Falls Prevention Coordinator | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | 317 Trustwide, NE7 7DN |
| Company: | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6197694/317-2024-14-24-DR |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Allied Health Professional, Registered Nurse or Midwife to join the Harm Free Care Team as a Band 7 Falls Prevention Coordinator. The post holder will work with multidisciplinary teams across the organisation to support falls prevention and elimination of harm attributed to patient falls.
We are seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic, innovative individual who has a keen interest in Quality Improvement. The successful candidate should have highly developed communication skills and an interest in training and education.
If you are ready for a new challenge and want to develop your specialist clinical and leadership skills this could be the role for you.
• Interview date: 29 April 2024
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
The Falls Prevention Coordinator (FPC) works with multi-disciplinary teams to help prevent patient falls in hospital and to eliminate harm to patients from falls. The post holder has a key role in working with clinical staff to develop their knowledge and skills in falls prevention. The post holder will work collaboratively as part of the Harm Free Care Team. The FPC will support the management of patient safety in relation to falls., identifying and leading the implementation of medium- and long-term strategies to reduce falls. There will be a requirement to be involved in Quality Improvement, research, audit and analysis of falls data. The FPC will develop and lead implementation of a strategy to ensure falls prevention can be sustained. and work towards excellence in patient safety. Devising and delivering training in this area is a major job responsibility.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
The Falls Prevention Coordinator (FPC) works with multi-disciplinary teams to help prevent patient falls in hospital and to eliminate harm to patients from falls.
• The post holder has a key role in working with clinical staff to develop their knowledge and skills in falls prevention.
• The post holder will work collaboratively as part of the Harm Free Care Team.
• The FPC will support the management of patient safety in relation to falls
o Identification and lead implementation of medium- and long-term strategies
to reduce falls
o Research, audit and analysis of falls data
o Develop and lead implementation of a strategy to ensure falls prevention can be sustained.
• Work towards excellence in patient safety
• Devise and deliver training in this area as a major job responsibility
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Apr 2024
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