Patient Safety and Risk Co-ordinator **Internal Applicants Only**

• Support quality improvement and patient safety across all directorates
• Support processes to ensure robust incident reporting processes, including investigations, learning and effectiveness assurance mechanisms, are in place to improve and learn from patient safety events.
• Support the management of risk management arrangements across the organisation
• Provide support to the ongoing development of the Datix system
• Ensuring learning is shared across the Trust
• Providing oversight on ensuring safety actions are embedded and effectively monitored, and closed with relevant assurance.

Essential

• Educated to degree level or demonstrable equivalent experience in a relevant role.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Experience of working within a Governance Team
• Experience of working within risk and assurance processes
• In depth knowledge and experience of working with the Datix system
• An understanding of the implications on national policies for the quality and governance agenda e.g Patient Safety Strategy and their implementation
• Knowledge and experience of collecting and analysing data
• Sound report writing skills for a variety of audiences (both internal and external) and purpose, both verbally and in writing.

Desirable

• Qualification in Leadership and management in health and Social Care or equivalent experience
• Evidence of managing projects in the NHS environment.
• In depth knowledge of regulatory frameworks, specifically CQC and understanding of quality reporting requirements