About this role
Job summary
Are you passionate about improving patient safety and making a tangible difference across an organisation? Do you want to be part of a team that doesn't just respond to incidents, but learns, improves, and leads change?
We are looking for a motivated, organised and values-driven Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Facilitator to join our Trust-wide Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Team at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT).
This is a key facilitation and support role at the heart of the Trust's Patient Safety and Clinical Risk work. You will play a vital part in ensuring that patient safety incidents and learning processes are well-managed, robust and translated into meaningful improvement, communicating learning identified in a relatable and accessible format across the organisation.
If you bring strong communication and analytical skills, with a real attention to detail, and enjoy using data to identify learning and drive improvement, this could be a great opportunity.
If you're someone who routinely supports colleagues to build their knowledge and confidence, and you're motivated by making care safer for patients, families and staff, we'd really like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a highly organised and proactive facilitator to provide comprehensive support and expertise across the Patient Safety and Clinical risk portfolios.
The postholder will ensure that incidents and near misses are reported and investigated in accordance with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), reported to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) where appropriate and that learning is shared across the organisation to drive sustained improvement in patient care. They will facilitate the management and quality assurance of the Trust Risk Registers, giving advice to risk owners, assessors and senior colleagues and support with preparation of reports for Trust Executives and Committees.
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
Review incident reports, sharing and escalating any incidents of concern through appropriate Trust processes, including Incident Safety Panel. Provide expert advice and information on incident reporting, review & management as well as on wider patient safety matters using a range of communication methods. Ensure that Statutory Notifications are made to the Care Quality Commission in a timely manner, providing support and guidance to service managers where required. Extract learning identified from Learning Response Tools to capture themes and actions. Produce a monthly Patient Safety bulletin for clinical directorates and other relevant teams to support organisational learning. Maintain the Patient Safety SharePoint site ensuring key information is up to date and accessible to colleagues across the organisation. Work with the Patient Safety and Mortality Co-ordinator in maintaining efficient systems and processes to ensure good governance and enable the effective and accurate collection, collation and reporting of routine data and information, producing statistics when required. Work with the Patient Safety and Mortality Co-ordinator and clinical directorates to ensure that all Patient Safety Incident Investigations (PSII) are reported to the Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Care Quality Commission (CQC) within appropriate timescales. Work with the Patient Safety and Mortality Co-ordinator and Senior Managers to monitor the implementation of Safety Improvement Plans (SIPs). Support the Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Manager in the production of reports to the Trust Board, ICB and other internal groups and committees on patient safety and clinical risk.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Experience of dealing with sensitive and confidential information Experience of reporting and reviewing incidents using Incident Reporting or Risk Management Systems Experience of writing reports and other papers Experience of working with all levels of staff including clinicians and managers.
Desirable
Experience of working in Patient Safety
Education/Qualification Essential
Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant healthcare or risk management field. Training in incident investigation methodologies (e.g., Root Cause Analysis, SEIPS, or similar).
Desirable
Post graduate qualification or equivalent experience in patient safety or risk management
Skills & Abilities Essential
Clear communicator with excellent written and verbal skills Commitment to and focus on quality, promoting high standards in all they do Excellent attention to detail, systematic with the ability to accurately record data Excellent problem-solving skills Effective team working Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own work to changing and often tight deadlines without supervision Good IT skills with ability to use range of software programmes such as including Office 365, SystmOne, and Datix. Ability to analysis, collate, interpret and present data
Desirable
Ability to influence, negotiate and deliver results through others
Other Essential
Flexible approach to needs of the service
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship 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).
Employer details Employer name Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address CPFT Kingfisher House
Kingfisher Way
Huntingdon
PE29 6FH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)