Patient Safety and Audit Lead
- Nottingham
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Under the direction of the Clinical Governance Manager, provide guidance and support on clinical governance processes across the Hospital.
- Participate in assurance of full compliance with all relevant clinical quality standards and Clinical KPI's.
- Contribute to the review of existing practices, ensuring that progressive solutions, which take into account models of best practice and all relevant policies, procedures and legislation are incorporated into Hospital plans and implemented.
- Report serious patient safety incidents to the Spire Clinical Governance team, CQC, ICB, police, safeguarding board as appropriate.
- To investigate patient safety incidents on Datix and write up appropriate reports (KSI, PSIR, local review etc) following investigation.
- Involve the patient and the patient's family members in incident investigations.
- To share and embed lessons learned from incidents.
- Facilitate or chair the weekly incident review and KSI meeting.
- Facilitate SWARM huddles and AAR (After Action Review Meetings).
- Help with PSIRF implementation in the hospital.
- Write the monthly Clinical Governance Dashboard.
- Write the quarterly Clinical Governance Report.
- Manage audits on the AMaT audit system to ensure audits and audit actions are completed in a timely manner.
- Assist the Clinical Governance Manager in the preparation for and delivery of the Hospital Safety, Quality and Risk Committee meetings.
- Asist the Clinical Governance Manager in preparation for PSQR and CQC inspections.
- Attendance of meetings off-site when required.
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Healthcare profession.
- Able to demonstrate continuous development.
- Professional Registration with NMC or HCPC
- Recent experience within a healthcare setting and able to demonstrate awareness of a Clinical Governance agenda
- Recent experience within a healthcare setting and able to demonstrate awareness of a Clinical Governance agenda
- Able to create Excel spreadsheets including basic formulae, graphs, filters and pivot tables.
- Able to create Word documents to produce reports that contain contents, tables, pictures and graphs.
- Able to produce PowerPoint presentations using tables, images and graphs with the appropriate information.
- Able to capture and produce accurate minutes actions and agenda items from Hospital Committees.
- Knowledge of the healthcare market
- Auditing skills across clinical standards and departments
- 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
- Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
- 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
- Free Bupa wellness screening
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Driving clinical excellence
- Doing the right thing
- Caring is our passion.
- Keeping it simple
- Delivering on our promises
- Succeeding and celebrating together