Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Patient Safety and Improvement Team as a Patient Safety Incident Investigator. This post will work closely with the Patient Safety and Improvement Manager, supporting Business Units in applying PSIRF principles to key areas of focus, in line with our Patient Safety Incident Response Plan.
Main duties of the job
Leading Patient Safety Incident Investigations (PSII's) with a systems based approach in line with the Northumbria PSIRF principles and supporting other lead investigators. Being able to draw on data from a variety of sources, carry out real time observations and create system level improvement recommendations for relevant services, in line with the organisations Patient Safety Incident Response Plan. Supporting our Patient Safety Improvement Facilitators in delivering patient safety improvement projects and delivering training around PSIRF across the organisation.
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
Sitting in the corporate Business Unit, this post will provide expertise in a Human Factors investigation approach, have oversight of the progress of PSII's and support the continued implementation of all Alternative Learning Responses across the organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Sitting in the corporate Business Unit, this post will provide expertise in a Human Factors investigation approach, have oversight of the progress of PSII's and support the continued implementation of all Alternative Learning Responses across the organisation.
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
- o Knowledge of change management strategies and experience of implementing change
- o 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.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading, coordinating and organising teams
- o Experience of project management
- Experience and achievement in meeting targets
Desirable
- Experience of working in different healthcare/private sectors such as primary care
- Knowledge of research and development
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
- o Knowledge of change management strategies and experience of implementing change
- o 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.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading, coordinating and organising teams
- o Experience of project management
- Experience and achievement in meeting targets
Desirable
- Experience of working in different healthcare/private sectors such as primary care
- Knowledge of research and development
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).
