Serious Incident Investigator Wakefield, England
Job description
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust has a Quality & Safety Team that support the organisation in delivering high quality, safe care to patients across the region. One function within the team is incident investigation to ensure that lessons are identified and that we are continually improving our services and care.
This post is for 2 colleagues to join the existing team and to support our legal services department with investigation work that feeds into coronial processes.
Full training will be provided however, the successfull applicant should ideally have experience of the NHS patient safety investigation process with relevant and current CPD in their application form.
Applications are encouraged from those with a background in Police work or legal support services.
Further reading RE NHS investigation processess can be found at the following links:
NHS England » Patient Safety Incident Response Framework
NHS Patient Safety Syllabus training - elearning for healthcare (e-lfh.org.uk)
This is a vital role to have within the Quality and Safety Team to allow us to continue to progress the development of the investigations within the ambulance sector. The role is responsible for undertaking serious incident investigations and the associated work including liaison with Trust colleagues, management teams and families.
As these posts will feed into Trust legal processes, support will be provided to the successful applicants RE coronial involvement.
You will be based at our Headquarters in Wakefield but may be asked to move around the region in order to speak to staff and managers, or to potentially attend legal hearings.
All of our corporate services teams are working in a hybrid way currently, with many colleagues choosing to work from home where the buisness allows.
The Serious Incident Investigator is responsible for undertaking investigations, primarily those classified as ‘Serious Incidents’ but also others, from information gathering, interviewing staff, speaking to managers, after action reviews (AAR), analysing information and formulating recommendations and an action plan within a written report.
The successful candidate will be working in a constantly evolving and fast paced environment where every day is different but also very rewarding.
Our ideal candidate is someone who is passionate about learning from when things haven't gone as we would have liked, and someone who is committed to putting actions in place to improve the services we deliver based on our 'Just and Learning Culture' principles.
NHS England » A just culture guide
You should be self-motivated and able to work autonomously, managing your own workload and prioritising investigations to meet internal and external deadlines. You should be confident working with staff of all levels and able to communicate effectively, whether that be conducting interviews or presenting to our internal groups.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.
We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.
We employ more than 5,800 staff, who together with over 1,100 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.
Our values: Compassion, One Team, Integrity, Innovation, Empowerment, Resilience are at the heart of all we do.
For full role description and responsibilities please see the attached job description.
The Trust offers the following benefits to all staff members:
- Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working.
- 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
- Buy and sell annual leave scheme.
- Contributory Pension.
- NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms, mobile phone, and insurance.
- Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.
- Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
- Opportunities for progression and development through ongoing training
- Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.
