An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Patient Safety and Quality Team as Falls Strategy
Lead.
In order to meet the needs of this role, you will need to have a passion for improving patient safety through the reduction of avoidable falls. The post holder will be an integral part of the Patient Safety and Quality Team but will also engage widely with teams and organisations across the health and social care landscape.
The post holder will work closely with those involved in falls prevention and management, providing strategic direction and an overview of falls
improvement efforts.
The successful candidate will be supported by colleagues to develop expert knowledge and skills to become one of the lead specialists within the organisation with regards to the prevention and management of falls.
The post holder will need to be confident in presenting and discussing their work with colleagues at all levels of the organisation, with support from senior team members.
As a team member the post holder will support the development of a strong patient safety cultural change across the organisation.
The postholder's duties will include the following:
- To coordinate falls improvement work across both secondary and community care.
- To support the Head of Safety, Quality and Organisational Learning in identifying learning themes and feeding back the outcomes to
relevant committees.
- To be responsible and accountable for the implementation of effective, efficient and evidenced-based falls prevention and management of falls procedures across the UHB, ensuring a partnership approach to achieve the outcome of reducing harm from adult in-patient falls. You will support the development of referral pathways appropriate for individual/service need.
- To co-ordinate and supporting the work of the Falls Delivery Group in developing an overarching UHB framework for the prevention and
management of falls.
- To be responsible and accountable for delivering the strategy for falls prevention and management teaching and training across the
UHB, identifying the educational requirements and communicating the vision and actions required to deliver a quality and safe service.
The postholder will be expected to demonstrate to others how to undertake effective falls prevention and management.
To support the implementation of local and national frameworks and policies across the UHB as required, Including the Stay Steady programme in primary care involving working with schools and in the inpatient falls strategies which will impact across the Cardiff and Vale Communities.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
