We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job Overview
Patient Safety Incident agenda, in order to
support the delivery of high quality, safe and supportive services and the fulfilment of the Health Board’s governance priorities.
The post holder will ensure that quality and patient safety remains firmly embedded within the Health Board and at the centre of care
provision, ensuring that the ethos of Clinical Governance is fully embraced and adopted so that staff that deliver care believe that quality and safety is an integral part of patient care.
The post holder will be responsible for supporting corporate patient safety incident activity including the development and / or
implementation of policies, risk management strategies, training programmes and audit activity.
To provide leadership for the review and implementation of effective systems and procedures for the management of patient safety incidents
within the Health Board.
The post holder will support the Head of Safety and Learning in the development of systems to monitor the quality of clinical practice through
audit and measurement of clinical risk, incidents, benchmarking and ensure changes to practice are introduced and monitored where
appropriate.
The post holder will assist in the promotion of learning from patient safety incidents.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder plays a vital part in ensuring our organisation works towards implementing the NHS Quality and Safety Framework to
strive for excellent standards of patient safety and care. Working as part of the Corporate Patient Safety Incident Team you will be
responsible for supporting patient safety incident investigations as per the Health Boards Patient Safety Incident Reporting &
Management Policy.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
English
Essential criteria
- Able to work and deliver under pressure; working to tight deadlines with constantly changing and sometimes conflicting priorities.
- Able to produce and present complex, sensitive information of a high quality to a range of stakeholders.
- Ability to develop good working relationships with staff at all levels – internal and external.
- Ability to communicate effectively – written and oral.
- Ability to work well under pressure and achieve objectives.
- Team Player.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Enthusiastic, assertive and credible.
- Ability to persuade and influence.
English
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent educational attainment/demonstrable experience.
- Experience of working in a changing organisation where flexibility and adaptability are essential to meet service needs.
- Experience of dealing with multi-disciplinary teams and other organisations.
- Demonstrate initiative to organise workload and meet deadlines.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills.
- High level of expertise in word-processing, spreadsheets and databases, RL Datix Risk Management system.
- Excellent numerical, analytical and data management skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including report writing skills.
- Able to establish and maintain administrative systems and processes.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continuous training and development
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Ability to speak Welsh
- Skills in producing action plans (moved from essential).
