The national patient safety team is responsible for delivering statutory patient safety duties across the NHS. These are:
- collecting information about what goes wrong in the health service, in part by maintaining and operating the Learning from Patient Safety Events system (LFPSE); and
- using that information to provide advice and guidance for the purposes of maintaining and improving the safety of the services provided by the health service.
The post holder will be responsible for providing a comprehensive, high quality administration and data quality related support to the Patient Safety Team including undertaking data cleansing, comparing data from different sources to ensure quality, consistency and accuracy of patient safety data and outputs. This requires a flexible and positive approach to work with the ability to plan and maintain your own workload.
With demonstrable experience using IT software such as Microsoft Office, you will support management by producing regular reports on data quality issues and on activities in the team, such as the type and volume of customer request for data.
Attention to detail and high-level communication skills are key as you will be a first point of contact and will liaise with internal staff, the general public and external bodies and customers.
These responsibilities will be subject to change and post holders will be expected to respond flexibly to changing circumstances.
The NHS England Board Have Set Out The Top-level Purpose For The New Organisation To Lead The NHS In England To Deliver High-quality Services For All, Which Will Inform The Detailed Design Work And We Will Achieve This Purpose By
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ioannis Spyropoulos Job title: Data & Taxonomy Manager of LFPSE and NRLS Email address: Ioannis.spyropoulos@nhs.net