NHS

Patient Safety Coordinator


Pay22,816.00 - 24,336.00 / year
LocationSleaford/England
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: C9274-24-0323?language=en&page=685&sort=publicationDateDesc

      Job summary

      Patient Safety Team Administrator - Band 3

      Department: Patient Safety Team

      A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated and dynamic individual to join our Patient Safety team as a Patient Safety Team Administrator.

      The post requires a confident and autonomous person to provide an effective and dynamic administrative support function to the Patient Safety team. The successful candidate will:

      • have good concentration skills and attention to detail to ensure robust processes are followed;
      • be able to prioritise their workload to meet conflicting deadlines;
      • be able to extract, collate and maintain data to support patient safety team processes;
      • be able to produce information in a clear, dynamic and relevant format to inform services and Trust Board of important and significant issues;
      • have excellent communications skills to liaise with colleagues across the Trust, external organisations and stakeholders;
      • need excellent IT skills.

      Closing date: 18/04/2024

      For further details/informal discussion, please contact Sarah Jones sarahj.jones@nhs.net or tel: 07813 407053

      Interviews will take place on Wednesday 24th April 2024, at The Point, Sleaford NG34 8GG

      Main duties of the job

      To provide an effective and dynamic administrative support function to the Patient Safety Team.

      To provide an effective administrative function to the patient safety incident response framework (PSIRF) process.

      To extract, collate, and maintain data and information to support quality and safety processes. This includes information regarding patient safety.

      Provide and present information in a clear, dynamic and relevant format for reports which inform operational services and Trust Board of important and significant issues relating to patient safety.

      Liaise with relevant services within the Trust regarding patient safety.

      The post holder will be expected to act on their own initiative and provide cross cover/support for other administration roles within the team as necessary to facilitate effective service function

      About us

      Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

      You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

      We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

      Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

      Date posted

      04 April 2024

      Pay scheme

      Agenda for change

      Band

      Band 3

      Salary

      £22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum

      Contract

      Permanent

      Working pattern

      Full-time, Home or remote working

      Reference number

      274-10739-COR

      Job locations

      Hybrid working / Unit 9, The Point

      Lions Way

      Sleaford

      NG34 8GG


      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      For full details of responsibilities please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification

      To provide administrative support function to the Patient Safety Team.

      To provide an efficient administration function to the serious incident process which will require the quality checking of reports, some containing distressing information.

      To provide efficient diary management for the team and own workload management.

      To provide an efficient administration function for arranging meetings for the team, and trust-wide were appropriate.

      To provide an accurate quality checking function for written serious incident reports before they are progressed for approval and sign-off.

      To maintain a monitoring function for the progression of serious incident reports to ensure deadlines are met.

      To develop and produce accurate high quality data presentations and reports using computer software, in a format which is clear and relevant to the report required.

      To produce accurate high-quality communications and correspondence, often of a distressing and emotional nature, letters, and other documents, many of which are none routine as required using audio/copying typing and word processing systems as required.

      Act on requests made by senior members of staff at all levels, being able to identify and prioritise complex issues in a timely manner, ensuring deadlines are met.

      Provide information which is relevant and accurate which contributes to effective management of patient safety.

      Develop and maintain relevant data bases which organise data from the risk reporting system to produce monthly and quarterly reports regarding patient safety and learning from deaths.

      Prepare draft documents and prepare response reports for approval and signature under minimum supervision on behalf of the Deputy Director of Nursing & Quality and the Head of Patient Safety & Learning.

      Develop and maintain own workload, prioritising tasks under minimal supervision.

      Receipt, collation, and provision of relevant information in response to complex information sharing requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and GDPR.

      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      For full details of responsibilities please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification

      To provide administrative support function to the Patient Safety Team.

      To provide an efficient administration function to the serious incident process which will require the quality checking of reports, some containing distressing information.

      To provide efficient diary management for the team and own workload management.

      To provide an efficient administration function for arranging meetings for the team, and trust-wide were appropriate.

      To provide an accurate quality checking function for written serious incident reports before they are progressed for approval and sign-off.

      To maintain a monitoring function for the progression of serious incident reports to ensure deadlines are met.

      To develop and produce accurate high quality data presentations and reports using computer software, in a format which is clear and relevant to the report required.

      To produce accurate high-quality communications and correspondence, often of a distressing and emotional nature, letters, and other documents, many of which are none routine as required using audio/copying typing and word processing systems as required.

      Act on requests made by senior members of staff at all levels, being able to identify and prioritise complex issues in a timely manner, ensuring deadlines are met.

      Provide information which is relevant and accurate which contributes to effective management of patient safety.

      Develop and maintain relevant data bases which organise data from the risk reporting system to produce monthly and quarterly reports regarding patient safety and learning from deaths.

      Prepare draft documents and prepare response reports for approval and signature under minimum supervision on behalf of the Deputy Director of Nursing & Quality and the Head of Patient Safety & Learning.

      Develop and maintain own workload, prioritising tasks under minimal supervision.

      Receipt, collation, and provision of relevant information in response to complex information sharing requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and GDPR.

      Person Specification

      Skills

      Essential

      • IT skills - using software to present data
      • Evidence of ability to respond quickly to changing priorities organising and prioritising own and team workload to meet deadlines
      • Excellent organisational skills.
      • Reliable and able to work under pressure meeting deadlines under own initiative.
      • Filing/administrative and recording systems to a high standard
      • Evidence of effective communication skills both written and oral
      • Evidence of ability to manage own workload and act independently
      • Evidence of ability to exercise judgement when dealing with patient queries and to analyse and resolve patient problems
      • Ability to build and maintain good working relationships within a team

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • GCSE or equivalent in English grade A-C or grade 9-4 or level 2 Literacy
      • RSA III word processing or equivalent
      • ECDL or equivalent, including use of Microsoft Office and MS Publisher where appropriate

      Desirable

      • Experience of risk management software

      Experience

      Essential

      • Significant and recent secretarial/administration experience in a healthcare setting
      • Experience of setting up, developing and maintaining systems both manual and electronic
      • Experience of working with computer systems, to include Microsoft Office, in a working environment

      Desirable

      • Knowledge of patient experience

      Special Requirements

      Essential

      • To be able to travel to participate in meetings and training in other parts of the county.
      Person Specification

      Skills

      Essential

      • IT skills - using software to present data
      • Evidence of ability to respond quickly to changing priorities organising and prioritising own and team workload to meet deadlines
      • Excellent organisational skills.
      • Reliable and able to work under pressure meeting deadlines under own initiative.
      • Filing/administrative and recording systems to a high standard
      • Evidence of effective communication skills both written and oral
      • Evidence of ability to manage own workload and act independently
      • Evidence of ability to exercise judgement when dealing with patient queries and to analyse and resolve patient problems
      • Ability to build and maintain good working relationships within a team

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • GCSE or equivalent in English grade A-C or grade 9-4 or level 2 Literacy
      • RSA III word processing or equivalent
      • ECDL or equivalent, including use of Microsoft Office and MS Publisher where appropriate

      Desirable

      • Experience of risk management software

      Experience

      Essential

      • Significant and recent secretarial/administration experience in a healthcare setting
      • Experience of setting up, developing and maintaining systems both manual and electronic
      • Experience of working with computer systems, to include Microsoft Office, in a working environment

      Desirable

      • Knowledge of patient experience

      Special Requirements

      Essential

      • To be able to travel to participate in meetings and training in other parts of the county.

      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

      Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

      Address

      Hybrid working / Unit 9, The Point

      Lions Way

      Sleaford

      NG34 8GG


      Employer's website

      https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

      Employer details

      Employer name

      Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

      Address

      Hybrid working / Unit 9, The Point

      Lions Way

      Sleaford

      NG34 8GG


      Employer's website

      https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  • About the company

      National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.