Patient Safety Incident Investigation Coordinator

Actively promote a culture that encourages staff to report incidents and near misses without fear of recrimination or censure and encourages openness and honesty Play a key role in ensuring incidents are investigated and analysed in accordance with the national Patient Safety strategy (including PSIRF when appropriate), and that preventative measures are in place to prevent recurrence Provide After Action Reviews upon request in a timely manner and support delivery of training for new AAR conductors. Contribute to ensuring incident forms are fully and accurately completed before upload to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) Contribute to ensuring that reports from the NRLS are disseminated and acted upon in an accurate and timely way Contribute when needed to high level Committee and Clinical Service Line reports, including statistical data and trend analysis on incidents and near misses highlighting current risks that may impact negatively on patients, the public and the organisation Contribute to the delivery of training for all staff groups and support the Clinical Risk and Safety Investigations Manager in the development and delivery of such training, at all levels of the Trust and including input into Corporate Induction and mandatory training programmes Advise on new and existing legislation national standards and guidance, implementing national risk management initiatives and ensuring compliance Ensure that lessons learned from individual incidents, and general themes that emerge from systematic reporting, are recognised and applied for the benefit of the Trusts Patient Safety improvement programme Assist and advise clinical service lines, and other staff undertaking investigations, of clinical incidents (in line with PSIRF) and near misses, alerting the litigation manager and complaints manager to cases of possible claim or complaint Support the Clinical Risk and Safety Investigations Manager in the identification and management of PSIIs, Never Events and RCAs which may arise through a variety of ways e.g. a series of unexpected outcomes, near misses or concerns amongst professional staff from both inside or outside the Trust, and trends in incident reporting or audit Provide advice and assist in the investigation of incidents as required and co-ordination and implementation of actions arising from such investigations Develop links with other Clinical Risk Managers to network, and share knowledge and professional development Support when required, the Executive Leads for the Risk Management Strategy, coordinating the work streams which link clinical risk with Patient Safety Please see Job description and Person Specifications for more details