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Safety Improvement Fellow | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 15 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,068 - £57,570 per annum plus London Weighting Allowance |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 August 2024 |
| Location: | London, W2 1NY |
| Company: | IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6479038/290-TDPCP-117 |
Summary
The priorities for the quality and safety improvement programme for this year are:
• Implementation of the NHS patient safety strategy, in particular the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF);
• Delivery of the Trust’s safety improvement priority workstreams which are focused on our key areas of risk e.g. procedural safety, IP&C practice, End of Life care, blood transfusion
The post holder will manage the development and delivery of several projects which will support improvements in patient safety in these key areas.
The role will involve:
• Providing a bridge between senior clinical leaders, managers and the wider trainee workforce to improve communication, engagement, and morale.
• Leading on work to support the improved understanding of and involvement in the Trust’s safety improvement programme for the wider trainee workforce.
• Leading on specific improvement projects to improve patient safety.
• Developing and maintaining up-to-date project documentation, and producing periodic progress reports.
· Attending and presenting their work at key trust meetings, including the Executive Management Board (Quality).The postholder will also attend departmental and trust wide management meetings to gain an understanding of management and the wider social, political and economic influence health care delivery.
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT) is committed to improving the quality of education and has a dedicated team of medical and non-medical staff responsible for delivering the medical education
strategy. Over the coming year we intend to focus on developing a program of work which supports the education and training interventions that best meet the needs of our learners, educators and patients.
This fellowship is an excellent opportunity for a junior doctor, who is interested in developing their education portfolio, to significantly develop their management skills and understanding of the operational management of medical education in a large, complex Trust. This post will allow the post-holder to develop skills in project design, management, leadership, delivery and support of teaching programmes as well as project assessment.
Job responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please refer to the Job Description attached to the advert.
Skills, Experience & Knowledge
Essential
Strong interest and involvement in medical education
Experience of developing and delivering clinical teaching/training programmes
Experience of audit
Understanding of project management principles
Awareness of current educational initiatives with regard to: patient safety, quality improvement, risk management, cross-speciality training
Experience of developing interventions to change professionals’ behaviour
Experience of report writing
Effective team working skills both as leader and team member
Desirable
Knowledge of education/training programme evaluation methodology
Understanding of education commissioning
Participation in Quality Improvement projects
Experience of leading a project team to achieve successful deliverables
Conference presentations or publications in clinical education/training
This advert closes on Monday 29 Jul 2024