Human Factors Lead - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Cambridge University Hospitals

Cambridge University Hospitals

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Description

Main area

Corporate
Human Factors Lead
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time hours per week (Flexible Working Considered)
Job ref
180F RE
Employer
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Addenbrookes Hospital-Division Corporate
Town
Cambridge
Salary

- £50,952 - £57,349 p.a. pro rata
Salary period

Yearly
Closing
07/04/2024 23:59Job overview

Looking to join healthcare, or keen to take your career in a new direction?

We are looking to appoint a Human Factors Lead to an exciting role within the Trust.

The position will be based within the central patient safety team, and will proactively participate in the design of the Trust human factors education strategy and contribute to its delivery.

You will contribute toward the implementation and development of the patient safety incident response framework, and play a key role in ensuring that patient safety strategies, systems, and processes of the Trust are designed and managed to take account of human behaviour and performance.

The role will have the opportunity to contribute to the patient safety improvements across the Trust and the delivery of the quality strategy by supporting clinical staff in learning and implementing change by developing human factors knowledge and skills for all staff.

Main duties of the job

This role is based in the corporate Patient Safety team

You will:
Provide expert advise to the Trust and healthcare partners on ergonomics and human factors related to patient safety.

Contribute to the patient safety and incident management process in accordance with our Trust Patient Safety Incident Response Framework policy and plan.

Play a key role in ensuring that patient safety strategies, systems, and processes of the Trust are designed and managed to take account of human behaviour and performance.

Support awareness building, capability and effective use of ergonomics and human factors to improve patient safety across the Trust.

Proactively participate in the design of the Trust human factors education strategy and contribute to its delivery.

Proactively contribute to the patient safety improvements across the Trust and the delivery of the quality strategy by supporting clinical staff in learning and implementing change by developing human factors knowledge and skills for all staffWorking for our organisation

Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge.

With over 11000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners.

Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here.

CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave.

The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

This vacancy will close at midnight on the 7th April 2024.

Interviews are due to be held on w/c 15th April 2024.

Benefits to you

We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given.

In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

Person specification

Qualifications:

Essential criteria

Educated to degree level.

Undergraduate or postgraduate level qualification on Human factors

Registered member of Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF) and working towards chartership.

Evidence of continuous professional development.

Desirable criteria

Quality improvement training.

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working in a healthcare or an equitable high risk industry.

Experience of contributing to investigating safety incidents within a large complex organisation either healthcare or an equitable high risk industry.

Experience of measuring and contributing strategies to improve team and organisational safety culture, building high reliability teams.

Experience of supporting teams to develop their non-technical skills.

Experience of teaching, including simulation.