Patient Safety and Quality Facilitator (Data Analytics)

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Patient Safety and Quality Team to lead on the analysis of data required under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) and in support of the Trust's Patient Safety Incident Response Plan (PSIRP).

Our Patient Safety and Quality Facilitator will be responsible for maintaining an overview of patient safety information including triangulation and presentation of data from multiple source, e.g. patient safety events/incidents, claims and complaints.

Main duties of the job

Our Patient Safety and Quality Facilitator will use their technical ability to collate patient safety-focussed information, but will also demonstrate the analytical skills necessary to understand it within the wider healthcare landscape and the ability to interpret and apply this information to the local context (and vice versa).

They will use a variety of skills and experience - interpersonal, project management, clinical and educational - to support the delivery of improved patient care and outcomes.

The Patient Safety and Quality Facilitator (Data Analytics) will maintain the deliver of a learning focused framework developed by the Trust.  This will include the dissemination of learning through a variety of different forums and utilising quality improvement methodologies.  They will develop a collaborative working relationship with the Improvement and Innovation team to ensure opportunities to influence change are optimised.  They will take lead for patient safety data analytics and manage the Trust's local risk management system (LRMS).  They will be responsible for the dissemination of information gathered via this approach, ensuring that learning feeds into the quality and management processes for each Care Group and/or Division.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For details of the role and responsibilities please refer to the job description and person specification.

• Analyse highly complex information, interpret findings to produce recommendations and actions to be shared, which identify direction for reviews, learning opportunities and support systemic change.
• Seek out and develop a peer-to-peer working relationship with technical and data analytics colleagues locally and nationally
• Prepare, collate and circulate papers for Patient Safety and Quality related meetings.  Attend meetings to provide support when requested.
• For the senior managers holding accountability for Patient Safety in the Trust, prepare, collate and circulate papers and reports demonstrating the value of data analytics for Patient Safety and Quality.
• Plan and develop with the Patient Safety Specialist, the design and implementation of tools to measure clinical effectiveness with regards to patient safety interventions.  To proactively monitor and report on the process of quality improvement initiatives.
• Maintain the Trust's LMRS (DCIQ) and use it to enhance the Trust's ability to identify key themes and trends both from issues arising and potential future areas for review.
• Keep up to date with local and national guidelines.
• Develop and update patient safety policies where appropriate.
• Hold responsibility for ensuring that DCIQ is being used to it's full potential.