Patient Safety Coordinator - Bodmin, United Kingdom - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Bodmin, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Patient Safety Coordinator:

Band 6:

Main area

Integrated Governance

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Grade

Band 6

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Contract

Permanent

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Hours

Part time 15 hours per week

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Job ref

Site

Carew House

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Town

Bodmin

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Salary
- £33,706 - £40,588 Pro Rata
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Salary period

Yearly

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Closing

22/03/2023 23:59

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Interview date

06/04/2023Thank you for your interest in joining us at
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

_ Strategic Themes_

_ Great Care_:

We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

_ Great Organisation__ _**:

We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems._

_ Great People _:

We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

_ Great Partner_:

With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people's quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._

- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._

Job overview:

The Patient Safety Co-ordinator will provide specialist knowledge in patient safety facilitating incident reporting and response and operational patient safety management to identify opportunities to learn lessons and drive improvement.

***The Patient Safety Co-ordinator will be a champion for the patient safety and incident reporting management systems, identifying opportunities for improvement, you will be credible and knowledgeable on how to use patient safety systems to drive improvement with the confidence and with interpersonal skills to work with clinicians and support staff at all levels across the organisation.

The post holder will have experience in using intelligence from the patient safety system to inform improvement plans and have a proactive 'can do' approach, be highly motivated and confident in managing challenging and changing workloads.

The post holder will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and will bring a strong customer service approach to their role.

The post holder will actively enable the organisation to learn lessons.

This post will require a high level of initiative and resourcefulness to develop relationships and strengthen systems and processes, including data analysis, to take forward the expanding quality improvement agenda.

The post holder will work closely with the
Integrated Governance team and staff at all levels in the organisation.

Proposed interview date: 6th April 2023

Main duties of the job:

The post holder will undertake a daily clinical review of incidents, to support improvement in the quality of incident reporting, whilst identifying themes, trends or areas of concern that require escalation and liaising with managers and teams as necessary to support effective incident management.

The post holder will as part of the clinical overview work closely with other members of the patient safety team to monitor and track progress of incidents and additional reviews.

Review of the daily covid report and submissions to the CPNS where appropriate.

Management and updating standard operating procedures that support the functions of the patient safety coordinator.

The post holder will act as a point of contact for clinical advice related to incident reporting and management.

The post holder will be an integral partner in the development/initiation/facilitation of Incident M