient Safety Incident Investigator will link in with, and provide senior leadership to, the Patient Safety and Improvement Team but will not directly manage them, as this will be the responsibility of the Patient Safety and Improvement Manager.
This is a new post, and the job description will be reviewed at regular intervals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Patient Safety Incident Investigator will support the Patient Safety & Improvement Manager and Director of Patient Safety to provide Trust-wide oversight, assuring the quality and effectiveness of all types of patient safety incident investigations as part of the Trusts annually agreed Patient Safety Incident Response Plan (PSIRP). This is required within the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) which has been implemented in response to the NHS Patient Safety Strategy.
The outcome will be the identification of systems learning from a patient safety incident that will then guide sustainable risk reduction and drive improvement, ensuring that a Just and Learning Culture and human factors principles are maintained.
The Patient Safety Incident Investigator will link in with, and provide senior leadership to, the Patient Safety and Improvement Team but will not directly manage them, as this will be the responsibility of the Patient Safety and Improvement Manager.
This is a new post, and the job description will be reviewed at regular intervals.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent acquired through training and experience.
- Experience in coordination and completion of high level patient safety incident investigations
- Experience of delivering improvement projects and change.
- Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience
- Highly developed knowledge of patient safety and investigation acquired through a combination of in-depth experience and post graduate study
- Knowledge of change management strategies and experience of implementing change
- Knowledge of current NHS agenda and impact on services
- Knowledge of trust-wide hospitals, wards, departments, services, policies and procedures
Desirable
- Improvement/ lean practitioner qualification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent acquired through training and experience.
- Experience in coordination and completion of high level patient safety incident investigations
- Experience of delivering improvement projects and change.
- Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience
- Highly developed knowledge of patient safety and investigation acquired through a combination of in-depth experience and post graduate study
- Knowledge of change management strategies and experience of implementing change
- Knowledge of current NHS agenda and impact on services
- Knowledge of trust-wide hospitals, wards, departments, services, policies and procedures
Desirable
- Improvement/ lean practitioner qualification.
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).
Additional information
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).
