Job overview

Join the NHS Humber Health Partnership’s Patient Safety Teams in the delivery of key aspects of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy and Patient Safety Incident Response Framework, and delegated duties in relation to the wider governance team

The post holder will provide comprehensive and high-quality administration and co-ordination support to the Patient Safety Team and will provide an effective administration to the patient safety incident investigation process, as well as the care group governance teams and the central Quality Governance teams across the newly formed Humber Health Partnership (HHP) supporting multiple sites. Flexibility in travelling and the ability to work independently across various sites are essential.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

·      To provide a consistent level of administrative support to the Patient Safety Team

·       Providing support to both the Patient Safety Team and the wider Trust in relation to the implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework

·       Assist in the dissemination of patient safety information for learning

·       To assist, develop and maintain the Patient Safety Team intranet page

·       Undertake daily incident data validation and support for the team in the monitoring of incident management and trends

·       Proactively scan the Trust Local Risk Management System (Datix) for high risk/harm incidents and alert the Patient Safety Team

·       Extract data from the Trust Local Risk Management System and assist in the production of qualitative and quantitative reports

·       Assist in organising weekly and monthly patient safety meetings, and carry out general administration duties including: booking rooms, producing agendas and recording minutes, responding to emails and some aspects of diary management

·       Provide administrative support to the wider Governance team as required, including typing or editing correspondence, requesting and processing patient case notes, photocopying, managing telephone and email enquiries and taking accurate messages.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.