Job summary
We are looking for a highly motivated, inquisitive individual to join our Clinical Effectiveness Team as our Learning from Deaths Facilitator. This person will provide support to the Deputy Chief Medical Officer (Trust Mortality Lead) by facilitating effective governance processes that drive trust wide learning from morbidity and mortality. They will also work closely with Clinicians, the Medical Examiners Office and a wide range of non-clinical colleagues to identify trends and promote learning.
Our LfD Facilitator will be a subject matter expert, interpreting internal and external data sources to help answer the questions "why have our patients died?" and "what opportunities are there for improving patient care and reducing the number of patient deaths?". They will also be confident to provide assurance updates and activity reports both internally and externally.
We are looking for someone who is well-organised, enthusiastic and keen to understand data and how it can be used to drive improvement.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone who will commit to a full time role (37.5 hours a week) with the opportunity for flexible working pattern and hybrid working after a settling in period.
The post holder will be required to promote and facilitate effective systems for reviewing mortality and morbidity within the organisation, which involves having a leading role in a range of internal and external meetings, as well as maintaining accurate databases and electronic filing systems. This will also require the post holder to maintain good working relationships with clinical and non-clinical colleagues across the trust and negotiate conflicting priorities where necessary.
This person will regularly collate and report learning and quality improvement outputs from mortality reviews and facilitate the investigation of mortality alerts. They will also monitor and interrogate mortality datasets to compare to national and peer benchmarks and produce reports as required.
This role is a vital member of the Clinical Effectiveness Team as they support the Trust Mortality Lead (Deputy Chief Medical Officer) and contribute to the Learning from Deaths agenda with the goal of reducing in-hospital mortality. Part of this involves ensuring that systems to monitor mortality and morbidity are closely integrated with other quality and safety initiatives, and learning from this portfolio is integrated with trust wide learning channels.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding.The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
- Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
If you would like to discuss this role prior to submitting an application, please contact Rebecca Kershaw (rebecca.kershaw2@nhs.net) to arrange a phone call.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
If you would like to discuss this role prior to submitting an application, please contact Rebecca Kershaw (rebecca.kershaw2@nhs.net) to arrange a phone call.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Management qualification
- ECDL or equivalent computer skills qualification
- Professional clinical qualification
Experience
Essential
- Navigating clinical governance systems/processes. Working with clinical governance teams
- Managing trust wide portfolio
- Working to tight deadlines
- Regular and effective use of Microsoft software
- Managing/developing a team
- Delivering training/Presenting
- Analysing data. Multiple sources
- Writing reports. Range of audiences
- Thematic learning.
- Facilitating change. Implementing change
Desirable
- Knowledge of. Involvement in learning from deaths processes (+2 points)
- Experience of working with hospital information systems. Patient record systems.
- Understanding of clinical audit
- Experience of risk management service
Management / Supervision / Coordination
Essential
- Coordinate and manage work of a team. Cross-disciplinary
- Leadership
- Delegation
- Evidence of leading Learning. Improvement
- Trust wide project/programme of work
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence based healthcare (NICE, Royal Colleges etc)
- Clinical effectiveness information sources (HQIP, NCAPOP, NICE, NHE England etc)
- Data analysis using information technology (e.g. excel, SQL)
- Project management
- Change management
Desirable
- National learning from deaths programmes and requirements (LeDeR, MBRACE, NHE England, SHMI, NHS Digital)
- Awareness of clinical conditions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Management qualification
- ECDL or equivalent computer skills qualification
- Professional clinical qualification
Experience
Essential
- Navigating clinical governance systems/processes. Working with clinical governance teams
- Managing trust wide portfolio
- Working to tight deadlines
- Regular and effective use of Microsoft software
- Managing/developing a team
- Delivering training/Presenting
- Analysing data. Multiple sources
- Writing reports. Range of audiences
- Thematic learning.
- Facilitating change. Implementing change
Desirable
- Knowledge of. Involvement in learning from deaths processes (+2 points)
- Experience of working with hospital information systems. Patient record systems.
- Understanding of clinical audit
- Experience of risk management service
Management / Supervision / Coordination
Essential
- Coordinate and manage work of a team. Cross-disciplinary
- Leadership
- Delegation
- Evidence of leading Learning. Improvement
- Trust wide project/programme of work
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence based healthcare (NICE, Royal Colleges etc)
- Clinical effectiveness information sources (HQIP, NCAPOP, NICE, NHE England etc)
- Data analysis using information technology (e.g. excel, SQL)
- Project management
- Change management
Desirable
- National learning from deaths programmes and requirements (LeDeR, MBRACE, NHE England, SHMI, NHS Digital)
- Awareness of clinical conditions
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).
