About this role
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to take up a newly created post, joining the Clinical Audit and Mortality team at Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holder will work with the Head of Clinical Audit & Mortality and Trust's Mortality Lead (Associate Medical Director for Clinical Safety) to develop, support and administer the effective running of the Trust's mortality governance, the mortality review process and ensure that effective and implemented learning takes place.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with the clinical effectiveness, patient safety, clinical governance, service and information teams (including external services). They must be able to work independently, self-generating a significant proportion of their workload through investigation, engagement and from good practice, helping to identify and set clear targets for themselves, services and the Trust.
About us
DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.
At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.
As an organisation that supports flexible working, 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. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read this document carefully.Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.
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Person Specification
Qualifications & Training Essential
Educated to Degree level or equivalent evidence. Mentorship/teaching qualification or relevant experience.
Desirable
Master's Degree Participation in audit and quality issues
Knowledge & Experience Essential
Working knowledge of learning from deaths and its application within an acute provider Experience of producing and delivering reports for governance processes and audit. Experience of delivering improvements in patient safety and quality. Structured Judgement review experience and training.
Desirable
Understands and participates in evidence based practice. Knowledge of patient safety
Personal Attributes & Skills Essential
Professional approach Motivated and adaptable to learning new skills that meet service needs Able to communicate at all levels, including external stakeholder liaison Able to work as an individual and part of a team with experience of working with multi-agency - multi disciplinary teams Scheduling Structured Judgement Reviews (SJR) through the SJR Plus platform
Desirable
Able to demonstrate good management qualities.
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.
Employer details Employer name Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
Address Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Armthorpe Road
Doncaster
DN2 5LT
Employer's website https://www.dbth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)