Job overview

The Family and Specialist Services Division Quality and Patient Safety Team are seeking a self-directed and motivated person who has a questioning and enquiring mind and good attention to detail. 

If this describes you, we want to hear from you.  The role is interesting and varied and would mean you were part of driving improvements in patient safety, patient experience and clinical effectiveness. 

Our Quality and Patient Safety Team will train and support the successful candidate. 

Please contact Sarah Goodwin, Neonatal Governance Lead or Laura Price, Patient Safety Midwife on 01225 825499/ 824432 for an informal discussion. 

Main duties of the job

·        Working alongside and supporting the Perinatal Quality and Patient Safety Team with the day-to-day management of patient safety incidents.

·        Being responsible for the organising and co-ordination of receiving and storing maternity records for audit and incident investigation purposes and maintaining the tracking database related to this process. This includes the management and tracking of all subject access requests.         

·        Organise and distribute papers in time for key meetings e.g. Governance, Risk, CQC, Monitoring and Audit, Clinical Effectiveness Forum etc.  

A broad experience of IT and good communication and organisational skills are essential for this role.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country. 

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.