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

The Patient Safety and Risk Co-Ordinator has a unique and varied role responsible for managing key elements of the Patient Safety, Risk and Quality agenda within HDFT. The post would be part of a busy but dynamic team that encompasses all elements of quality and safety including Patient Safety Incident Investigation or learning responses, Complaints, Claims, Coroners, Risk Management, Compliance, and Patient Experience. The post sit within the Safety and Investigation arm of the Quality Team which encompasses patient experience, Patient Safety Incident Investigation and other learning responses, Risk Management, Claims, Coroners and incident management. This post is for 22.5 hours per week, The key focus for this role will be:

• 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.
Utilise well developed negotiating and influencing skills and have the ability to build effective working relationships.

The Quality Team are responsible for the management of quality and safety and initiatives for HDFT. The department oversees: Serious Incident Investigation, Incident Management, Risk Management, Patient Experience and Engagement, Patient Safety, Clinical Effectiveness, Compliance, Claims and Coroners.