Quality and Safety Team Administrator

Main duties Patient Safety: Support the delivery of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) and standards Develop and maintain a centralised log of safety actions and quality improvement projects following safety incidents Ensure the centralised log is regularly updated with progress on actions and actions are closed in a timely manner Ensure test of effectiveness is completed prior to the closure of actions / projects Identify and highlight duplicate actions and quality improvement projects Identify and highlight any safety action trends and themes Ensure evidence to support completion of safety actions and test of effectiveness is uploaded to the incident reporting system Monitor timescales for incident response completion Support the preparation of agendas, minutes, action logs and papers for patient safety meetings and learning responses Monitoring and actioning emails to the patient safety team inbox Undertake general administrative duties to support the Head of
Patient Safety e.g. photocopying, scanning and uploading of documents Support the preparation of letters to families about ongoing incident investigations / learning response Managing the Patient Safety Team diary; making, changing and managing meeting and training invites Develop good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders Support the management of incidents using the incident reporting system (datix) Develop audit tools and collect data to support the completion of patient safety reports Support the development and delivery of patient safety training Support the development of local policies and procedures Support the cascade of safety alerts and monitoring of actions Main duties Bereavement: Be kind, caring, empathetic and compassionate towards bereaved relatives Draw upon an understanding of spiritual, cultural and religious needs to provide a person-centred approach to guide bereaved families and can deal sensitively with their emotional distress To keep clear
accurate records relating to each death at the Trust, deceased patients property and making the relevant post death notifications (e.g. to the GP). Signpost relatives to appropriate bereavement services and resources Arrange appointments for bereaved families with viewing of their loved ones Facilitate the release of the deceased to a funeral director Facilitate the release of property and valuables to relatives and manage unclaimed property Co-ordinate proceedings in the event of an infant death including: Liaising directly with the Labour Ward, Birth Reflections Team, Bereavement Midwives or appropriate department to ensure that all paperwork relating to an infant death is correctly completed Arranging appropriate transport for babies/foetuses to and from the hospital at which the postmortem is to be carried out Attempting to trace a persons next of kin To support the Mortality Improvement Lead in the preparation and submission of evidence for annual assessments / key
performance indicators Be fully conversant with all relevant national and local Policies and Guidelines Access regular supervision and support via their line manager to support them with the emotional aspects of the role