Patient Safety Officer

Job Title: Patient Safety Officer

Pay: £16.71 per hour

Location: Croydon Hospital, CR7 7YE

Trust Location: Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Would you like to be a part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other? If you answered yes, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust is the place for you.

About the Trust

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust is part of the National Health Service (NHS) and was formed in July 2010 with the integration of Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust with Croydon Community Health Services. Croydon Health Services provides integrated NHS services to care for people at home, in schools, and health clinics across the borough as well as at Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital.

What you'll be responsible for:

• Support the collation of documentary evidence needed to support any external assessment in relation to Patient Safety.
• Support actions identified and undertaken to decrease the risk of incidents occurring and to improve outcomes in relation to people who use our service, their families or careers, staff and visitor safety.
• Effective liaison and communication with all Trust staff in relation to Patient Safety policies, procedures and guidelines ensuring that all staff are aware of their responsibilities
• Monitor and ensure the Patient Safety sections of the Trust's intranet and internet sites are up to date. Ensure the pages provide relevant and up to date information for staff, patients and the public on quality and Patient Safety issues.
• Collate and analyse quantitative and qualitative information to facilitate clinician reflection on clinical practice and service, supporting implementation of good practice and quality improvements for patients.
• Support management in the identification of areas of risk and the development of actions to reduce/ mitigate against the risk occurring or re-occurring.

You'll learn the following whilst working at the trust:

1. An in depth understanding of the roles and responsibilities involved in working within the NHS
2. Knowledge of the systems used, to effectively complete your role to the highest standard at all times
3. A sense of teamwork, gained through working alongside and supporting colleagues from all levels, within the organisation

You'll have the following skills/experience:

• Excellent communication skills- both verbal and written
• Microsoft office skills- Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Previous NHS experience
• Previous admin experience
• NHS System Knowledge- Radar Reporting System
• Patient Safety Officer Experience

This role may require you to show evidence of education to Degree level or at least 2 years relevant experience.

As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:

• Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week
• Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime
• Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts
• Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your "My Bank" shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
• Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
• Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more
• Build holiday allowance for every shift you work- your work life balance is important to us
• Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours

Who are NHS Professionals?

We specialise in putting people in place to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.

As an equal opportunities' organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.

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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.